chances for outta stater?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>any ideas on chances?? i really should decide soon...their deadlines in like 10 days!!
asian female, nj, immigrated when i was 10
SAT I (may 05) 720m, 680cr, 660writing
SATI (oct 05) 740 m, 660 cr, 720 writing
highest compositie: 2140
SAT II's: 680 math iic, 660 physics (yea...not that high)</p>

<p>really really competitive high school, top 50 in nation i think, so i think im only top 30%, i know that everyone else's got really high ranking...so im kinda worried here, we have no rank tho, gpa is 3.8ish
5 ap's by graduation: stat, econ (micro and macro), psych, lang, and calc
(not that many cuz my school has like qualifying tests for ap's, so its kinda hard to get in in the first place) but all other classes are accelerated/honors</p>

<p>EC's:
black belt karate
karate teacher to kids ages 3 to 10, teacher to special needs (physical/mentally ill), karate camp counselor
2004 nationals: 1st place
2003 nationals: 3rd place</p>

<p>clarinet for 5 or so years, 1st section in school band</p>

<p>internship at hospital, Neonatal intensive care unit, veryy cool experience</p>

<p>piano for like 12 years
played in carnegie hall, steinway hall
won competitions multiple times in diff years: young pianist competition of nj, music educators association of nj, young peoples music program, and 2 others whos name escapes me now...o and 2 consecutive years 1st place talent show in my school. im sending in a cd of my playing (actually for my other schools i did, but does berkeley take supp stuff like cd's since they get so many apps?)
accompanist for everything imaginable: school musical, chorale (elite singing group of my high school), and im like the conductor/teacher too, fundraising activities for AIDS (broadway cares/equity fights AIDS), president of musiCares (we go to diff nursing homes and play music), played with church choirs for sunday services
school activities include key club, modern issues, red cross, ummm sorta french lit mag</p>

<p>i got a supp rec from my piano teacher...again does berkeley take supp stuff since they already got so many apps?</p>

<p>chances??
thanx for any thoughts!</p>

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<p>i would say you have a shot at berkeley, but being an out of state might hurt you. You seem to have a lot of extracurriculum stuff which will definitely help out. If you are taking SAT again in Dec, a higher score will be a plus.
Another thing is your major selection, it's much either to get into L S than engineering.</p>

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<p>everyone seems to be saying that ppl w/ amazing stats from out of state " have a shot at berkeley, but being an out of state might hurt you."
but this person has amazing stats!!
GL w/ everything!</p>

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<p>to the poster above, the EC's are amazing but the stats are mediocre</p>

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<p>o i thought EC was a subset of stats; i guess not?
still..</p>

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<p>thans danielsjang, i hope ur right!!
soloboe--when do they make their decision? and it wouldn't be too late to take the dec sat's?</p>

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<p>fyi. ucs take the highest SAT sitting, not highest composite. With that rule, OP's SAT is 2120, not 2140.</p>

<p>is 3.8 your weighted a-g GPA from 10th and 11th grades? That is what the UCs look at.</p>

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<p>yea, i figured that out. o well, i hate the verbal sections
3.8 is unweighted...with ap and honors credits, i think its a 4.1</p>

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<p>december SAT scores should be accepted ( at least they accepted the score last year) I think you should call admissions to make sure.</p>

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<p>the latest sat you can take for UCs is the december 3 one.</p>