Chance me Please?

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<p>Hi I was looking up berkeley any it seemed very appealing to me. Can you chance me for haas?</p>

<p>Gpa:
Freshman Year:
Unweighted: 3.58
Weighted: 3.58
Classes: Algebra 3-4, Pre-calc 1, Biology 1, Chemistry 1 and 2, Spanish 3, 4 and 5, Honors High School English 1 and 2, Computer Informational Systems, PE also taken but not included in gpa</p>

<p>Sopmore Year:
Unweighted: 3.93
Weighted: 4.214
Classes: Ap Biology year long (3 classes), Biology 2, Spanish 6 7 and 8, World History 1 and 2, English 3 and 4, Internet Publishing 1, AP Calculus AB (2 classes), Pre-calculus 2, </p>

<p>Junior Year:
Unweighted By Trimester: 3.7 3.2 4.0
Weighted By trimester: 4.67 4.0 5.0
Second trimester of this year my grandmother was hospitalized and i spent 3 weeks in the hospital daily and absolutely could not focus on academics. I love my grandmother a lot and everything put aside, family is a huge priority for me. Will the admissions councelor understand this?
Also, for third trimester, I only have one academic class because the rest of my 4 classes are Ap seminar classes and are thus not included in the GPA
Classes: AP Calculus BC (2 classes), AP Calc Seminar (1 class), Ap Physics C (2 classes), AP Physics C seminar (1 class), Ap English Language (2 classes), Ap english language seminar (1 class), AP US History (2 classes), Ap US history seminar ( 1 class)</p>

<p>Senior Year: NOT TAKEN YET. BUt planning on taking ap statistics, ap gov and ap chem along with marketing and economics and advanced composition. </p>

<p>SAT: 2120</p>

<p>Extra Curriculurs
STARTED a youth cricket association in my town. TRANSFORMED IT FROM A MINOR GROUP OF 3 CHILDREN TO A FULLY FUNCTIONING ORGANIZATION WITH OVER 30 CHILDREN. PLAYED A HUGE PART IN THE PROMOTION AND EXECUTION OF IDEAS TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS AND HAVE ALSO CONDUCTED FUNDRAISERS, MANAGED TO RECEIVE FIELDS AND PROMOTE THE ORGANIZATION OVERALL.</p>

<p>GIVEN MANY SPEECHES IN INTERFAITH ORGANIZATIONS AND HAVE PLAYED A PART IN MANY EVENTS INTENDING TO SPREAD CULTURAL AWARENESS</p>

<p>AVID STOCK INVESTOR. TRANSFORMED A $2000 PORTFOLIO TO NEARLY $3200 IN A YEAR AND A HALF.</p>

<p>OVER 150 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AT THE LOCAL LIBRARY</p>

<p>Varsity Tennis 3 years and JV freshman year</p>

<p>Clubs:
SPEECH AND DEBATE
MODEL UN
ACADEMIC LEAGUE
CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION</p>

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<p>It’s California SCHOLASTIC Federation.</p>

<p>I’d say you have a pretty good shot. The GPA might be a challenge, but you can still overturn it with a good personal statement. Retake the SAT if you feel you can do better.</p>

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<p>^my school has cal scholarship fed… o.o</p>

<p>Decent shot. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Yeah my gpa is pretty low but its an upwards trend from freshman year. If my grandmother wasn’t in the hospital last trimester it would have been much higher guaranteed. By the way, i feel like my story might seem like any ordinary made up sob story and college counselors might not believe it. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks for replying once again.</p>

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<p>@Yuhiko Jay: Scholarship? If it’s the CSF I know, it’s the tutoring program where you can join and become a CSF tutor and others will request tutors, is it not?</p>

<p>@OP: I wrote a “sob” story for the UC’s too. Looking at the results, I’d say it was a pretty successful one.</p>

<p>The trick is to make it extremely vivid (Add a lot of details and how you felt. Your emotions are a powerful thing. Reveal those to them). But in the midst of all this struggle and hardship, tell them how you became stronger because of this. Schools don’t want an emotionally broken person. They want a strong, independent person, capable of dealing with hardships and turning them into driven endeavors. </p>

<p>Talk about how your grandmother’s case made you a stronger student and person overall. Remember to share everything you can and don’t be scared to leave yourself out vulnerable to them.</p>

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<p>^lol our schoos is volunteer… tutoring is for AVID haha</p>