Chances at Berkeley

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, my dream school is UCB, would be applying as an English major.</p>

<p>I go to a pretty crappy, though not horrible, Socal public HS, where my Class Rank is 31, or my 10-12th grade class rank is 25. My Non-weighted GPA is 3.889, and my 10-12 Non Weighted is 4.0 (4.6 weighted).</p>

<p>Did sort of ok on the SAT:2070, SAT II Lit: 760, SAT II US Hist: 800.</p>

<p>AP Scores: 5 - US Hist
5 - Eu Hist
5 - English Lang/Comp</p>

<p>Really weak on the EC's: Volunteered at a biweekly basis at my schools writing center junior year. (Continuing it this year.)</p>

<p>Expect to have pretty good essays, I'm a pretty good writer. My biggest weakness is my race...I'm the white male opressor :((.</p>

<p>So yeah...what are my chances?</p>

<p>Edit: Oh yeah, this year's class schedule.</p>

<p>IB Eng Lit 2 HL2(taking AP test, Film, Economics (non-H), IBPsych (taking the AP test), Ap Stats, and Honors Pre-Calc.</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=96212%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=96212&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Anyhow, you have a better than average shot at Berkeley.</p>

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<p>Do I really? MY EC's are rather pathetic, and my SAT score is avg for Berkeley. I imagine those facts, combining with my non-minority status doom me for UCSC.</p>

<p>Note: UCSC is my second choice, I'm not implying that I don't think I could get into UCI and friends.</p>

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<p>you can retake the SAT I and just "market" yourself on your resume in a way that makes your ecs sound exciting.</p>

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<p>dude,, you can get into UCSC with scholarship..or something..
i can guarentee.. with your SAT score you can go there easily..
i live in santa cruz, so i take classes at UCSC.. i am guarenteed to get accepted to there cuz i took so many classes there..
anyway,, for Berkeley you have an average chance.. but good luck</p>

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<p>UCs care the most about GPA.</p>

<p>You have a maximum UC weighted GPA...</p>

<p>Good chance at Berk.</p>

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<p>Sucka:</p>

<p>UCB: Match</p>

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<p>Awaiting the post that will inform me I'm a sociopath for not having volunteered somewhere, and that my doing so prevents me from getting into Cal State Fresno...</p>

<p>Seriously though, can someone with one week EC actually stand a chance of getting into the top UC in this age of political correctness?</p>

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<p>If you live in California, you're basically in at UCB. Just to make sure, I would retake the SAT. Don't worry about your EC's--the UC's really concentrate on your stats (GPA+SAT). The fact that your White doesn't hurt--statistically speaking, you can score lower than Asians and get still into UCB.</p>

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<p>Would love anyone elses opinion...and as stupid as it may seem I do not plan on retaking the SAT. I have no desire to get back into the SAT taking mindset, and would assume I'd receive an even lower score than I did on the first take, (the first take having been taken with a hypoglycemic biochemistry and no food for 5 hours!).</p>

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<p>I would raise your SAT score, then you're definetly in at UCB if you live in California</p>

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<p>Bumpety Bump.</p>