Chance me?

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Hi! I am an 11th Grader studying in India. I would highly appreciate if you could chance me for UC Berkeley!
Intended Major: Business Major (I`m aware that in Berkeley you cant go for a business major straight away, so will go for computer science)
Other Subjects interested: Computer Science, International Relations

Academic Credentials:
10th Boards (ICSE): 97.4%
Current percent (11th and 12th): Approximately: 95%
Current Class Rank (75 students): 1
SAT: Superscore 2330 (CR 760 M 800 WS 770), one sitting 2290 (760 760 770)
SAT Subject: Physics and Math 2, projected score 780+ in both
AP: Physics and Calculus

Sports:
– Have been playing tennis for the past 7 years. Have reached top 150 of country, have played for Pune Zone once.
– Soccer,Basketball, Cricket at inter and intra school level.

Public Speaking:
– Have taken part and won inter and intra school debate competitions in both Hindi and English
– Taken part and won intra school extempore events
– Founded a debate club in my present school
– MUNning Career: Will have completed around 15 MUNs by the time I apply. Till now i have won 3 out of 4. I have also worked for the biggest MUN in my city, Pune Model United Nations as an Assistant Director
– Have won prizes for best debator in English and best debator in Hindi in my previous school

Social Work:
– Worked for a few weeks for ‘Project Buniyaad’, a project to improve the lifes of children in underpriveliged communities in Pune
– Founder of President of an NPO ‘Utopia Pune’, which aims at tackling problems society faces. This was founded 3 months ago and has completed 4 projects on cleanliness, recycling paper, saving petrol etc. We will be doing several more projects in time to come (Please check our page ‘Utopia Pune’ on facebook )

Others:
–Interned at a software company ‘Calsoft’ where I worked on Open ERP development
–Chief Financial Officer at a web design company ‘Lycan Bot’ founded by my friend
–Served as House Prefect in 10th grade and led my house to a victory
–Will be going for a 20 day exchange project to Sweden where we will be working on a module to tackle superstitions and environmental problems
–Took part in FTC robotics championship in 8th grade where my school won the nationals and went on to participate India at St Louis.

Hobbies and Skills:
– Adept at English, Hindi, Marathi
– Skillful at playing the ‘Harmonium’ an Indian Musical Instrument(Have been playing it since 9 years, just as a hobby)

Letters and Reccomendation: Great
Essays: Great

Thanks in advance!

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bump!

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You have a 97.4% what kind of genius are you? :open_mouth:
That being said do not apply for EECS apply to letters and sciences CS it will improve your chances drastically, if you are not interested any bit in electrics.
Good luck.

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@Bored1997 thanks for your response! So what exactly id EECS? And ya i hate electrics :stuck_out_tongue:

haha actually my school till 10th has a legacy of producing such percentages since the past 50 years. In fact for grade 10 with that percent my class rank was still 4 :stuck_out_tongue:

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Berkeley does not have pure CS in Engineering. It has pure Cs only in sciences, the closest thing to CS in engineering is EECS combined course of CS and electrical, but EECS has an acceptance rate of 6% while CS has about 16%.

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Ohh. thanks for that information! :smiley:
Can you give me anything about my chances?

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Oh my, a 97.4 GPA. How?? :open_mouth: Your SAT scores are amazing. Your commitment to your ECs is phenomenal and you have plenty of experience. I’d say that you have a extremely high chance of getting in. :slight_smile:

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thanks alot @cottoncandy24‌ !! :smiley: Just hoping for the best now!

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bump

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I think you have a great chance. Granted I’m not an admissions officer but when I freak out my chances at a school I look up statistics so I know a lot and you have an awesome shot in my opinion. Berkeley doesn’t superscore but your 2290 is fantastic. Thats in the top 1% of kids who take the sat. Your ECs are awesome and it shows commitment, which they will love. The international applicant acceptance rate for Berkeley is around 10% and if I had to guess you’d easily be in the top 10, probably the top 5.

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@jtrain5976‌ thanks! :slight_smile: actually my friend who just graduatedbfrom ucb told mebthat international composition of the incoming class is steadily increasing so that should help my chances right?

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Yeah if its true then it definitely should.

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yup! :slight_smile:

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Berkeley is a match for you. You could apply to IV leagues with those stats and maybe get into a few.

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international students are full pay at Berkeley.

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@"aunt bea"‌ the thing is I’m a US citizen so I’m, according to ucbs website, a domestic applocant with foreign credentials. To make things better I will be able to establish residency in California because my dad will be moving there this june

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Shauna, if you are not a California resident, as of now, you will be paying full fees-especially if you are coming to California for your education.

California is very strict on residency requirements. Everyone comes to California thinking that the state will automatically grant residency to anyone living here. The state schools are built, funded, and covered by current California taxpayers so, financial priorities go to the children of California taxpayers.

Any OOS, is subject to the same rule. It doesn’t matter if you are a US citizen, the state won’t fund you if you are not a California resident. You may be admitted to your schools, but you will be paying full fees. In-state tuition begins a year and a day after your father moves here, but there are a lot of rules especially if you move here for your education, you may have to shell out 4 years of OOS tuition, you need to be prepared for that. California knows that people try to get around paying full fees, that’s why they are so strict.

You need to check the “residency” requirements for in-state tuition.

As a US citizen, you can apply for federal funds, like a Pell grant, if you qualify, but those grants are so small they typically don’t cover the fees at the UC’s or Cal States. Expect to pay $55K per year at Berkeley, so read up on residency requirements.

As a non-California resident, you are not eligible for Cal grants or Blue and Gold.

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Ok then, I`ll surely check it out
Thanks! :smiley:

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rec’s aren’t required and you’re heading down a great path. if you apply L&S you should expect an acceptance, if CoE maybe a little iffy.

Don’t forget MIT, Stanford for CS (Tier1 for CS is usually MIT, Stanford, Berkeley; CMU is good too whereas caltech is more so research sciences)

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@5oviet Thanks! :slight_smile: