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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>USA Top 10 Public School</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.15
Unweighted GPA: 3.85
Weighted GPA: 4.23</p>

<p>Class Rank: Between the top 15% and 20%. 9th grade screwed me over.</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores: (2140) 760CR/710M/670W 12 essay</p>

<p>ACT scores: 33 Composite - 31Eng/35Math/33Science/33Reading 12 essay
.Superscored ACT is a 36</p>

<p>SAT II Scores: 800Math II/ 790 US History/ 740 Molecular Biology</p>

<p>AP tests: European History (3), Statistics (4), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP US History (5), AP Eng Lang (5), AP Art History (4), AP Biology (5)</p>

<p>Applying to the college of Engineering: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed): My extracurriculars are pretty sub-par (but I don't really have the opportunity to dedicate my time)</p>

<pre><code> .Community Service Club (9th,10th,11th,12th grade)
.Robotics Club (11th, 12th grade)
.Tutoring (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade)
.Child care [younger brother]
.Science Fair: (9th, 10th, 11th grade - didn't really put effort into these because they were school mandatory)
.Violin Practice (it has become secondary because of my work load)
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<p>Sports: School doesn't offer any compelling sports. I'm physically active outside of class though.</p>

<p>College preparation:
.4 Years of college prep classes
.Summer camp with Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
.Summer language immersion camp with Middlebury</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:</p>

<pre><code> .Intern at AMGEN: Researching the correlation of cellular apoptosis pathways on cancer. Also researching the creation of drugs to inhibit such pathways

  .Intern at UCSD Cancer Laboratory: Researching inflammation and its affect on diabetes.

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<p>Self-study: Multivariable calculus, DiffEQ, Lin. Algebra</p>

<p>Hook: Great essay, recommendations, first generation student, living with great-grandparents etc.</p>

<p>Thank you for taking the time to read this up. I'll be applying with hope within the next week</p>

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<p>i’d say youre a match for EECS… though you should know eecs has something like a 12% acceptance rate. maybe you should apply for l&s CS, unless you’re pretty set on doing EE</p>

<p>btw your username made me draw wood</p>

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<p>i like your username too</p>

<p>your grades are a bit iffy for EECS</p>

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<p>Thank you for the replies :)</p>

<p>EECS is a current interest of mine (I planned on combining it with a pre-med track becaue I am interested in both).</p>

<p>Would I have a higher chance of getting into Berkeley if I applied to a Physical Sciences (chem/physics) or Biological sciences concentration.</p>

<p>P.S. My grades include 9th grade. How bad will it impact me? It is the worst on my transcript with a GPA of ~3.0. All GPAs after were 4.2+</p>

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<p>If it’s only freshman year that you had those grades, then it looks like you’re in decent shape. I don’t think Berkeley puts much emphasis on 9th grade grades.</p>

<p>You would have a higher chance of getting into Berkeley if you applied into L&S instead of the College of Engineering.</p>

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<p>You’re in luck! Berkeley doesn’t consider rank and to calculate your GPA, they use grades ONLY from your “a-g” courses in your sophomore and junior year. I’ve just spent the last two hours figuring this out and I’m positive about this. So forget about your freshmen year!</p>

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<p>“a-g” courses include ones in your freshman year</p>