Hi CC, I wanted a more “hollistic” reading of my chances for UC Berkeley/UCLA than the compiled thread would offer. Berkeley is my top choice and I applied to the College of NATURAL RESOURCES and declared an environmental science major. I believe that this college of Berkeley is the least selective. ALSO, I taked to the debate coach at Berkeley; he said that he could put me down as an applicant of interest.
To preface this:
I have already been accepted into Georgia Tech and into Umich. Other than that, I think my “stats” are weak, but my essays and EC’s are relatively good.
If you have time, chance me for the following as well:
U washington
CMU
Northwestern
Princeton
Here’s my stats:
U/W GPA: 3.92
UC Weighted GPA: 4.2 - 4.3ish
ACT: 32 (only took it once) (33 E, 32 M, 31 R, 31 S)
Class Rank: top 10%
AP Classes by the end of senior year: (will have a total of 12) (14 including dual enrollment)
9th:
AP US Gov (5)
AP Comp Gov (4)
10th:
AP World (5)
11th:
AP Env Science (5)
AP Lang (5)
AP Computer Science (5)
AP Physics B (2)
12th:
AP Biology
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Art History
AP Calc AB
Dual Enrollment @ Local Community College:
College English
College History
Essays:
Pretty Good - Talked about my startup idea and how I want to combine CS with ES to make climate data systems and talked about my debate passions
ECs / Work:
Laid groundwork for my startup company/nonprofit, research, website, outreach etc, - its about sustainable agriculture in developing countries. - id rather not go into specifics to protect my idea
Number of Years: 2
10-15 hrs a week
Digital Scientists
Position: Software Intern/ Quality Assurance Tester
Number of Years: 2 (still working here)
Time Commitment: 40 hr/wk (during summer) (400 hours during summer, 10 weeks) , hr/wk (during entire school year)
Trilez Software Inc
Position: Software Testing/ Customer Support Team Leader/ Community Manager of Forums with over 300,000 Members
Number of Years: 3 (still working here)
Time Commitment: 5 - 15 hr/wk (all year)
Food Aid/Orphanage Work in India
Position: Volunteer
Number of Years: 1
Time Commitment: 70 hrs over the summer
City of Decatur
Position: City Manager Intern
Number of Years: 1
Time Commitment: 5hr/wk for 4 weeks
Policy Debate Team
Position: Co-Captain
Number of Years: 4
Time Commitment: 16 hr/wk
Over 3000 hours in total debate commitment
Over 400 hours in debate community service (judging/ coaching novices)
Woodward National Debate Championships Third Place
Winner of 8+ Local and Regional Tournaments
Model United Nations
Position: Vice President
Founding member. Helped coordinate Meetings etc and the team won a few conference awards
Ultimate Frisbee
Position: President
Founded the club my senior year. Extramural club for health training and teambuilding. Large group of kids from school
