Chance Me Please? Berkeley

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello! Thank you for helping me out. I’ll just get right to it:

I’m a junior in a pretty good public school in texas that’s known for its academics
I’m full hispanic/latina, a woman, and going into engineering
I’ve lived in Costa Rica for five years (I was born there), lived in California for five years, lived in Israel for two years, in Mexico for half a year, and Texas for five years (which is where I am now)
SAT: 1960 (first time taking it, haven’t taken my second one, but I got a 211 on my PSAT so I expect a higher mark)
ACT: will take it in September
GPA: 3.75 (unweighted), 4.4 (weighted) (not sure if I calculated this correctly) on a hundred scale it’s a 101.615
I’m number 25 out of 377 students which puts me in the 7% but not 5%
I’ve taken 5 AP classes and I’m taking 6 next year

EC:
Founder and president of the Science Club for two years
President of the Latin Club for two years (been in it for three years though)
NHS for a year
National Art Honor Society (NAHS) for three years
Colorguard for two years and co-captain of the JV team this year
Girl Scouts for four years
GT for four years
Mathematics UIL for three years, captain for one year
Number Sense UIL for three years, captain for one year
Girls Engineering Club for two years
Fashion Club
S.P.E.W Club
150+ community hours

Achievements: 5th at Nationals at Atlanta for band this year, 5th at State for colorguard last year, 5th at State for JV this year, other band achievements, 1st Place Site Recitation Junior Classical League Latin UIL two years in a row, Maxima Certificate Junior Classical League Latin UIL two years, Certificate of Achievement three years, AB Honor Roll three years, highest grade in Regular American History this year

So what are my chances of getting in Berkeley? Georgia Tech? UT? Any other suggestions?

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Good chance for UT engineering as you are auto-admit into UT, but you need to get accepted into Cockrell so try to get a strong math score on ACT/SAT.

Others are Reaches because of your GPA and SAT. Berkeley is very expensive for OOS.

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I would look at other STEM-intensive colleges with low female enrollment. Being a woman and a URM interested in STEM, with an interesting background, good GPA, and solid (if unspectacular) test scores, should give you a shot at RPI, RIT, WPI, Stevens, and even Purdue, Drexel, and Northeastern. Your chances probably aren’t great at the tippy-top schools like MIT or CalTech, but many others are worth a try, and I think you would probably qualify for a decent merit scholarship at most. As I said, start researching, and go for the ones that need more women. You might even have a chance at Harvey Mudd.