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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>applying early decision, hopefully.
Senior from CA
interest in vandy since freshman year! (:
i've called a few times to the socal rep but she never got back to me, does that mean she doesn't want to talk to me ?
Let me know what you think!</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.75 UW/3.95 W
- i didn't have such a good freshman and sophomore year, personal stuff.</p>

<p>ACT: 34</p>

<p>SAT: 2200</p>

<p>AP: World History (1) -_________- . APUSH (5) AP Lang (5) AP Bio (5)</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:</p>

<p>2 year JSA President
1 Year SoCal JSA Debate Director
2 Year Yearbook - first year (creative editor) this year (editor-in-chief)
7 years of piano (ngpt - top talent)
CSF Member
NHS Member
Girl Scout - Recently earned Gold Award
KIWINS Member
American Red Cross Member
Volleyball - 9 years (Captain since freshman year) - OH/L
Hospital Volunteer</p>

<p>Next year: AP Psychology, AP Lit , AP Macroecon, AP Physics, AP Calc AB and Yearbook.</p>

<p>Personal Statement: How life is a game of mario brothers .
Teacher Recommendation: i know who to give them to!
Personal Recommendation: A Senior Partner at the lawfirm I intern at .</p>

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<p>OH . i submitted the wrong one, same stats but just ignore the top. thanks!</p>

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<p>Looks decent. If I had to quantify it, 80-85%. Upward progression in your situation will be key, and emphasize your extracurriculars. Your personal statement topic seems dicey, however. With Berkeley and the other UCs, you’ll need to show a lot of drive and motivation inspired by (in your case) your extracurriculars to stand out amongst your peers, especially now that they’re favoring OOS students more and more.</p>

<p>Best of luck to you!</p>

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<p>your GPA is low since the average UW is now a 3.88 and the W is like a 4.3+</p>

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<p>^^^ Yeah the GPA is on the low side but an upward trend is always a plus.</p>

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<p>Can you calculate your GPA without freshman year (Berkeley doesn’t look at freshman year)? Your UC GPA could potentially be a lot higher. </p>

<p>But anyways, other than that, your application looks solid. Your test scores and extracurriculars are very good for Berkeley.</p>

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<p>Like everyone else has said, you have a fairly solid application. </p>

<p>Now to the rest of your thread title…what are my chances at getting into Cal if I’m already in? :)</p>