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<p>CHANCE ME PLZ ON GETTING IN TO UC BERKELEY (and if possible chance me for the following schools: university of penn- early decision, nyu, university of Virginia, emory)</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.7(rough estimate)
W GPA: 5.0</p>

<p>live in south Carolina</p>

<p>SAT I-2040
CR-650
W-650
M-740</p>

<p>SAT II
math-750
going to take more later</p>

<p>Letters and Science</p>

<p>Class rank- 15 out of 270</p>

<p>ethnicity- persian</p>

<p>AP's- 3 world history, 5 statistics, 4 computer science, 5 AB calculus, 4 bc calculus, 4 english, 4 psych, 4 physics, 4 us history</p>

<p>IB's- dont know yet</p>

<p>ECs-
played as a starter on the tennis team for all four years, team captain for 2 years, mvp sophomore year, mvp junior year, mvp senior year, all region all four years, ranked top 40 in state</p>

<p>cross country- freshman year, junior year, senior year</p>

<p>student council- freshman class vice president, member at large sophomore year, junior class vice president</p>

<p>red cross member</p>

<p>active member of forensics team all four years</p>

<p>national honors society member</p>

<p>ap scholar</p>

<p>community service 100 hours</p>

<p>student of the month all four years</p>

<p>IB Diploma candidate</p>

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<p>Reach at UPenn (15%). Good shot at Berkeley (50/50.) Probably in at NYU and Emory with good essays (65-75%.) I don't know about UVa.</p>

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<p>I say reach at Berkeley, fair shot at upenn, good shot at NYU/emory/maybe UVa?</p>

<p>GPA and SATs are too low for berkeley esp since you are oos</p>

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<p>i think you've got great ECs, but standardized tests are low for upenn. nyu (assuming not stern) and berkeley are more than matches.</p>

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<p>ok thank u all, still need a couple more opinions</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>ur oos but if u write stellar essays u have a shot..also up ur sat1 up a little maybe 2150+...</p>

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<p>also, plz comment on if i have a automatic chance of getting in to one or more of the schools. that would really help</p>

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<p>just apply and see what happens.</p>

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<p>to be honest, you need to raise your SATs to be competitive at UPenn and Cal. For UPenn, im gonna say about 2250+ and at Cal i estimate it to be more of 2150+. Your extracurrics are nice for privates, but they wont really help you that much for publics while ur OOS status will hurt you too. I say 1/10 chance at Upenn and and 1/3 chance for Cal unless you get recruited for tennis or something.</p>

<p>I would say most likely in at all the others. Raise SATs by say 100 pts (not too hard with a bit of studying/luck :P) to assure that.</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>Do you really need more opinions on whether you'll get in? Just do the best you can.</p>

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<p>yes i do need more opinions</p>

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<p>1) There is no such thing as an "automatic in" for a school. There's always a bit of a crapshoot.</p>

<p>2) You really don't need any more opinions. You already know that you're a stellar candidate; you're just fishing for attention and ego-boosting responses now.</p>

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<p>"There is no such thing as an "automatic in" for a school. There's always a bit of a crapshoot."</p>

<p>False. Completely and utterly false. There are plenty of schools that admit based solely on numbers and publicly available formulas, including UC campuses.</p>

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<p>So you're suggesting that even if an applicant has surpassed the "benchmark number" for entry based on the formulae and numbers but writes absolutely TERRIBLE essays - essays so poor that suggest that the student may not be be fit to study at that particular school - the student would still be admitted?</p>

<p>I was trying to dissuade this student from getting more opinions just because it sounds like he's one of those applicants who shops for schools based on name and prestige rather than a good fit. You and I both know that "college is not a prize to be won; it is a match to be made." The Harvards and Princetons and Berkeleys and UPenns and whatnot, despite their international prestige, are not a good match for everybody. That's something that this guy needs to know and figure out before he just goes around accepting the best-sounding offer just because it's a top brand-name school rather than an actual good fit.</p>

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<p>are u taking a gap year? Cuz I'm not getting this -- you've already finished as a senior in hs and haven't taken a second SAT II and didn't apply last year for this coming Fall?</p>

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<p>Yes, that is correct. See UF's and UT's 10% rules. See the automatic admission to UCR and UCM for those with the 3.0+minimum SAT score. See the automatic admission to UCD and a few other mid-tier UCs for ELC kids. You could write 'Santa Claus' in your essays and you'd still get in.</p>

<p>I don't claim to be knowledgeable enough to judge whether people have the correct reasons for applying to a certain college. I'll defer to UPenn's admissions committee in determining whether he is a good fit or not. I'll just answer his question to the best of my ability.</p>

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<p>No you’re not getting in. Sorry!!!</p>