<p>I am a female, Asian, High School Junior. What are my chances in getting in UC Berkeley? I am currently out-of-state, but I want to become a resident of California because I lived there the first 12 years of my life and I am planning on moving back, hopefully to go to a UC!</p>
<p>Please also chance me for UT Austin. Also, I'm thinking of majoring in Computer Science.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.875/4.0
Ranked: 45/344</p>
<p>SAT (first time) : 1990 (the scores of my 2nd SAT come out on Thurs!!!)
CR: 620
Math: 650
Writing: 720</p>
<p>SAT IIs:
will take: SAT Math 2 and SAT Spanish w/o listening. MIGHTTTT take SAT Chemistry.</p>
<p>ACT: will take in the summer</p>
<p>Courses: mostly advanced (preAP/AP)
APs: World History, English 3, Chemistry, Spanish 4, Psychology
Adv: all PreAP core classes (if not AP), Anatomy&Physiology
Community College Dual Credit: US History, Communication Applications (this coming summer)
Senior Courseload: AP Eng 4, AP Calc AB, AP Gov't, AP Econ, AP Computer Science 2, Computer Science 3, Newspaper</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Interact Club President (2 years)
National Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
Student Council
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
Mu Alpha Theta (valid Senior year)
90+ Volunteering Hours (I haven't added up all of them yet)
including 23hours volunteering at Dell Children's Hospital (each 7week program for 2 summers)
Paid work at my church in the nursery
Volunteering at the local Montessori school</p>
<p>Would it be okay if I took 2 off-periods next year (1 period off every day) and maybe got a job instead? That way I can have more ECs, make some money, and have more time to focus on less classes.</p>
<p>You are outside of the top 8-10% of your class, so your chances of admission to UT Austin are not very good even if you are a Texas resident attending a Texas public high school. If that is the case, you may want to see if you can hit SAT CR+M of 1300 or ACT of 30 to make Texas A&M an automatic acceptance (assuming that they don’t change the standards listed [here](<a href=“http://admissions.tamu.edu/freshmen/gettingin/waysAdmitted/academic.aspx]here[/url]”>http://admissions.tamu.edu/freshmen/gettingin/waysAdmitted/academic.aspx)</a>). However, check to see whether they may not admit you to your desired major or division even if they admit you to the university; if that is a possibility, check elsewhere in your home state public universities for more assured safeties.</p>
<p>Berkeley admissions selectivity will vary based on division and major; applying to Letters and Science (where there is a Computer Science major) is probably slightly less selective than applying to the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science major in Engineering. Either way, Berkeley is still likely a reach for you (and financial aid for out of state students is limited – check the net price calculator).</p>
<p>Daughter has 3.75 unweighted, 4.5 weighted, 33 ACT, out of state, captain Spring sport, leadership post at one year round volunteer activity, 2 other Summer volunteer activities (rebuilt katrina homes, taught English to school children in Ecuador), 6 varsity letters. Accepted at UT Austin, UCSD, UCLA and waiting on Berkeley. There is a comparison for you if that helps.</p>
<p>all your numbers are too low for Cal. GPA/rank is the #1 criteria for admissions, and being outside of the top 10% AND having low test scores is generally not very competitive.</p>
<p>fwiw: even if admitted to a UC, you would be full pay at OOS rates for all 4+ years, unless your parents move to the Left Coast.</p>
<p>In response to:
“all your numbers are too low for Cal. GPA/rank is the #1 criteria for admissions, and being outside of the top 10% AND having low test scores is generally not very competitive”</p>
<p>I was outside top 10%, and my GPA was lower than the Berkeley average admitted student. I still got in. It all depends. It’s best not to worry about it because there’s really nothing you can control. But you can control how you react to the decision, how you move on from acceptance or rejection. Focus on that instead.</p>
<p>my lil sis had a UC GPA of 3.65 and 1640 SATs and got into every UC she applied to, including UCLA and just found out she got accepted to UC berkeley.</p>
<p>she had strong EC’s though and a good relationship with her counselor. </p>
<p>heh, my family is still shocked how she got in with such low numbers.</p>
<p>dude… you have a chance okay… I got 1600 on SAT… but… I did get a 3.95 GPA with a ton load of IB classes. I have about 200 community service hours accumulated and a lot of awards… but still I did crappy on SAT and I still got in!!!</p>
<p>scores similar to my son’s and he just got rejected. UCs are very weird this year, but since you will have to pay out-of-state tuition, they may want you!</p>
<p>@mm9mVo: I think they mailed them out on Thursday (probably just after they opened the portal). My daughter got hers in Saturday’s mail. We live in northern CA.</p>
<p>you need a higher GPA, SAT, SAT2, and community service, major awards, and leadership roles.</p>
<p>I have a 3.95 unweighted and 4.7 weighted GPA
I’m #10 out of 700 kids in my class
2300 SAT
2 perfect 800s on 2 SAT2s: physics and math. 790 on biology E
I have over 400+ hours volunteering at a old folks home.
I am prez of 2 major clubs (science olympiad & fbla) at my school for 3 years.
I won #2 in State Science olympiad and #3 in State FBLA
NHS and AP Scholar( forgot the exact name)</p>
<p>I got in this year, but i’m still nervous because there are a lot of people that are better than me at Berkeley.
What i’m trying to say is that if a school is out of reach, don’t stress out. Graduating from UCLA is good too</p>