<p>Applying to Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego, and Irvine:</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.43
Unweighted GPA: 3.9 something</p>
<p>Non-California Resident</p>
<p>ACT scores
Total - 32
English - 29
Math - 34
Reading - 32
Science - 32</p>
<p>SAT II Scores
-Math IIC: 750
-Chemistry: 760
-U.S. History - 750</p>
<p>AP's:
-US Government - 5
-Computer Sci A & AB - 5/5
-Chemistry - 5
-English Lang & Comp. - 4
-U.S. History - 5
-Spanish - 3
-Psychology (Senior year)
-English Lit & Comp (Senior year)
-Physics C: Mech (Senior year)
-World History (Senior year)
-Calc AB (Senior year)</p>
<p>Which college are you applying to?
-Computer Science / L&S</p>
<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
-Key Club, 90 hours/year for 4 years, treasurer.
-Young Democrats, Founder & Elected President.
-Trivia, 50 hours/year for 4 years. - Captain from the first team from my school to ever place in the regional competition.</p>
<p>Essays:
-The first essay is a heart wrenching description of how I don't let adversity get in my way, as shown by three examples, the last being unrivaled and surprising.
-The second one focuses on how I can program a Linux core, and rock out to the spice girls at the same time.</p>
<p>Other factors:
-Student Webmaster for the school.
-Worked since I was 16, 40/hours a week during the summer, at a government internship exploring my passion for computers.
-I go to two high schools this year in order to take all of my AP classes.</p>
<p>Your chances at UCSD and UCI are excellent, IMO, and your chances at UCLA and Berkeley are very good. (My D is OOS at Berkeley, FWIW.)</p>
<p>Should I ask to have my Berkeley major switched from L&S CS to EECS, or just ask to switch colleges after a year?</p>
<p>It's my number one choice school now, and I heard getting into Berkeley via EECS is harder, but it's also harder to switch into later. :/</p>
<p>Hey killthefifi =]</p>
<p>I guess I didn't ever answer this explicitly for you, but I've now seen your stats. I do think you have some good chances at making Berkeley EECS with your grades and scores. The only big difference between your and my profile is that I'd just loaded tons of math classes, and has taken AP Physics and AP math. I don't think "personal" factors will be too important to the EECS people. </p>
<p>You're almost certainly in to L&S CS, but EECS is harder to say, though you have a good shot. To transfer to EECS once you're in to L&S CS, you'd have to do well at Berkeley's math and physics and CS courses. Remember Berkeley is probably harder than high school...BUT Berkeley you have control over (it's in the future), and high school is the past. I'd say that if you have something telling them that you're a highly keen engineering student, good chance you're in to EECS. It's just, I don't want you to not get into EECS for some sad reason, and miss out on Berkeley altogether!</p>
<p>OK you know what, you do have some science AP's - CHem, Physics to come, doing math in senior year.</p>
<p>YEah, I think you have a fair shot at EECS....like, honestly I don't know if these things even matter, and as far as pure numbers go, you're right in range. It's not THAT horribly tough to get into EECS as a high schooler. Maybe resting your future on your good high school scores is better than resting it on doing well in frosh. EECS courses - you may need some adjusting! </p>
<p>Though.....if you don't care about that name "EECS" that much, L&S CS is a sure pick! </p>
<p>G'luck!!! I think you can make it!</p>
<p>OK I am also an idiot, 5 on AP Comp Sci, all this is good stuff. </p>
<p>YEah don't worry about applying as EECS if you have taken a lot of AP and honors classes. You show you can do CS stuff, just be sure you have a high GPA, because Berk can be weirdly insistent that your raw GPA is good for competitive majors (i.e. someone taking a million AP's may actually have a better chance than someone with just focus on technical subjects).</p>
<p>From the sounds of it, since I really have a good shot L&S, I'm going to just stay that route. I don't want to miss out on Berkeley just because I chose the wrong major to enter with.
I'm sure my freshman grades are going to be really good, because there's going to be lectures and such. (self studying for some of my AP tests isn't quite the easiest thing, but I still somehow managed 5s) =]</p>
<p>"I'm sure my freshman grades are going to be really good, because there's going to be lectures and such. (self studying for some of my AP tests isn't quite the easiest thing, but I still somehow managed 5s) =]"</p>
<p>OK you may be the most brilliant person in the world, so I can't judge you =] BUT, AP tests just don't compare to Cal's grading. Cal is a very, very hard school in terms of grading, and this is highly true in EE and CS courses. Most people getting A's in Cal engineering courses thought any AP science or math test was a joke! Heck most people in Physics 7B took AP E&M and thought it was a complete joke. So let your view of your raw abilities, not AP tests, be the judge! I'm only commenting on the comparison with AP's, I'm sure you're an enthusiastic student from our little communication, and that's key to success here.</p>
<p>Haha, okay, so I'll freely admit that I'm not the brightest in the world....</p>
<p>But I GUARANTEE that it would be hard to try to find someone as enthusiastic :]
I'm glad that that would get me as far as just having the brains would.
It's going to be quite a good switch from the ease of AP to real questions =D</p>
<p>I have a good feeling about your acceptance, honestly. If you were not OOS, I would basically guarantee it, but I guess I don't know as much about the out of state stats...I can't imagine, though, that you have anything less than a fabulous shot.</p>
<p>good chances. now you just need some luck!</p>
<p>AH!
the luck part...
after reading that they only accepted 17% of OOS applicants last year, i'm starting to get worried =/</p>