My chance at EECS @ UC Berkeley?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently in my senior year, at a decent high school in San Jose, California. I'm in the top 10% of my high school. I have:</p>

<ul>
<li>4.2 weighted GPA, 3.8 unweighted (got some B's in my sophomore year due to some carelessness, but I snapped out of it and earned all A's my junior year) </li>
<li>SAT: 2220 (620 CR, 800 MA, 800 WR) Took it three times to get this score. </li>
<li>SAT II: 770 Math II, 750 Physics (physics is low because i hadn't completed a physics course at the time that i took it and had to self teach what I didn't know). </li>
</ul>

<p>::AP Courses with scores I achieved on exams:
- AP Environmental Science (5)
- AP Calculus AB (5)
- AP Computer Science (4)
- AP Language and Composition (4)
::AP Courses in progress:
- AP Physics
- AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>Some other things that I have done:
-Won a hackathon competition in San Francisco. 100+ participants, and I was on a team with two others. Won 1st place (Best Application).
-Ran a small web development business on my own during the summer of 2012 that didn't get mentioned on the application but I mentioned very briefly in one of my personal statements.
-This last summer, I had a paid summer internship at a cloud computing company (startup) based in san mateo, the co-founders both of which were Berkeley alumni. Did software and web development, as well as a bit of marketing + sales.
-I'm a self taught mobile software developer. Currently in the middle of developing a large scale iOS application (by myself) that I plan to put on the market.
-Started a "Hackers @ ST" club (ST is my high school) with a friend of mine, modeled after the well known "Hackers @ Berkeley" group. I am currently the co-president, and I am teaching 20 students programming and software development.</p>

<p>Based off feedback, my personal statements are pretty good, but not amazing. In one I talked about how my exposure to technology as a child developed into a hunger to learn, and in the other, I wrote about how being a programming teacher at my school exposed me to diverse ideas and showed me the value of working with others. </p>

<p>Any information would be helpful! Thanks!</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>bump, anyone? It would be much appreciated (:</p>

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<p>buuuuuuump</p>

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<p>I’d say your chances are pretty high. I’d label it a high match. I’m assuming there’s an upward trend in your gpa after you slacked off.</p>

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<p>Yeah, after my several B’s in my sophomore year, i pulled all A’s both semesters of my junior year, despite having much harder classes.</p>

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<p>Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but EECS @ Berkeley is super competitive, you need to speacial EC’s and really need to stand out after having perfect grades. Go ahead and apply but its a long shot for anyone, goodluck though and also dont be discouraged because its literally only that program in berks thats this hard</p>

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<p>Premrao can you show me where it says this? I’m applying for EECS and reading this just scared the crap out of me…</p>

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<p>Is co-founder of a software development club and an internship at a startup not “sticking out” enough? serious question.</p>

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<p>UCB EECS: high match</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>bump. </p>

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<p>Based on statistics, Berkeley engineering rejects about 87 students for every 100 applicants. If you’re applying for EECS, the number of rejects would rise even more. EECS is a tough program to get onto, and it’s hard to say anyone is a sure in on that program. Having said that, I think you have a really good stat.</p>