GPA: 3.9 UW/ 4.3 W
Class Rank: top 5%
SAT: 2010 ACT: 29
Retaking ACT hoping for a 32, and SAT for a 2100
Academic Excellence: Fall 2014, 2015, 2016
National Honor Society: Fall 2015-Present (Secretary)
Published in school literary magazine
Rotary Youth Leadership Award 26 (Summer 2016)
Golden Ambassador (2016-Present)
300+ hours of community service with Green Cord
Media Director of Key Club
Hospice Volunteer
I have a part-time job
All the college match tools on here/Collegeboard match me to Berkeley 100% but I know they’re not all the way accurate
California resident? Cost constraints? Have you run the net price calculator? See https://saservices.berkeley.edu/calculator/ .
UC-weighted-capped GPA? See http://www.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/gpa_calculator.asp .
Intended major?
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/freshman-admissions-summary says that, for 2015, frosh applicants with UC-weighted-capped GPA >= 4.20 had a 46% admission rate, while those with a 3.80-4.19 GPA had a 12% admission rate. However, expect admission to be more difficult if you apply for the College of Engineering or College of Chemistry (versus the College of Letters and Science).
I’m OOS, money would be tight, so I’m banking on scholarships rn/ my mom said she’ll make it happen if I get accepted
UC weighted is a 4.5
Intended major would be in College of Letters and Sciences, either psychology or something global studies related.
UC weighted and capped (up to 8 semesters of honors points) is unlikely to be 4.5.
As an out-of-state student with financial need, you need to aim for a Regents’ scholarship or other rare big scholarship; otherwise you will be looking at out-of-state list price ($54,000 to $60,000 per year). That makes it a super-reach. You should treat admission without sufficient scholarship as equivalent to rejection if you cannot afford the out-of-state list price.
Exactly^^^^
That is a huge amount of debt to incur. That is $240K for 4 years. Is your mother willing to spend nearly a quarter of a million dollars for you to attend Berkeley? Scholarships for OOS are basically non-existent and students rarely can cover the costs.