Class of 2015 Official OOS Decisions Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>This is for Out of State students, only. Someone should make another thread for In-State..</p>

<p>Anyway, I'm sure you all know the drill by now: only use this for decisions- no discussing please. REMOVE THE SPACE between the [] so it looks like [text] rather than [ text]- looks more pretty that way :)</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ *]Applied for (Engineering, CoC, etc..): </p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[ *] ACT (breakdown):
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Weighted GPA:
[ *] UC GPA:
[ *] Number of UC Approved Honors taken:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses):
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Number of other RD applicants in your school:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[ /list]</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[ /list]</p>

<p>[ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Essay #1:
[ *] Essay #2:
[ *] Supplement (of any kind, if you've received one):[ /list]</p>

<p>[ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (first generation college, etc.):[ /list]</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] What would you have done differently?:[/list]</p>

<p>[ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:[ /b] </p>

<p>[ b] And finally, the most important question of all, were you on the CalNet ID directory before they took the names off (Yes or No):[ /b]</p>

<p>REMEMBER, THIS THREAD IS ONLY FOR DECISIONS, NOT FOR DISCUSSION.
Use this thread for discussion: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1106936-berkeley-admissions-released-early-37.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1106936-berkeley-admissions-released-early-37.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Good luck to all!</p>

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<p>Well, I guess I’ll be the first to post on my thread. Sorry for not bumping this before…was stuck in my Calc 3 class :confused: .</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted, CoC, ChemE</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36M, 34S, 33E, 32R,10 E…12E + 36 S on previous sitting)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 780 Chem, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t unweighted, UC GPA (Capped with only weighting AP classes was 4.08)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/538 at the end of Junior Year, 4.0 Senior year, heavy upward trend
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio(4),Stat(4),CalcAB(5),CalcBC(5),Chem(5),Lang (5), US History (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP Spanish Language, Research Mentorship Honors, Art, Quantitative Analysis (at University), Multivariable Calculus (at University)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, unless you count AP Scholar with Distinction or AIME, or a bunch of other state math/science/sports awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): -250+ hours of Research @2 different Uni’s, 3 projects, sent 3 Research Abstracts to WashU…State Science Fair Qualifier, School 1st place Earth Sci, 2nd place Chem
-Table Tennis (Founder + Pres): Nationally ranked, many state and multistate awards, attend 3-4 state clubs, 2000+ hours spent
-6 Years Sci Bowl, B team captain last year, A team captain this year, team placed top 10 in States each year, A team state champs 3/4 years; selected on School’s chem olympiad team, our team of 9 ppl placed 1st in state of 32 teams, Accepted to JSHS X2
-6 Years Math Team, A Team, 1st in League for last 4 years, 3rd in State, CSAML X2, NEAML X1, Euler Award, 3rd Highest Scoring Junior, ARML State Team, AIME X1 Qualifier, AMC 96…pretty good at math
-10 Years Chess, 20+ Trophies, VP/Co-captain of Club at school, 10th + 11th grade city champ in high level, School city champs (10+11)</p>

<p>The usual… SHS, NSHSS, NHS, FLHS, Vassar Book Award
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Didn’t turn 16 till senior year, so yeah…
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer/Community service: 4 Years Community Service, 250+ Hours, taught chess to kids, did sci fair experiments with kids, State + Local proctor at MATHCOUNTS competition, Cultural Indian events
[<em>] Essays: One of the few essays I actually didn’t procrastinate on…I liked it.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>] Additional Rec:N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nopee
[<em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, sends some grads to top schools, 3-4 HYPSM/10 Ivies
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: More than enough (150,000+)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): 2 years of research, 3 projects (2 w/ professor, 1 Independent), wrote 3 research papers and sent in all 3 abstracts, skipped a grade
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, Test Scores, Recs, Course Rigor, Senior + Junior year grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: Somewhat low class rank due to low freshman and sophomore year grade
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because of awesomeness[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who got in. You deserve it! Everyone who got rejected or wait listed, keep your head high and keep moving on.</p>

<p>Also, I’m so pumped! </p>

<p>ALSO, I WAS ON THE CAL DIRECTORY WHEN I CHECKED.</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted into engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M: 800, Cr: 740, W: 770 = 2310
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):same as above
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2: 800, Biology M:770, Physics: 770, US History: 750, Chinese w/ Listening: 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 5.899
[</em>] UC GPA: ??
[<em>] Number of UC Approved Honors taken: 0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/495
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Physics B (5), Bio (5), Calc AB (5), Eng Lang & Comp (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Chem, World Cultures, AP Economics, AP Lang & Comp, AP Calc BC + MV,
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 0
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):nothing huge. AP scholar with something, NM Finalist [/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Marching Band (Drum Major), Science League (Officer), Math League/Team (Captain), Jazz Band, Pep Band, research, local Honors bands
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: making shirts and selling them!
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: CIT @ Franklin Institute, Chinese School, playing in jazz ensembles, marching in parades, science outreach, waitressing at assisted living home[/ul]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):
[</em>] Essay #1: don’t remember?
[<em>] Essay #2: used the same as my MIT essay
[</em>] Supplement (of any kind, if you’ve received one):none?[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: early october
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: large, slightly above average public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Lower Upper
[</em>] Hooks (first generation college, etc.): published research? OoS?[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: well-rounded, sat scores, OoS, etc
[</em>] Weaknesses: i don’t remember my application AT ALL
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strengths outweighed weaknesses
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: nothing [/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: accepted to caltech, mit, LL from upenn, cornell, accepted to UCSD, UCLA, rejected from uchicago. crossing my fingers for ivy day. plus stanford day. =) good luck to all </p>

<p>** And finally, the most important question of all, were you on the CalNet ID directory before they took the names off (Yes or No): didn’t look**</p>