<p>Is it possible to get into berkeley with crappy stats?</p>
<p>GPA UW: 3.45
<p>EC: I have other stuff, but these are my main ones</p>
<p>VERY actively involved in national circuit LD debate; extremely dedicated to the task and its effects</p>
<p>CEO and founder of a non-profit corporation to help teach kids of any economical background how to debate</p>
<p>Helps poor kids at a local elementary school academically</p>
<p>My grandpa, who raised me when I was little, died my soph year and caused my grades to deteriorate (2 Cs)</p>
tmc09
May 27, 2008, 7:59pm
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<p>ummmm… how are those crappy?? I would kill for your SAT scores..lol</p>
<p>i am applying w/ a 1950 SAT.. a lot of the postings i have made said i looked pretty good.. so you obviously will be fine :)…</p>
<p>The GPA is crappy by Cal standards, and GPA is highly important. That said, you have a very good chance at admission (~75%.)</p>
<p>I’d say slight reach. Your ECs are awesome, but your GPA is not. Thus, depending on which one they look at more, you may be accepted or rejected; it really could fall either way, so I’d say 50-50 (slight reach).</p>
<p>The test scores are so good that they balance out the GPA weakness, and the ECs (if you describe them well in your essays) seal the deal.</p>
<p>Sigh, <em>crosses fingers</em></p>
<p>Berkeley doesn’t care that much about scores; only too often they reject students with high scores simply because their GPA is low. Now, together with strong ECs, he stands a good chance, but we don’t know whether the adcoms will think that his SAT and ECs make up for his grades; thus, it could go either way, really.</p>
<p>i am proof of crappy stats that you can get in with it.</p>
<p>math ii- 600
<p>but my W gpa was a 4.1</p>
<p>i think my essay & ECs got me in.</p>
<p>Really try to explain the reason for your GPA in your application.</p>
vc08
May 29, 2008, 12:19am
10
<p>reach…high SATs+low GPA= slacker-status</p>
<p>even if you’re not, that’s a big red flag. Try to explain it, unless you don’t have an explanation, in which case write convincing essays. GL!</p>