Good Test Scores but average GPA? Chance would really help

<p>The moment I have been waiting for for four years has finally come...
and while UC Berkeley has always been my dream school, I never thought I had the grades to get in... but my counselor highly recommended that I apply anyways and see what happens...
If you guys could take a few minutes to read through this thread and give me some feed back on my stats, I would really appreciate it...</p>

<p>Grade: 12
Sex: Male
Race: Korean
State: California
Income: ~150k</p>

<p>SAT Scores:
770 Math
610 Reading (Vocab really screwed me...)
780 Writing
All together 2160 single sitting</p>

<p>SAT Subject Test scores:
780 US History
760 Math II
790 Korean
730 Biology</p>

<p>AP Scores:
English: 5 (Self study)
Biology: 4
Calculus: 3
Requested rescore on US History... did not perform well</p>

<p>GPA:</p>

<p>Freshman year: (Doesn't really count for UC's?)</p>

<p>1st semester:</p>

<p>Architecture: A-
Biology: A-
English Honors: C+
Geometry: A
Contemporary World Studies Honors: C
P E: A-
Spanish 3: B</p>

<p>Overall GPA: 3.29
The honor classes I took did not provide grade bumps</p>

<p>2nd semester:</p>

<p>Architecture: B
Biology: A
English Honors: B-
Geometry: A-
Health: A-
P E: B+
Spanish: B-</p>

<p>GPA: 3.43</p>

<p>Sophomore year:</p>

<p>First Semester:
Architecture 2: A
Algebra 2: A-
Chemistry: A-
English Honors: B
Modern World History: B+
P E: A
Spanish: B</p>

<p>GPA: 3.57</p>

<p>Second Semester:
Architecture: A
Algebra: A-
Chemistry: A-
English Honors: B
Modern World History: A-
P E: A
Spanish: B</p>

<p>GPA: 3.71</p>

<p>Community College classes Summer
Trigonometry: A
Precalculus: A
GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Junior Year (I took 3 years of Spanish at this point and decided to not take it this year)</p>

<p>First Semester:</p>

<p>AP Biology: C
AP Calculus: B-
English: A
Exploring Tech: A
Physics: A
AP US History: A-</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.0
Unweighted: 3.5</p>

<p>Second Semester:</p>

<p>AP Biology: B
AP Calculus: B
English: A-
Exploring Tech: A
Physics: A-
AP US History: A-</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.17
Unweighted: 3.67</p>

<p>Community College Summer:
Business: A
Statistics/Probability: A</p>

<p>Senior Year Course load:</p>

<p>AP Physics
AP Chemistry
AP Government/AP Microeconomics
AP Computer Science
English
*Macroeconomics at Community college first semester</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Helped a professor write research paper and a book
Church Youth leader
Math Olympiad Club
Model UN Club
Amnesty International (President)
Volunteered at retirement homes
Peer tutor after school
3 Years Varsity golf since freshman year... might play again senior year
Robotics team</p>

<p>Intended College:
Letters and Science</p>

<p>I know its long, but I really think it would help a lot.
Thank you guys!</p>

<p>Your gpa is a little low, but your extracurriculars look great. I think you should apply, really work on your personal essay though (that helps a lot).</p>