<p>Hi everybody. It would be great if you all could let me know my chances of being admitted here. I'm from New Jersey and I don't know if that makes it harder or easier. I'm going to assume harder.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.75ish (lost my report card lol). Was a 4.2 but I tend to stop trying if I'm not being challenged (don't worry, I'm getting serious now and I know this is a tough college)</p>
<p>I was an honors student all through middle school but I got lazy so my only honors are:
9th: h algebra
10th: h spanish
11th: h accounting
12th: h physics/ap stat</p>
<p>SAT:1850. Math-700/Reading-610/Writing-540
-How heavily if at all is the writing section considered? Either way I am taking it again and hoping to get 2000+</p>
<p>I want to be an engineering major (which one, im not sure on yet, possibly chemical with a minor in math because as you can see ^^^, that's my strong suit.</p>
<p>I'm the captain of our school's hockey team. I also throw javelin and discus for track although I'm not spectacular at those. </p>
<p>Currently I am in no clubs but I plan to join FBLA this year since my friend is the President (is this going to hurt my chances by not being in any clubs?)</p>
<p>Work experience: just reffing hockey in the summer and doing office work for my sister's company but that's not a legit job (although she said she would figure a way to work it in for my advantage).</p>
<p>Sooo, yea. I know I could've done a lot better on the extra curricular part, but even with my lack of that, what are my chances?</p>
<p>your stats is below average for berkeley. im sorry to tell you, but if you want to major in engineering at berkeley, you don’t stand a chance against other people with high SATs (especially in math) and high gpa.</p>
<p>its alright, thanks for the honesty. and im pretty clueless on this whole thing but do they factor in your major when they consider accepting you (is that why you’re saying i dont stand a chance?) or are you saying like i wont be able to keep up with these kids in class? if its the first then i guess i did screw myself over because im easily capable of a lot higher stats, im just lazy. if it is the second one, trust me, im a lot smarter than i seem, if i try, i could easily keep up with higher stat kids</p>
<p>engineering majors are the toughest to get into for berkeley. if your interested in chem engineering, you could apply to letter and science first (way easier) and transfer into college of chemistry later on. however, since your out of state, it’s really tough to get accepted even for letter and science with your stats.</p>
<p>You have absolutely no chance unless you’re like . . . really poor and brag about it in your essays or you have some other form of special circumstance. </p>
<p>Even if you’re “a lot smarter than you seem”, most accepted engineering majors have been exposed to years of AP and “college level” coursework that you’ve never touched, so even if you were “smart”, you’d still be starting from an extremely disadvantaged position. </p>
<p>Your stats aren’t just indicative of work ethic (which, undoubtedly is very important), but also ability, as a great deal of engineering majors at Berkeley could have gotten an 800 on the SAT in or before middle school/early high school.</p>