Chances to UCB and UCLA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>grades so far:
freshman year:
I took bio, chinese 1, computer assisted drafting, english 9, geometry and world geography and got As in all of them both semesters.</p>

<p>sophomore year:
I took algebra 2 (honors, but the school said it doesn't get an extra point), chemistry honors, Chinese 3, english 10, engineering tech intro, and world history. I got As on all of them except algebra 2, which i got a B+ on both semesters.</p>

<p>junior year:
I took apbio, Chinese 4 honors, digital photography, english 11 honors, physics, trig/precalc honors, and ap US history. I got all As first semester but one B+ in apbio second semester.</p>

<p>GPA:
weighted (no -'s or +'s and no limit on extra points from ap and honors): 4.346
weighted (8 ap and honors limit): 4.23
unweighted: 3.88</p>

<p>by the way, does berkeley have the 8 ap and honors limit? i have heard from some places that it does and some places that it doesn't.</p>

<p>SATs:
1st time: 1890
2nd time: 1990
3rd time: 2090</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
chemistry: 780
math IIc: 780
bio: 780
US history: 770</p>

<p>AP tests:
APbio: 5
AP US history: 5</p>

<p>EC: varsity badminton and highest level in piano. I was also in speech and debate and robotics, but I didn't really do anything. 140 hours of volunteer work teaching kids math, science and english.</p>

<p>What are my chances of getting into UCB and UCLA?</p>

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<p>Assuming in-state: UCB/UCLA: match</p>

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<p>Berkeley: slight reach - high match
UCLA: high match - match</p>

<p>You have a strong GPA and SAT scores, but your ECs are somewhat weak. If your essays make you really stand out, then you'd have a better shot.</p>

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by the way, does berkeley have the 8 ap and honors limit? i have heard from some places that it does and some places that it doesn't.

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<p>All UCs have the 8-semester cap.</p>

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<p>I just checked the admission scattergrams of my school and their average SAT and GPA for being accepted to UCB is 2220 and 4.26... is that normal?!?!
I know that UCB is a great school, but I had no idea that it was that competitive.</p>

<p>ah, its looking quite grim.</p>

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<p>That seems like an awfully high SAT score for Cal. Perhaps the mean is skewed by a few overachievers.</p>

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I just checked the admission scattergrams of my school and their average SAT and GPA for being accepted to UCB is 2220 and 4.26... is that normal?!?!

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<p>SAT? No. GPA? Yes. What's the sampling size of that?</p>

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but I had no idea that it was that competitive.

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<p>Many don't realize how competitive it is (to be expected, when there are ~45,000 applicants and only ~4,000 class spots).</p>

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ah, its looking quite grim.

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<p>Just make sure to write really great essays. =)</p>

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<p>kyledavid,</p>

<p>Let's be fair here, though... it's like 4000 spots, but they accept like 10000+ because their yield isn't as high as some of the privates.</p>

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<p>There are 380 people listed on the scattergram. There is stuff plastered all over it saying that it is confidential info, so i wont copy it over here, but its pretty intense.</p>

<p>Writing really great essays...easier said than done.</p>

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<p>
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Let's be fair here, though... it's like 4000 spots, but they accept like 10000+ because their yield isn't as high as some of the privates.

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<p>Yes, I'm aware. That's why I said "class spots." They over-admit as most schools do; Berkeley's yield is rather good, at 40-50%.</p>

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<p>Imagine if Berkeley or UCLA could have Harvard-like yield. That would make things very interesting.</p>

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<p>ACTUALLY:
4.17 GPA
667cr, 692m, 670w for fall 2007</p>

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<p>i have a friend who got 1950 on SAT, and about 4.0 GPA ,got in Berkeley last year...</p>