<p>Hi everybody,
I just got my first SAT scores back, which was a 2000. With more tries I can raise it to at least 2150. I'm trying for a 2200.
My weighted gpa is 4.18, unweighted, 3.95.
I'm not going in to details about extra curriculars, but they are rather good I think.
I'm female, white and from New England.
I'd want to be a history major.
Thanks!</p>
<p>UCB with 2000: Match
UCB with 2200: Low Match</p>
<p>OOS is so very tough. A better SAT would certainly help. The N.England thing might help. ALL in all, it might be a bit of a stretch but but a reachable stretch. GL</p>
<p>I want to be a history major. What exactly does math and low match mean? How good are my chances of getting in? Thanks!</p>
<p>Match means, you’re in that pool of getting accepted.
Low match means, you’re definitely/probably going to be accepted.</p>
<p>Ok thanks for that explanation!</p>
<p>A more accurate explanation is probably:
Safety - 90%+ chance of acceptance
High Safety - 80%+ chance of acceptance
Low Match - 75%+ chance of acceptance
Match - 50%+ chance of acceptance
High Match - <40% chance of acceptance
Low Reach - <30% chance of acceptance
Reach - <20% chance of acceptance
High Reach - <5% chance of acceptance</p>
<p>Overall, a safety means that you are likely to be accepted, usually safeties are backup schools. A match means you may be a good fit for the school, and have good chances of being accepted (although not guaranteed.) A reach means that your chances are low, but in some extreme situations you can still “reach” it. The “high” and “low” are simply modifiers of the above classifications to make it a bit more precise. The scale from 100 to 0 percent chance of acceptance would look like:
(~100%) Low Safety - Safety - High Safety - Low Match - Match - High Match - Low Reach - Reach - High Reach (~5-0%)</p>
<p>High safety and low safety are very uncommonly used, and I don’t use high reach that much, except maybe when I’m asked the height of a reach.</p>
<p>How many AP/IB classes did you have? Add a full grade point to a class for each AP/IB class you had, up to 8. Then I’ll be able to chance you accordingly.</p>
<p>By the time I graduate I will have taken 8 AP classes…</p>
<p>You need to have a 2200 to make UCB a low match. Good luck.</p>
<p>Berkeley: Match</p>
<p>@sosomenza, last year, actually, UC Berkeley had an ever so slightly higher acceptance rate for OOS applicants, though it should be noted that the objective stats for admitted OOS applicants were a little higher than the objective stats for admitted in state applicants. Still, by now, the difference in chances between an OOS and an in state applicant are minimal, at best.</p>
<p>thanks everybody!</p>