Do I have any chances of getting in to UC Berkeley and other good schools?

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<p>Hey guys! :) I'm from the Philippines and I'm in my senior year here at California. I moved to America two years ago and it definitely changed my life. So, I went to UC Berkeley this summer and I immediately fell in love with the campus. I really want to get in because the weather is just gettin it for me and the academics is one of the best, according to my friends. I'm also applying to UCLA, UC Davis, UCSB, Stanford, USC, and Cal Poly. I'm just worried that my SAT and other stuff won't be "competitive enough" against other applicants. I'm also leaning towards Math, Chem or Biochem major idk. Here's my profile:</p>

<p>State: CA
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Filipino
Language: Tagalog, English, Kapampangan, Spanish (un poco)</p>

<p>SAT I: 1780 (Math: 660 CR: 580 W: 540)
Recently took Nov SAT II Math 2 and Chem
GPA: 4.12 (3.81 unweighted)
Rank: 24 out of 632 (Top 4%)</p>

<p>Freshman Year (my junior year in the Philippines - our system is very different) these are prob the most important classes:
Filipino: 86.25
English: 90.50
Geom: 87.50
Chem: 90.25
Social Studies: 91.25
Adv. Bio: 94.25
Microbio: 89.00</p>

<p>Sophomore Year (I moved to America): Chem H, Alg 2/Trig H, Eng 10, World Hist, Health/Psych, World Geo (all A's)</p>

<p>Junior Year: AP Chem, AP Eng Lang, Analysis H, Chamber Choir, Spanish 2, US Hist
(All A's except a B and a C in AP Eng Lang since I'm not very good with English and a B in US Hist.
I was moved from Spanish 1 to Spanish 2 b/c the teacher thought I knew too much)
AP Chem: 5
AP Eng Lang: 3 (again, I suck at English lol)</p>

<p>Senior Year: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP US Gov, Varsity Choir (we changed the name), Spanish 3, Brit/World Lit
(currently all A's)</p>

<p>EC's:
- Bass 1 in Central Region Honor Choir (only 5 people from my city got in and all of them are from my school, including me)
- Bass in school choir (US, 11-Music Letter)
- Tenor in school choir (Philippines)
- Mathletes member
- Mu Alpha Theta Math Club member
- Filipino Club member (won an audition to sing National Anthem for Filipino community event)
- Competed in singing competition Lincoln Idol (11-1st, 12-2nd)
- UOP Math Competition (10-3rd Place Algebra II)</p>

<p>Community Service:
- Door-to-door for religion (200+ hours)
- Performed with choir for community events (~30 hours)</p>

<p>Others:
- I'm a Jehovah's Witness and I've been going door-to-door ever since I was able to walk
- I play piano
- I'm gay and my parents are tooooootally against it lmao</p>

<p>So yeah, that's it! Thanks guys! :)</p>

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<p>Stanford: High Reach
UCLA/UCB/USC: Reach
SAT very low to be competitive. Retake if possible and aim for a 2100+</p>

<p>Cal Poly SLO/UCSB/UCD: Low Reach/High Match</p>

<p>I hope you have more schools on your list, since most look like reaches due to SAT. Consider UCSC or UCR and some Cal States such as SDSU/SJSU/CSULB.</p>

<p>Good Luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks Gumbymom! I’m not sure if I can take the SAT again because my family is really struggling a lot financially and there’s gonna be an additional fee since its late registration. I’m gonna ask them if I can still do it though. I do have other schools on my list including UCSC, UCI and UOP. Thanks again for the reply! :)</p>

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<p>I think UCI/UCSC and UOP are matches, so I am glad you have some backups. Good Luck to you.</p>

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<p>Update on SAT II Tests: I got 730 for Math 2 and 740 for Chem :D</p>