Chances??

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Help me out:
Schools applying to: UCLA, UCB, Stanford, Cornell, Georgetown, UCSD</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White/ Born in Germany (helps???)
School: Top 1000 US Public HS</p>

<p>SATs
CR 760 M 780 WR 720
SAT IIs
Bio 740 Math II 780 Spanish 765</p>

<p>ACT 35 35 34 34 </p>

<p>GPA (4.0 UW):
9: 4.0 W
10: 4.1667
11: 4.6667
12: 4.71 (projected)</p>

<p>ECs/Honors
Mexico Mission 2007 (Build houses in Mex. w/church)
Biology Departmental Award
Competitive Soccer (8-10 hrs. week, 6 years)
Recreational Basketball (4 years) (2 hours/week)
Track and Field (2 years JV (captain) + 2 years varsity)
National Honor Society (NHS) (50 hrs.)
California Scholarship Federation (20 hrs)
National Spanish Honor Society
Red Cross Club (20 hrs.)
Speech and Debate--Foreign Extemp. Speaking
Science Buddies (40 hrs., approx. 1/2 hr/week)</p>

<p>Recommendations
Probably best part -- Good from Span. 3/4 teacher + US History (Cal graduate)
Recommendation from Vice Chancellor @ Cal during Summer</p>

<p>Other
Took Peace & Conflict Studies/ Religious Studies @ Cal (don't know how that factor into GPA??)
Fluent 3 languages (Eng., Span., German)
Father's childhood friend is Professor @ German Department in Stanford</p>

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<p>In at the UC's, good chance at the others, except reach for Stanford.</p>

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<p>Er, how'd you get a 765 in the Spanish SAT II? The scores are in increments of 10 ...</p>

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<p>Sorry kyledavid, when I originally wrote this post I knew it was a 750 or 760 and I meant to go back and change it...I actually got a 760</p>

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<p>cal, la & sd: match</p>

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<p>Based on what I've done in high school, and considering that I want to eventually go to Law or Business School, what majors would you reccomend for me??</p>

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<p>Stanford: Match
UCLA/UCB: Safe match
UCSD: Safe safe match/safety</p>

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<p>I'm holding out from saying Stanford is a match, but you have a darn good chance.</p>

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<p>I don't see how Stanford isn't a match? The OP's stats are well within the range of the median admit.</p>

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<p>Er, because Stanford's a crapshoot, even for the most amazing applicants? :P</p>

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<p>Right, but that doesn't mean that the applicant isn't a "match." All match really means is that they're in the zone for the average admit.</p>

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<p>any ideas about majors for me...I've had buena suerte all my life, but I am soooooooo nervous for actually all of these schools....if I don't get accepted, I'm going to the local community college...:0</p>

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<p>"All match really means is that they're in the zone for the average admit."</p>

<p>Not quite from what I've seen. People are generally iffy about handing out matches to extremely selective universities like Stanford or Harvard or Yale, even if the person is in the range of stats -- mainly because, I find, that the stats at those colleges don't mean a whole lot when essays, ECs, etc. are often the determining factors.</p>

<p>From this basis alone--just on scores, etc.--the OP is a match for Stanford.</p>

<p>Another reason I don't like saying match for Stanford and the like is that I'll probably be eating my words when acceptances/rejections come out. And it often gives the person false hope, since it's really difficult to say.</p>

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OP's stats

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<p>What does OP stand for?</p>

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<p>original post</p>

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<p>What do you see in terms of flaws??</p>

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<p>for majors, law school....any major, poli sci, history, pre-law,...w/e social science, even humanities
business...at cal you have to apply to the business school your sophmore year (undergrad Haas).
cal's a cool place i'd recomend it. good german import beers around too. prost!</p>

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good german import beers around too.

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<p>...no.</p>

<p>San Diego has way better beer opportunities than Cal. TRUFREAKINFAX.</p>

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<p>Bumpppppty Bump</p>

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<p>I can talk more about beer in San Diego, if you want...</p>