Chance me? - UC Berkeley, Stanford

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>GPA (unweighted): 3.8/4.0
GPA (weighted): 4.8/5.0
ACT with Writing: 34
SAT Math 2: 770
SAT Chemistry: 780
AP Environmental Science: 5 (self-studied, course wasn't offered at school)
AP Psychology: 5 (self-studied, course wasn't offered at school)
AP Computer Science A: 5
AP World History: 5 (self-studied, course wasn't offered at school)
AP US History: 5
AP Human Geography: 5 (self-studied, course wasn't offered at school)
Ranked 7th out of 350 students.</p>

<p>Current Schedule:</p>

<p>By the way, our school calls honor courses "Pre-AP"</p>

<p>Study Hall (had to take it because of scheduling conflicts)
Symphonic Band
Computer Science AP
Pre-Calculus Pre-AP
Physics Pre-AP
US History AP
English 3 Pre-AP
Spanish 3 Honors</p>

<p>Schedule for Senior Year:</p>

<p>Honors Band
Chemistry AP
US Government and Politics AP
Economics AP
English 4 AP
Calculus AB
Spanish 4 Honors
Teacher Aide</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars:</p>

<p>-3rd chair flutist and 1st chair piccolo in band (I'm the only male flute player at my school)
-Secretary of Chess Club
-Founder of our school's Computer Applications Team, competing against other schools and actually making it to Regionals (the youngest team there)
-Founder of our school's Computer Science Team; we got District Champs our first year and we're advancing to Regionals
-Member of our school's anti-drugs and alcohol organization, where I am in charge of speaking to the middle schools about abstinence
-Volunteer at a local health clinic
-Member of my church's Volunteer Corps
-Board member of another youth volunteer group
-Member of the National Honor Society
-Member of the Spanish Honor Society
-Member of the Spanish Club
-Freelance programmer and audio engineer, working on indie projects and open source projects in Java
-Member of the debate team</p>

<p>Awards/Accomplishments:</p>

<p>-Received a perfect rating for my flute solo at State (3rd year in a row)
-Went to the province of Gujarat in India and started a programs in three villages to transition their current computer technology over to Linux based systems.
-Recipient of the President's Call to Service Award (for over 4,000 volunteer hours)
-Started a free programming class for teenagers in Karachi with the help of my grandmother
-Used the school's old computers to build new Linux laptops for tech competitions
-Designed my own operating system based off of Xubuntu for my school and those using computers in academic competitions so they can get an edge
-Helped our school's debate team rebound after an incident regarding a debate teacher having relations with a student and getting arrested. I was the first student from our school to become a State Finalist in CX Debate.</p>

<p>Other Maybe Important Stuff?</p>

<p>I'm Indian.
I have two cousins that are attending Berkeley right now.
My parents have both been to college. (My mom went to college here, my dad went to college in India)
I'm middle class.
I live in Texas, but I was born in California.
Many of my teachers have told me that I'm pretty good at writing essays. They give me a chance to release all my emotions and worries.</p>

<p>Stanford is always a reach no matter who you are, but i’d say you have a very good chance at UC Berkeley! Some of your EC’s make you stand out very well, your gpa is reasonably strong. I’d say go for it</p>