Chance me..i've lost all hope...

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>In-state
UC GPA: 4.1</p>

<p>SAT 1:
Math - 620
CR - 630
WR- 630
total: 1880</p>

<p>SAT 2:
Math 2: 740
Chinese with listening: 670</p>

<p>10th: AP World Hist
11th: AP English Lang, AP U.S. Hist
12th: AP English Literature, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB</p>

<p>EC:
-Ranked 2nd in the County for saxophone
-Best woodwind for 10, 11th grade
-Over 300 hrs. of community service
-Track 9, 10th grade (varsity throwing captain)
-Marching Band 10, 11th grade
-Internship at a database security company
-Employed at Ice cream store
-Member of NHS, CSF, Red Cross Club
-Treasurer of CSF
-Activites director of Red Cross Club
-Helped raise over $1,000 for education in Vietnam</p>

<p>info:
went to an international school in Taiwan for 9th grade</p>

<p>essays:
great!</p>

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<p>anyone.....</p>

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<p>Your uc gpa and sat scores are a bit low. To give you some comparison, I think the average gpa of admits one year was 4.33 (the average of those who actually came was 4.25) and the average sat scores were ~2000. However, your extracurriculars seem really excellent. It depends on how much they're going to weigh your ec's and essays. What ethnicity are you by the way? It might sway the decision because uc berkeley already has a lot of asians.</p>

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<p>I think Cal acceptme b/c i'm not the conventional overachieving Chinese-American. haha :)</p>

<p>In my essays, i wrote about my internship, marching band, and volunteering at an Alzherime's institute. I hope these pull through. </p>

<p>If my family has a single family income does this help in any way?</p>

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<p>Slight reach. But it's possible. Also, I found these on CC, and they might give you hope:</p>

<p>Accepted: All UC's</p>

<p>School Type: Public
Location: California
Race/Gender: Asian
Prospective Major: Undeclared
Unweighted GPA & UC GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.0
Class rank: top 5%</p>

<p>SAT I Scores: 1880
SAT I Math: 650
SAT I Critical Reading: 600
SAT I Writing: 630</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
SAT II U.S. History: 630
SAT II Math IIC: 650</p>

<p>Extracurricular Info
Varsity Baseball 10-12</p>

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<p>Going to Attend: Cal as EOP recipient
Accepted: SFSU, SJSU, SDSU, Long Beach State, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UCB, UCLA, UCD, UCSC
Rejected: Stanford</p>

<p>School Type: Public (extremely ghetto)
Location: San Francisco
Race/Gender: Asian Female
Prospective Major: Biology
Unweighted GPA: think it was a 3.86
Weighted GPA: 4.16
Class rank: 5</p>

<p>SAT I Scores 1660
SAT I Math: 550
SAT I Critical Reading: 530
SAT I Writing: 580
ACT: n/a</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
US Hist: 490
Math 2: 520
Lit: 510</p>

<p>APs
AP calc bc - 2
Ap lit - 2
ap phys b - 2
(ouch that hurts! lol but o well) noteto others: don't catch senioritis! or at least dont catch it too early</p>

<p>ECs
california young playwright's program
prom committee
fundraising committee
french club
Bay Area Video Coalition youthlink intern
fencing team
volunteer at art festivals</p>

<p>Awards:
CSF life member</p>

<p>Recs:
I wasn't allowed to see them...</p>

<p>Essays:
Not as good as they would be if i'de actually taken more time to revise them....</p>

<p>my stats give all of u hope ahahaha</p>

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<p>At the time of applying:</p>

<p>UW GPA: ~3.8
UC GPA: 4.03
SAT I: 1960
SAT II: 740 US History, 750 Biology/E</p>

<p>AP:
Biology 4
English Composition 4
US History 4
World History 4</p>

<p>ECs projected: 4 years of varsity swimming, 2 years of varsity water polo, 220+ hours community service</p>

<p>Mexican male</p>

<p>Applied to: UC Berkeley, UCSD</p>

<p>Accepted to: both, attending Berkeley in fall</p>

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<p>Accepted: UCLA (attending), Berkeley, UCSD, UCI, UCSB, UCD, NYU, USC
Rejected: None</p>

<p>SAT I: 1940
SAT II: Chinese-800, Math-720
GPA: 3.76 UW (3.96 W)
Rank: top 10%
APs: Calc AB-3, English Lit-3, US history-2, Spanish-2</p>

<p>I did 4 years varsity cross country, 3 years varsity track, club swim team, student body treasurer, spanish club president, csf vice president, interact vice president, blah blah blah... the list goes on. Though I did a lot of EC and it probably helped me with college admission, I think my essay really kicked it up a notch. So the moral here? WORK ON THOSE ESSAYS! good luck kids!</p>

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<p>How do you know you're the second best in the country for sax?</p>

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<p>omg!! thanks for the posts kyledavid.</p>

<p>tropicaltriceps: I'm ranked 2nd in the Santa clara county honor band.</p>

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<p>Wow.</p>

<p>Regarding Kyle's post, someone got accepted into Berkeley with just 1 EC - Varsity baseball?</p>

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<p>Sorry, I misread "county" when I skimmed. </p>

<p>SATs and UC GPA are a little low. For your sax playing to truly make a difference, you'd need some competition awards and possibly a recording or audition, but the music department here isn't great.</p>

<p>It'll definitely be a reach, so don't invest (emotionally) too heavily in Cal. What other schools are you applying to? Any privates?</p>

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<p>"Your uc gpa and sat scores are a bit low. To give you some comparison, I think the average gpa of admits one year was 4.33"</p>

<p>Wait.. that's UC GPA? I thought the average UC GPA was around 3.9 and it was the weighted regular GPA that was around 4.3. I think a "UC GPA of 4.1 should leave her good on the GPA front, just from what I've been reading.</p>

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<p>UC GPA is not the same as weighted or unweighted GPA. UC GPA is weighted, but capped at 8 semester at Honors/AP credit.</p>

<p>Berkeley will definetly be a reach</p>

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<p>so wouldn't a 4.1 be excellent?</p>

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<p>4.3 is the average, so you decide whether a 4.1 is great</p>

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<p>At my school, everyone with a 4.1 UC GPA got accepted. That was the average at my school.</p>

<p>4.3? This is CAL, not Harvard or Stanford. That's like getting one B. I think for CAL a good UC GPA is a 4.2.</p>

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<p>4.3 is the average though buddy. your just speculating based on a few personal experiences. 4.3 is the STATISTICAL average, based on ACTUAL cases. So, make what you want of it.</p>

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<p>slight reach</p>

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<p>dammit! I thought like 3.9 UC GPA was average and it was weighted (not UC) that was an average of 4.3 :(</p>

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<p>oh, UC GPA of admitted students is now around 4.17.</p>

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oh, UC GPA of admitted students is now around 4.17.

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<p>That's what I thought too. Do you have the link?</p>

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<p>Thats what my counselor told me too. I think thats what they publish, but it might not be UC GPA, that just seems a little high and ridiculous. ( I go to a school where b's are common, even among top students). I checked last year and 48 students got accepted to CAL from my school, which is about the top 8 percent. I am sure the average was not 4.17. Plus, why would CAL make itself look bad by publishing its UC GPA when other schools (privates) publish actual gpas, which will obviously be way higher.</p>