Chances for Engineering at Berkeley, Stanford, Harvey Mudd, Cornell, Princeton?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.74 weighted (counting only fresh, soph, and junior years)
Rank: 1/343
SAT: 2110; CR: 620 M: 770 W: 720
SAT II: Math Level 2: 780; Physics: 740; US History: 700
ACT: 35; English: 35; Math: 36; Reading: 32; Science: 36

AP classes taken so far:
AP Chemistry (Score: 4)
AP World History (Score: 4)
AP Language (Score: 4)
AP Physics 1 (Score: 5)
AP Calculus AB (Score: 5)
AP U.S. History (Score: 5)
AP Spanish (Score: 2)

Senior Course Load:
AP Physics 2
AP Biology
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP Literature
AP Government
Honors Art
P.E. (required)

Extracurriculars:

  • Mathletes (4 years, president 2014-2015)
  • Key Club (4 years, treasurer 2014-2015, vice-president 2015-2016)
  • Science Olympiad (4 years, president 2014-2015)
  • National Honor Society (3 years, president 2015-2016)
  • Early Academic Outreach Program (4 years)
  • California Scholarship Federation (3 years)
  • Varsity Tennis (4 years)
  • Varsity Cross Country (4 years)
  • 450+ hours of community service (acquired through Key Club, helped at numerous homeless feeds, local food bank, fundraisers for charity, community events and festivals, etc.)
  • Project SEED Summer of Junior year (Program sponsored by the ACS, I worked as an intern and conducted research for the Chemistry Department at UC Davis and was paid a stipend)

Awards (No major ones)

  • Distinguished treasurer and Gold member by the CNH District of Key Club
  • Presidential Volunteer Service Award (Gold level)
  • AP Scholar with distinction
  • Selected Boy State Delegate for my school (couldn’t attend so alternate delegate went instead, not sure if this counts lol)
  • Some small scholarship awards
  • QuestBridge Finalist

Income: $50k/year for family of 6
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
State: California
Major: Engineering (mechanical or EECS)

Colleges interested in (Applying as an Engineer):
UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Davis, USC, Stanford, Brown, Cornell, MIT, Cal Tech, Harvey Mudd, Princeton, etc.

Is getting into Berkeley engineering as hard as getting into an Ivy League? Berkeley is one of my top choices. I’m not sure which schools are matches or reaches for me, I guess I’m a little cookie-cutter for an applicant lol. Also, I was thinking of applying mechanical engineering for Berkeley since EECS is most impacted there.

Thanks in advance!

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I think you have a great shot at these schools, though your ORM status isn’t too desirable. I think your chances should be a big better eith Berkeley than an Ivy League because they disregard race in admissions, but Berkeley engineering is really tough nevertheless. SAT score could br higher but that ACT score is golden for those schools. Your ECs show dedication and your varsity sports are impressive. It basically displays your abilities because I know a lot of people at my school who join a sport just to put it on their college application and they’re all terrible benchwarmers. Good luck! I’m sure you’ll get int some fantastic schools

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How are my chances at Cornell? Is it harder to get into there as an engineering major? The UC app recommends you talk about your interest/experience in your major so I’m kinda stuck on there. I’m planning on an essay to use on all my apps about my major but I’m using a personal experience from when I was little :stuck_out_tongue: we don’t have a robotics team or anything like that in our school so I never really got real experience in engineering.

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I got into Princeton engineering with some similar scores, it’s hard to say because recs and writing supplements factor in too. Based this info alone I’d say you have a chance (but then and again so do a lot of people), but the rest of it would depend on recs and essays.

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@Archlion

hiii i was wondering if you’ve heard back from anywhere?