Chances for admittance to Berkeley

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>-Hey everybody - I posted this in the chances forum as well as this, but I thought being in the Berkeley specific thread might get some responses.</p>

<p>-I am a CA resident, so I only applied to UC schools as they are much less expensive than other universities would be for me.</p>

<p>-Anyway, as the title says, I am wondering about my chances for getting into UC Berkeley. My dream right now is to go to the Haas School of Business at Berkeley...anyway...here it goes....</p>

<p>Oh yah, white male, middle income = /</p>

<p>SAT 1:
-Verbal = 800
-Math = 720
-Writing = 760 (10 on essay)</p>

<p>SAT 2:
-Biology(M) = 800
-USHistory = 780
-Math 2C = 680 (Ouch!)</p>

<p>Classes:
-Frosh - AP World History(A/A, 5)
-Soph. - AP Spanish(B/B, 3) - AP Euro(A/A, 5) - AP Bio(B/A, 5)
-Junior - AP USHistory(A/A, 5) - AP Chem.(A/A, 5) - AP Eng.Lang.(A/A, 5) - Math 150-151(College Level Calculus...A/A)
-Senior - AP Psych(?) - AP Stats(?) - AP EngLit(?) ---(I'm sure A's in all and 5's.)</p>

<p>Weighted GPA from Soph. and Junior years = 4.33 which is only rank 21 at my school out of about 400 seniors....very competitive public high school.</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular:
-4 years Football - 2 year letterman and starter
-2 years Track - 2 year letterman
-6 years Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Scout + Patrol Leader(Lead to Honor Patrol Award) +Junior Assistant Scout Master + 3 Religious Medals for Catholic Faith + hundreds of hours of community service.
-Co-Founder of Young Democrats, 1 year - Vice-President.
-2 years Academic League
-4 years Math Team/Club</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Summer at Pacific Theaters - Usher
-2 years for local DJ company - Roadie/Lights and Sound Technician</p>

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<p>-I'm a fairly good writer, so I'm pretty confident about my essays.</p>

<p>-If I forget anything important, let me know and I will do my best to add/clarify - thanks for your help!!!</p>

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<p>Oh, and to give everyone an idea of how competitive the public school I go to is:
-3 Students this year into Stanford ED/EA
-3 Students into Harvard ED/EA
-2 Yale ED/EA
-1 Princeton ED/EA
- Lots of others I don't know...
-Always 4 to 6 that go to Berkeley every year, I'm sure many more get in.</p>

<p>And if this helps, I am applying to the Economics major(even though I would like to transfer to Haas after Sophomore year.)</p>

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<p>I'm not a Cal resident so i'm pretty bad at guessing these things but my guess is that your pretty much in!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the positive reply!</p>

<p>I have heard though that, fairly frequently, people from my school have been accepted to Harvard/Yale/Cornell/Princeton etc but not to UCB or UCLA, so any other opinions are welcome.</p>

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<p>Wow....seriously????? That's kinda wierd.....guess the University of WA works very differently.....I still think you have a good chance though.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your reply chloecat! Just wierdness that I've heard of with the UC application process...with no letters of recommendation and all of that.</p>

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<p>-Can any UC Berkeley students give me their take on the Berkeley application process and my chances???
-Any non-UC Berkeley student opinions are always welcome, Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your calling a 680 on the math IIc "ouch," calling your rank "only 21 [out of 400]," and the rest of your information indicate that you're probalby going to get in, and also get into Haas later. As long as you took the application seriously, I think you're in. Don't slack off while here or you won't get into Haas.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your insight DRab.</p>

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<p>You're welcome- here to help.</p>

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<p>"people from my school have been accepted to Harvard/Yale/Cornell/Princeton etc but not to UCB or UCLA, so any other opinions are welcome."</p>

<p>its the complete opposite for my school. last year 1 person went to harvard and yale and 2 people went to cornell and princeton while 26 people went to cal and 29 went to ucla out of a class of 350. ur probably in to cal.</p>

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<p>has anyone every applied to Berkeley from your school??</p>

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<p>_____<strong><em>"-Always 4 to 6 that go to Berkeley every year, I'm sure many more get in."</em></strong>_________</p>

<p>Yah. Does that mean they would respect my high school more because we have sent students before?</p>

<p>I think lots of kids apply to Berkeley and get in but choose to go elsewhere - Ivy's etc.</p>

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<p>You sound like you have a good chance of getting into Berkeley! Good ECs.</p>