<p>My stats are really low, but my extra currics are pretty baller.
GPA: 3.3
SAT: 1950
Chair of the Youth Council.
Founder/CEO of a non-profit organization.
Student commissioner on the City Council
Spearheaded numerous events that have brought over hundreds of people in attendance.
Spoke on various talk shows pertaining women empowerment.
Huge feminist advocate.
Spoke on a panel for workshops for girls.
Recognized by the city Mayor as making the most impact in my community.
Won 4 gavels in MUN and elaborated it in personal statement on why I love public speaking.</p>
<p>I had beast essays on all of the above. My "Additional Comments" essay was on how I had a hard time balancing my schoolwork with my city agenda, and how I learned to cope up and got my GPA up by .67 by the end of junior year.</p>
<p>I also received the "Supplemental Essay" for UCLA. Idk if that helps my chances.</p>
<p>So your baller ecs consist of . . . extensive amount of whining, publicity, attention seeking, whining, whining . . . and uh, being female. Wonderful. </p>
<p>And you assume that you’re such a GREAT essayist . . . as if we’re all capable of objectively judging ourselves.</p>
<p>I really don’t think that you deserve to get in. If you want to be an activist, you don’t need a degree. Then again, women’s studies isn’t much of a degree anyways.</p>
<p>I say that you may have better chance of winning a lottery than getting in here.</p>
<p>The average when I entered Berkeley was 4.2 with 2100 SAT.
I am sure that didn’t change very much. Do the math. 3.3/ 19xx SAT.
If you get in, it’s because you are a female/minority. Other than that, no chance.</p>
<p>I doubt you’ll get in, but if you are as good a writer as you say you are, that would definitely improve your chances (still maybe only 10% chance).</p>
<p>So many incoming freshmen are horrible at writing. It’s sad :(</p>
<p>I got in with a 3.8 UC GPA/2280 (plus varsity basketball player). I actually believe that AP scores and SAT scores are a better indicator of success than high school GPA since high schools can vary substantially in quality. </p>
<p>Within my poli sci major, I’ve met people who received 4.5s but 1900s on their SATs. Guess what. They got grades in the 3.3-3.4 range at Berkeley. Even with having a lower high school GPA than my peers, because I went to a competitive high school and learned good study habits, I was able to do well both on the SAT and at Cal. And at the LSAT for that matter (I’m in NYU law btw, ranked 6th in the nation). </p>
<p>If you went to a very tough school, your 3.3 could be forgiven. But even so, you NEED a very high SAT score to compensate for that (that would show you’re a smart person but some circumstances prevented you from doing well in a school. an excuse in this case would be going to a very competitive school). A 2300+, possibly maybe 2400 would be needed to be competitive at Cal. And then you need a reason (justify in the 3rd optional essay or something)</p>
<p>I think your stats put Berkeley a little out of range. Take a look at the link below, click on “Custom Tables”, answer a bunch of questions, and enter up to 3 “mean characteristics” at a time to see what the admit rate percentage is for others with similar stats as you at Berkeley as well as other UC’s:</p>
<p>Standardized test scores are a MUCH much better indicator of academic performance because there is little variation between tests whereas the variation in quality of high schools in the US is profound.</p>
<p>How is the average GPA 4.3??? I can’t even get a 4.3 even if I got straight As in all my classes (using Berkeley’s scale). Am I missing something?</p>
<p>I don’t understand why most people don’t understand this. I mean, law schools have figured it out. They place more emphasis on the LSAT than on GPA or EC’s.</p>
<p>I understand that…but still, does that mean I can weight all the AP + Honors courses I have taken in sophomore + junior year, or is there some sort of limit?</p>
<p>i think there used to be this thing about a 6 AP course cap.</p>
<p>but just pretend that it doesn’t exist (may not even exist anymore) and see where your uc gpa ends up.i mean, without the cap is your “best scenario” gpa, and i do believe the average uc gpa hovers around the 4.3 range, but i don’t have links to back it up though, sorry.</p>
<p>@ jimmi</p>
<p>how do you like nyu law?/ when did you grad from here?</p>
<p>I think that the fact that almost all of your ecs consist of stylized whining will hurt you more than help you, coupled with your bad grades of course.</p>
<p>I have 2 siblings who are in berkeley right now, so I understand how competitive it is. I don’t want people to bash on my chances by speaking about how arrogant or whiny I sound. Thats just how i typed it on CC b/c I don’t want to write out my entire personal statement.
But I’m guessing my shot is fairly low.
I got a full ride to UCI, but idk if that says much for my UCB chances.</p>