EECS admitted students sign here/post stats!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hooray! We got in one of the most competitive majors available at one of the best universities in the nation! To help future EECS applicants, let's post our stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: CR: 690 M: 770 W: 790
* SAT IIs: Math IIC: 740 Biology-M: 740
* GPA: 4.2 (UC)
* Rank: 4/491
* AP/IB scores:
European History: 2
United States History: 4
Biology: 5
English Language & Composition: 3
* Courseload:
Senior year:
AP Physics
AP Calculus
AP Government & Economics
AP English Literature
Industrial Engineering Technology
Photography
* Other stats:
ACT:
Composite: 33
English: 35
Math: 30
Reading: 32
Science: 35
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<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type: Public (Not highly ranked)
* Ethnicity: North Indian (I put "other")
* Gender: Male
* Major strength/weakness: My math scores are kind of low (I didn't think I'd get in because of them), possibly weak-ish EC's?
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<p>i have a question. well on the admissions page it just says </p>

<p>Welcome to the College of Engineering as a freshman
for Fall 2007.</p>

<p>does this mean we could choose any of the engineering majors?</p>

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<p>Eh, got in for EECS for spring semester. Lower Sat I score, higher Sat IIs. Only 1 ap hahaha. Amazed I got any form of acceptance for Cal.</p>

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<p>Welcome, EECS majors :). Let me know if you have any questions. I'm a third year, and I'll be sticking around CC for a few more days to answer questions.</p>

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<p>In my login page it only says "Welcome to the College of Engineering" but I specified EECS as my major and I didn't put an alternative. Does this mean I got into EECS haha?</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Domestic</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2250</li>
<li>SAT Subject Tests: Chem:790; Mathii:800; Bio (M): 740</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 uw</li>
</ul>

<p>Major awards/ECs: internship, volunteering, tutoring</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: I'm ashamed of them.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: I'm guessing good.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: decent.</li>
<li>Interview: went amazingly well.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none.</li>
</ul>

<p>Personal:</p>

<ul>
<li>Location (State or Country): TX</li>
<li>Ethnicity & Gender: asian female</li>
<li>Major strength/weakness: difficult courseload and internship/ essays</li>
<li>Your thoughts on your decision: I'm really happy because this is totally unexpected, but now I have to decide between MIT and caltech.... which is going to be a very hard decision to make.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Hey calstudent86, I've got some questions.</p>

<ol>
<li>How hard is EECS? I've heard some bad things, but how bad is it actually?</li>
<li>Would you recommend that I go to Cal EECS over UCLA EE? I really dislike computer science.</li>
<li>How difficult is it to graduate doing EECS? My primary concern is if I can actually graduate, and I am afraid of failing out.</li>
<li>How difficult are the computer science classes? I'm in Computer Science AB right now, and I only have a low B; I don't really get a lot of stuff going on.</li>
</ol>

<p>Thanks for your help.</p>

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<p>killernago:</p>

<p>I don't want to derail this thread, so I posted a reply to you here: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=316958&page=3%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=316958&page=3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Accepted, but I am international, would have to pay everything. Also got accepted to Princeton and Cambridge (UK), I am going to Cambridge.</p>

<p>For the record:</p>

<p>Stats all very very good. Hooks: very much research and national competition awards.</p>