Low GPA = impossible for me to get in?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>GPA: 4.0/5.0 weighted, 3.33/4.0 UW (2 C's, bunch of B's) >_< i think this alone kills me, along with my rank
rank: bad, i'm gonna say 75/500
school size: medium to large
Asian male, California (OOS)
prospective major: engineering (most likely EE or comp eng.)</p>

<p>Course load: sophmore (ap euro, ap stats, chem h, eng h, chinese2), junior (ap eng lang, ap us, physics IB, pre calc H, chinese3), senior (ap calc bc, ap chem, ap eng lit, ap psych, ap gov)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2160 (800M/710W/650CR)
SAT II: 8002c, projected: 750 for physics and chem</p>

<p>EC's:
school newspaper sports editor
president of an engineering oriented club at school
helping hands (tutoring kids who need help at school, esp in math/science)
Tutoring K-9th grade kids, 4 hours/week
100 hrs at local hospital (volunteering)</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>yeah, a low gpa makes it very hard to get into berkeley... it's definitely a reach for you.</p>

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<p>Hey, I'm in the same boat as you. 3.3 GPA, less APs, but higher SAT. </p>

<p>I wouldn't say it's a huge reach, though. I mean, it's a hard school to get into, but it's not impossible.</p>

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<p>you're out of state, relatively low GPA, and average EC's. I would say Berkeley is very much a reach.</p>

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<p>^^ and he's applying for a competitive major (EECS).</p>

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<p>lol I was copying and pasting, i'm actually instate (cali)</p>

<p>would you recommend me apply undecided instead?</p>

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<p>well, if you did that and got in, you'd have a real hard chance getting into EECS.</p>

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<p>Believe me, it's going to be very difficult for you no matter what. The average UW GPA this past year was a 3.9. Here's a study on Berkeley admissions; it shows the decisions of those with varying GPAs.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/05/16_houtreport.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/05/16_houtreport.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>