Chance Me

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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Country of education: Taiwan
US Legal status: Nope

GPA: 93%
Class size: 400
Rank: School does not rank

SAT Scores: 800 Math and Chem
34 ACT Comp (460 UC Score in case for people who are wondering)

Extracurriculars:
Research at a local university (200 hours) Gr 10 - 11
Math club leader - all high school years
Volunteer club leader - all high school years
Food Bank volunteer outside of school - all high school years
Orchestra Principal Clarinet - all high school years

The four activities except the research, I participate in at approximately with the same dedication as most regular club leaders. Dedicated and focused , but not super focused like 10+ hours per week. About 2-3 hours for the 4 last activities per week.

Awards:
132 AMC 12 (Places me in top 3 of my country) - two years straight
AIME Qualifier (all high school)
National Gr.9 Math Contest 2nd place in country
National High School Science Fair Competition Top 20

*Other than the Gr.9 contest, all other ranking are among all participants instead of just one grade level.

Please chance me.

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Essays:

1: 10/10

2: 10/10

spent a lot of time on both of them, my English teacher was smiling when he read it as he said it was quite high standard. he used to work in an admission agency helping people to go to us uni.

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@boomboom123 Firstly, which college are you applying to? This affects your chances a lot. Secondly, it seems like you have great stats for less competitive colleges (L&S, Chem, EDesign); for EECS it’s hard to say.

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@treker205 Oh, LS , isnt EECS part of L&S, since CS is part of L&S

I am not interested in EE (the study of electronics and electricity - is that what the course at Berkeley is?) If it is the study of electricity and electronics, then I am definitely not interested - don’t like physics. I am interested in CS in L&S college.

My bad, I realized the EECS also contains CS. However, I only want to learn CS. Then, why wouldn’t I just apply to LS. Since its easier to get in and I learn the same stuff.

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@treker205 Update: I got in L&S UCB.