Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I will be entering 11th grade this september.
Weighted GPA: 4.25
Unweighted GPA: 3.884</p>

<p>AP tests:
Chemistry: 5
Physics B: 5</p>

<p>SAT II's:
Chemistry: 780</p>

<p>SAT I:
No idea..I havent taken it yet..probably in the range of 2000-2100</p>

<p>I am volunteering at my hospital and will have about 200+ hours by the time I apply. I am also reading for the dyslexic and blind. (about 100 hours)</p>

<p>I will have 4 years of cross country, 4 years of winter track, and 4 years of volleyball... I am also in the most competitive orchestra in my school playing the violin. Played the alto saxophone in 9th grade</p>

<p>I represented my school and competed in this science competition called "New Jersey Science League". Might do it again in the future.</p>

<p>Future AP's:
AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP biology, AP Gov and Pol, and MCLA, (Multi-variable calculus & linear algebra)</p>

<p>I plan on getting 5's on all of those AP tests (excluding MCLA cuz there is no AP test for it and also Gov and Pol)</p>

<p>I will also take the Math II and Physics SAT subject tests and at least 760+ but I will be aiming for 780+ on those tests.</p>

<p>Honors Societies:
Math, Social Studies, Music, Science, Spanish</p>

<p>Any ideas on how to improve my resume?</p>

<p>P.S. I am out of state...does this ruin my chances?... I will be applying to the school of engineering majoring in either bio or Chem engineering!</p>

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<p>You may need to better that projected score of 2000 to 2100. Very competitive applicant pools in those majors. You EC’s are solid. UC’s also calculate GPA using the UC GPA formula.</p>

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<p>Your chances seem slim.</p>

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<p>@caiacs…what part of my application is weak?</p>

<p>@jshain: really? I remember reading somewhere that UC’s are looking less at SATs and more at ECs</p>

<p>would it help to say that my ethnicity is other and im first generation of my family to grow up in america? my mom is from ukraine and my dad is from bangladesh?</p>

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<p>race cannot be considered in the application process. Also, being chanced before you have your test scores is unhelpful because they are a big part of the application. Basically just keep your grades up and study for your SATs</p>

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<p>I read in another thread somewhere that OOS has a better chance of getting into UCB (30%) than in-state for the class of 2015. Another thing is that chemical engineering is in the College of Chemistry, not the College of Engineering.</p>

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<p>That statistic is very unlikely. While it is easier than in the past for OOS applicants to be accepted, in-state applicants still have the edge.</p>

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<p>sorry for the mistake. its just that instead of going no the school’s website i just checked the majors on college board and just assumed that it was in the school of engineering. Yes, i checked earlier that ISS had an acceptance rate of like 24% and OSS had an acceptance rate of 39.4% which is EXTREMELY for this school… hopefully that stays the same when i graduate high school in 2013.</p>

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<p>^Agree with petrovich. </p>

<p>@theworriedguy, Your SAT score is (about) equally important as your UC GPA. Both are more important than your EC’s. I’d take mjmay7’s advice and re-post after you get scores in-hand. My S, an incoming Freshman at Cal this year (MechE), had an SAT score of 2230 and most of his friends who also got accepted were within 50 pts. of this in both directions. Cannot remember his UC GPA but his uw and w GPA’s were 3.8 and 4.6 respectively.</p>

<p>Or… you may also want to go to this link below and click on “Custom Tables”, answer a few questions, enter up to 3 “mean characteristics” at a time, and see what UC thinks your chances are:</p>

<p>[University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu/]University”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu/)</p>

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<p>the only problem with believing that it is easier for OOS now is that you would have to deny the fact that applying OOS to Cal is a self selecting pool. A lot of IS people apply to Berkeley because it is just another $60 fee with no more required work when they send in their UC application. People who apply OOS, on the other hand, truly believe that they have what it takes to be accepted and are, generally, applying to Cal because of its excellence in certain areas. Hence, they generally have higher stats along with some pretty good ECs. This is supported by the fact that, with the acceptance of more OOS, the average stats for Berkeley rose this year. UW GPA is now a 3.88 and SAT score is like 2016 or something close to that. it is harder to get in OOS because you are competing with the rest of the country against kids who already believe that they are good enough to get in.</p>