Chances of getting into UC Berkeley - Please Help

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I want to know what else I would have to do to get into UC Berkeley. I plan to major in Business.</p>

<p>General Facts:
I'm Chinese. Parents moved to America in their 30's and had me and 2 sisters.</p>

<p>SAT:
Reading: 680
Math: 750
Writing: 720
Total: 2150</p>

<p>Transcript:
(I'm a candidate for the IB Diploma)
Freshman Year:
Biology: A/A
Spanish 2: A/A
Geometry/Algebra 2 Honors: A/A
Honors World History: A/A
English 1 Honors: A/A
Cross Country/Track: A/A
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Unweighted: 4.0</p>

<p>Summer:
Health: A
CAT 1 (Computer Class): A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors Chemistry: A/A
Spanish 3: A/A
Algebra 2/Trigonometry/PreCalc: A/A
Yearbook: A/A
English 2 Honors: A/A
Cross Country/Track: A/A
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Unweighted: 4.0</p>

<p>Summer:
Drawing and Painting: A/A</p>

<p>Junior Year (with predictions for 2nd semester):
Spanish 4 AP/IB: A/A
AP Chemistry: B/B
Probability and Statistics IB: A/B
Yearbook: A/A
English 3 AP/IB: A/A
AP US History: A/A
Weighted GPA: 4.6
Unweighted: 3.75</p>

<p>Summer (guessing):
American Government: A?
Calculus (at a community college): A?</p>

<p>Senior Year (I'm going to say straight A's to give me hope)
AP/IB Economics: A/A
Theory of Knowledge IB: A/A
Yearbook: A/A
AP/IB European History: A/A
IB Physics: A/A
AP/IB English 4: A/A
Weighted GPA (guess): 4.8
Unweighted GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
President of Chinese Club
Secretary of American Red Cross
Active Member of CSF (California Scholarship Federation)
160+ Community Service Hours at Chinese Summer School
Section Editor of the Yearbook in 2007 and 2008</p>

<p>Volunteer by tutoring children at local elementary school
Plan to intern at Tiger Woods Learning Center this summer.</p>

<p>Awards:
2nd place 2006 Southern CA Chinese Calligraphy Competition
1st place 2005 Southern CA Chinese Pencil Calligraphy Competition
3rd place 2005 Southern CA Chinese Calligraphy Competition
Rotary Top 100 in 9th, 10th, 11th grade
Bronze Lancer Knight Award in Spanish (3rd best student in that subject area in the school)
Scholar Athlete Award in 9th and 10th grade
... and about 10 other minor awards/scholarship awards </p>

<p>My family is pretty normal. Nothing extraordinary has happened to me so I don't know if that will help at all in my essays.</p>

<p>So what are my chances of getting into UC Berkeley with this resume? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to improve my chances? I would really appreciate your comments.</p>

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<p>You'll more than likely get into UCB. The standards are only Ivy League-esque for out-of-state students. But what are your SAT II scores? Those are important to the top UC's. If you got a 675+ on all your SAT II's, I'm pretty sure you're set. If not, then you'll still DEFINITELY get into UCLA.</p>

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<p>I am a resident of CA. I haven't taking SAT IIs yet. I will take them on June 2 though... I'm shooting for 700+ on math IIC and 750+ on chemistry.</p>

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<p>The UC schools for in-state students are a refreshingly less sporadic than private schools.</p>

<p>High GPA + High SAT scores (meaning 2100+) + high school w/ good reputation or API scores = acceptance at UCB, UCLA, etc.</p>

<p>At least, this is how it seemed to work out at my high school. I honestly believe that getting into Berkeley as a Californian is a better bet than getting into "lesser" schools like Boston College, Tufts, Colby, etc.</p>

<p>Needless to say, I think you have a great chance.</p>

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<p>i think you will definitely get in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>It's not quite as easy, as others seem to think. There are many who have a high GPA/SAT scores and get rejected. But with your stats and ECs/awards, I'd say match.</p>