i am SUPER stressed, i need feedback!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>COLLEGE! </p>

<p>GPA:</p>

<p>Unweighted- 3.64</p>

<p>Weighted- 4.2 </p>

<p>SAT Scores:</p>

<pre><code> SAT I:

Math- 680

    Verbal- 670

    Writing- 710

</code></pre>

<p>ACT: pending</p>

<pre><code> SAT II:

    U.S. History- 680 

    Math 2C- still have to take it

    English Literature-  still have to take it

</code></pre>

<p>Activities:</p>

<p>Yearbook [3 years]:
Academics editor (sophomore)</p>

<pre><code> Managing editor (junior)

          Editor-in-chief (senior)

</code></pre>

<p>Future Business Leaders of America [3 years]:
Founder of BOHS chapter</p>

<p>CA state southern section partner with leader</p>

<p>Chapter president</p>

<p>Tennis [4 years]:
Junior varsity (freshman)</p>

<p>Varsity (sophomore, junior, senior)</p>

<p>League doubles quarterfinalist (sophomore, junior)</p>

<p>Medical Internship; cardiology [senior]:
Worked with chief of cardiology; Dr. P.A.N. Chandraratna</p>

<p>Study: Left ventricular wall motion abnormalities induced by squatting</p>

<p>[Abstract]? </p>

<p>Key Club [4 years]:
100+ volunteer hours</p>

<p>Publicist (junior)</p>

<p>Work experience [junior, senior]:
Diedrichs Coffeehouse 10-15 hours/week</p>

<p>Volunteer experience [4 years]:
Jain Center of Southern California medical camps- provide free medical service to less fortunate</p>

<pre><code> 3/4 times a year- 8 hours 

          EKG 

          Bone and marrow drives

</code></pre>

<p>CSF [4 years]
Gold medalist</p>

<p>NHS [2 years]
Book drive for china</p>

<p>Different volunteer work </p>

<p>CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME MY CHANCES FOR :NORTHWESTERN, JOHN HOPKINS, BERKELEY, OR UCLA?!</p>

<p>help pleaseeee</p>

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<p>hello? any help :(</p>

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<p>EVEn though your gpa unweighted is 3.64 you should get into both state schools of cal and ucla. However johns hopkins and northwestern would be pushing it. I would ascertain that your chances to both is 20%. IF you like the schools, apply since not applying means 0% chance, but if your accepted beware. Students at both schools are extremely competitive, the quality of life is not as good as cal and ucla also since everyone is competiting against everyone. Northwestern also operates on the quarter grading system which means a lot of stress to do very well on each assignment since it has a pivotal role on your grade. I personally would recommend CAL and UCLA becuase in many circles and people i have talked to, both believe UCLA and CAL are premier institutions in American education. You would also pay less money and be able to save up for grad. school and possbily earn a better GPA while earning the same (maybe even better) degree (if going into law or business).</p>

<p>NORTHWESTERN, JOHN HOPKINS, BERKELEY, OR UCLA?!</p>

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<p>Well, it's obvious the last poster hasn't checked any statistics on admissions or he/she might have known that USNW rates UC Berkeley (14th most difficult to get into) and UCLA (rank of 18th in selectivity) as more difficult to get into than both Northwestern and John Hopkins (tied at 19th), and they would know that Princeton Review ranks the selectivity of UC Berkeley, UCLA, and John Hopkins as equal (98) and Northwestern as slightly easier (97). </p>

<p>Having said that, your UW GPA of 3.64 and W of 4.2 is not what is used by the UC system in determining who gets in. Here are the three links you need to use:</p>

<p>Link #1: The link that tells what courses count in figuring the UC GPA--just input your high school's name</p>

<p><a href="https://admissions.ucop.edu/doorways/list/%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://admissions.ucop.edu/doorways/list/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Link #2: The link that tells you how the UC GPA is computed (please note that in applying to a UC campus, your weighted (UC) GPA is limited to counting only 8 semesters of college honors/AP/IB courses, and only sophomore and junior year courses are counted (no freshman or senior courses)</p>

<p><a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Link #3: The link that tells you the average UC GPA and test scores of those accepted to each of the UC campuses</p>

<p><a href="http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2006/freshman_admit_profile_2006.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2006/freshman_admit_profile_2006.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Based upon your 3.64 UW GPA, your UC GPA is probably around 3.97, and your SAT I scores total 2060--at UC Berkeley the averages are 4.17 GPA and 2007, and at UCLA the average GPA is 4.12 and 2003. This means you are a slight reach for both schools. The good news is you are a match for UCSD--which is the third highest rated campus in the UC system. Of course, you should apply to both UC Berkeley and UCLA--because your ECs are good, and therefore you might get in, but like I said--the odds are slightly against you.</p>

<p>As far as Northwestern, the average UW GPA is about 3.73 (UC Berkeley's average UW GPA is around 3.84), and the SAT scores at Northwestern are 687/702 = 1389 versus your 1350 (they don't use the writing score)--so you have a better chance there, especially given your ECs, but still it's slightly less than 50-50.</p>

<p>As far as John Hopkins, their average UW GPA is 3.67, and the SATs there are 680/706 = 1386 versus your 1350. They focus on your scores on the SAT IIs--especially the math scores and science scores. You haven't posted your math score since you haven't taken it yet, and you are not submitting a science score for John Hopkins (probably because you aren't planning to major in a scientific field). The good news is that John Hopkins is easier to get into if you aren't majoring in a science or pre-med, because about half the incoming class is interested only in those fields For this reason you are probably right around the middle of their class--and I rank you as a match for John Hopkins.</p>

<p>Best of luck to you with all these apps. Also, make sure you pick not only a safer school to get into (like UCSD), but also at least one safety choice (maybe UCSB, UCI, UC Davis or UCSC) or some school like Georgia Tech (USNW selectivity rank of 42, Princeton Review selectivity rating of 94)--which would be a safe match for you (though not for most other people).</p>

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<p>The fact that the schools rank higher doesn't mean they are harder to get into. The UCs have mainly applicants from CA public schools, not the Country's finest. The average SATs scores are relatively low for schools ranked so high. Cal and LA are way easier to get into than privates just a few numbers away.</p>

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<p>So much nonsense on here--</p>

<p>USNW has a column in their ranking entitled "selectivity ranking"--look at the magazine, please. This is the ranking I used and listed above. It ranks the schools entirely by how hard they are to get into. Also, Princeton Review has exactly the same thing--it has a "selectivity score"--as well as academic scores and financial aid scores. The scores I used (and listed above) are the selectivity scores as published in this book. These ranking are used for one purpose only--to indicate how difficult it is to get into a school.</p>

<p>For example, Harvey Mudd only ranks 18th on the overall liberal arts colleges--but it is ranked #1 in the selectivity rank--meaning it is the hardest school to get into of all the liberal arts colleges. </p>

<p>But, yes the schools you mentioned are also weaker--even though they are ranked higher on the overall list. For example UC Berkeley ranks 21, while Northwestern ranks 12th--but the peer ranking and academic ratings are much, much higher for Berkeley than Northwestern. </p>

<p>Look at a few statistics and then tell me that the UC top schools are so much "weaker" than John Hopkins or Northwestern.</p>

<p>To save space, I will only post the stats on UC Berkeley.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/about/honors/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.berkeley.edu/about/honors/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/about/honors/grad/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.berkeley.edu/about/honors/grad/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>UC Berkeley has 97% of its academic departments ranked as being in the top 10 in the country. This puts it #1 among all universities and colleges in the country according to the National Research Council (an independent group).</p>

<p>Additionally, they have 6 nobel laureates and 389 guggenheim fellows among the faculty at UC Berkeley.</p>

<p>Also--as I previously pointed out the average unweighted GPA of students at UC Berkeley is 3.84. Compare this to Princeton's average UW GPA of 3.83 </p>

<p>Note that unlike most other states (New York is the exception), California has two different public college systems. Out of the total 33 campuses (10 University of California campuses and the 23 California State College campuses), UC Berkeley and UCLA are the cream of the crop. Yet of all these 33 schools, 6 of the UC campuses rank within the top 50 national universities in the country per USNW. And this is all the more amazing when you you consider that the private universities on this list have a major advantage over the publics on this list since the ranking takes into account things like "academic contribution rates" which are always greater at private colleges than public colleges.</p>

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<p>"For example, Harvey Mudd only ranks 18th on the overall liberal arts colleges--but it is ranked #1 in the selectivity rank--meaning it is the hardest school to get into of all the liberal arts colleges. "</p>

<p>Just got bumped up to 14th.</p>

<p>"Additionally, they have 6 nobel laureates and 389 guggenheim fellows among the faculty at UC Berkeley."</p>

<p>Yes, but there are two things to realize:
1. The Nobel Laureates per student capita is much less than places like MIT, Caltech, and U of Chicago.
2. As an undergrad, you will not have access to thus said faculty. They have Nobel Prizes because they focus on research and therefore only care about grad students.</p>

<p>"Also--as I previously pointed out the average unweighted GPA of students at UC Berkeley is 3.84. Compare this to Princeton's average UW GPA of 3.83 "
First, these number are the "Admit Profile" So it tells you little about who actually went to Berkeley.
Yeah, Berkeley has a great GPA average, but I'm a little shocked that its mean ACT is 28 and SAT is 1342. Princeton's average SAT is roughly 1500. </p>

<p>Berkeley is a really good school though. I have a lot of very smart friends that go there. I just thought that I'd put some of Calcruzer's numbers in perspective... because taking on a school like Princeton requires a little argument from both sides.</p>

<p>Programs that are especially outstanding at Berkeley for undergrad are: EECS and PreMed.</p>

<p>Cheers</p>

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<p>supercrazy125:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Slight Reach</p>

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<p>if you want chance at JHU....
it's JOHNS HOPKINS
DONT FORGET THE S'S</p>