<p>fresh grades: first semester: 3.8
second semester 3.8</p>
<p>soph. grades: first semester
advanced algebra 2: A
soph. english: A
honors chem.: A-
PE : A
Spanish 2 : A
World History : A
gpa 4.17</p>
<p>second semester:
same execpt for a B in english
gpa 4.0</p>
<p>jr. grades: first semester
AP us history: A-
Pre-cal: B
honors physics: A
regular english: A-
Spanish 3 : A
Cisco networking: A
gpa 4.17</p>
<p>second semester
same except for B in honors physics (MY TEST AVERAGE WAS AN A!!! >( !!!)
gpa: 4.0</p>
<p>sr. schedule: AP Cal
AP Enivormental
film and lit
Spanish 4
ceramics
economics</p>
<p>SAT score: only took once 1710 (I never took a practice or the psat test before or really studied for its because all my friends were saying that it was like the STAR test but now I wish I had and I will retake it in Oct.)</p>
<p>SAT score: Math 2: 630
AP US history: 590
I'll retake these in Nov.</p>
<p>Other stuff: I have a job at Jack in the Box
I've played volleyball 4 years straight
played football for 2 years
I did karate when younger and had a red-black belt
I was born in India so I had to learn English
I going to to hopefully do some community service my senior year</p>
<p>What are my chances?????????
Major:Biomedical Engineering: Premedical</p>
<p>Your gpa is kinda low, 4.08 around there, the average is 4.18. So you are a little low.
Your SAT is low, average is 2010-2050
your SAT 2’s should be about 700 each or higher.</p>
<p>but berkeley does use holistic admissions, so everyone has a chance if you have out standing essays.</p>
<p>I’m afraid you have no shot. First, your schedule is not rigorous at all, seeing as you’ve only taken one AP class. Second, your test scores are way too low. Third, your ECs are virtually non-existant. You definantly should not talk about ECs that you stopped before high school, because they don’t count at all. Being born in India is not an EC, and neither is learning a language. And stuff that you start in senior year is not taken seriously by adcoms. On top of that, you are apply to the most competitive major in Berkeley.</p>
<p>Sorry about being harsh, but I would strongly suggest not even applying. CSUs are very respectable, consider applying there. Berkeley is completely out of your reach. Good luck to all schools that you apply.</p>
<p>Ehh davidoga makes some good points, probably could’ve said it a bit nicer though lol</p>
<p>That SAT score is definitely far too low for a regular admit, maybe if you were a recruited athlete it would be decent. And it’s true that they don’t really want to hear about stuff you did before high school, it’s just the last 3-4 years that count. </p>
<p>Your schedule isn’t rigorous at all, UNLESS your school only offers that many APs. Cal wants you to take advantage of all the opportunities at your school.</p>
<p>I would disagree about not even applying, since it’s the same application for all UCs and it’s only an extra 60 bucks. Just write some really good essays…</p>
<p>well, you’re still a freshmen so you should take what these guys are saying with a grain of salt. you could definitely improve in the next 3 years. i didn’t even take the SATs until my junior year and i barely started taking APs my junior year as well. i’m sure you can improve cuz you still have a long ways to go.</p>
<p>EDIT: LOL, wow. sorry, my bad. i read the post wrong. please disregard my message and listen to davidoga.</p>
<p>well a 590 on the AP US history test would be top notch actually…I don’t know this kid’s circumstances, but off of what they put, I’d say it’d be pretty tough and they better write a tearjerking essay. The GPA isn’t bad…but the scores and ECs are really not where they should be.</p>
<p>Work very hard for your SAT re-take. And if you’re gonna apply, please don’t whine about the B you got or how you got low scores because you didn’t study. It’s your own damn problem.</p>
<p>SAT is a bit low… And your schedule’s strength is a lot weaker than many students you’ll be competing with for acceptance. In any case, there’s no reason not to apply… You never know, and if you write a stellar essay, you could be accepted. But I’d strongly advise applying to schools with lower GPA and SAT score ranges that fit your scores better.</p>
<p>Disregard what has been said by most of these people (assuming that you are in-state). You certainly have a good shot at UC Berkeley. I really do not have much of a clue as to why other mentioned that you should only apply to CalStates. Nobody who got like 90% A’s would get rejected by all the respectable UC’s. Take the SAT’s again and try to get a higher score if you can.</p>
<p>Focus a lot on your essays. Because of their review process these are very important. </p>
<p>Also, people have not mentioned some of the obvious things. Namely, to what extent did you take advantage of the opportunities that your HS offered. People mentioned things like not taking many AP’s. Well, the problem with looking at it like that is that many schools don’t offer a whole bunch of AP classes. </p>
<p>I can tell you from personal experences that in my Junior and Senior year I limited the amount of AP classes that I took because I felt that they did not provide as much information as the non-ap classes nor the honors classes at my school. Not only that, but the test was far before the end of my school year, so, the instruction was rushed. I don;t know if this is also your situation, but, I wrote about that in some of my extra enformation sent out of colleges (NOTE: I went to a private school which was known for having good courses).</p>
<p>I am a little embarrassed that so many people here are telling you not to apply. I really hope that not all of you are fellow golden bears. I bet each of you know Cal students that got in with stats lower than this. </p>
<p>Word of Advise: Apply to every school that you want to go to (I know plenty of people disagree with me here). Fee’s are not that bad (not to mention waivers) and it gives you the chance to write some really interesting essays (what, I’m clearly a nerd). Apply to Cal and hopefully we will see you in a year!</p>
Dude I totally mentioned that!! Not a good idea to make sweeping generalizations about everyone who gave advice.</p>
<p>I agree with most of your post BUT don’t apply to too many schools or it will take away from your essay quality for each one. I know that happened to quite a few people, myself included.</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone here is saying that OP shouldn’t apply to Berkeley - it’s not that he has no shot. Just that with his current scores (even if you discard the “opportunities” thing, his test scores do need work), he shouldn’t expect a sure acceptance.</p>