My chances into UC Berkeley and UCLA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>-Hey everybody - long time browser, first time poster ...</p>

<p>-I am a CA resident, so I only applied to UC schools as they are much less expensive than other universities would be for me.</p>

<p>-Anyway, as the title says, I am wondering about my chances for getting into UC Berkeley and UCLA. My dream right now is to go to the Haas School of Business at Berkeley...anyway...here it goes....</p>

<p>Oh yah, white male, middle income = /</p>

<p>SAT 1:
-Verbal = 800
-Math = 720
-Writing = 760 (10 on essay)</p>

<p>SAT 2:
-Biology(M) = 800
-USHistory = 780
-Math 2C = 680 (Ouch!)</p>

<p>Classes:
-Frosh - AP World History(A/A, 5)
-Soph. - AP Spanish(B/B, 3) - AP Euro(A/A, 5) - AP Bio(B/A, 5)
-Junior - AP USHistory(A/A, 5) - AP Chem.(A/A, 5) - AP Eng.Lang.(A/A, 5) - Math 150-151(College Level Calculus...A/A)
-Senior - AP Psych(?) - AP Stats(?) - AP EngLit(?) ---(I'm sure A's in all and 5's.)</p>

<p>Weighted GPA from Soph. and Junior years = 4.33 which is only rank 21 at my school out of about 400 seniors....very competitive public high school.</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular:
-4 years Football - 2 year letterman and starter
-2 years Track - 2 year letterman
-6 years Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Scout + Patrol Leader(Lead to Honor Patrol Award) +Junior Assistant Scout Master + 3 Religious Medals for Catholic Faith + hundreds of hours of community service.
-Co-Founder of Young Democrats, 1 year - Vice-President.
-2 years Academic League
-4 years Math Team/Club</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Summer at Pacific Theaters - Usher
-2 years for local DJ company - Roadie/Lights and Sound Technician</p>

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<p>-I'm a fairly good writer, so I'm pretty confident about my essays.</p>

<p>-If I forget anything important, let me know and I will do my best to add/clarify - thanks for your help!!!</p>

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<p>Oh, and to give everyone an idea of how competitive the public school I go to is:
-3 Students this year into Stanford ED/EA
-3 Students into Harvard ED/EA
-2 Yale ED/EA
-1 Princeton ED/EA
- Lots of others I don't know...
-Always 4 to 6 that go to Berkeley every year, I'm sure many more get in.</p>

<p>And if this helps, I am applying to the Economics major at Berkeley(even though I would like to transfer to Haas after Sophomore year) and to Business Economics at UCLA.</p>

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<p>wats ur gpa</p>

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<p>My official transcript GPA is 4.33</p>

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<p>ur a shoe in for ucla and berkeley</p>

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<p>-Thanks namkim, any other opinions? I have heard about alot of weirdness with the UC application process.</p>

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<p>u can always appeal if you get rejected man.</p>

<p>you have like almost as same stats as i do and peopel tell me that ucla and berkeley are safe matches for me.</p>

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<p>Thanks alot for the input, namkim.</p>

<p>How does the appeal work???</p>

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<p>i dont know the specifics, but i know that if you get rejected, you can get peoepl (teachers, school faculty, etc) to sign a petition and write a letter to the UC's.</p>

<p>then they'll review you again and you know the rest</p>

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<p>UCLA/UCB: Match</p>

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<p>Namkim, uhh... In my opinion, I think you have much better stats than the original poster.</p>

<p><em>shrugs</em></p>

<p>I'd say the original poster is a Berkeley Match.</p>

<p>Namkim's stats:
GPA: 4.0 uw
Rank: 1/756 <----- Reason why he has such a better shot</p>

<p>SAT I: 2300 (750v, 800m, 750w) <------ This too</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math2c - 800
Korean - 800 (yes im a native =[ )
Physics - 780</p>

<p>^And those. :)</p>

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<p>@flippy</p>

<p>i have a bit higher scores and gpa, but i dont have EC's like 4 years of football, 6 years of boyscout (eaglescout) etc.</p>

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<p>I've heard that UC's are different than most private schools in the sense that they consider GPA and SAT's as almost 90% of the admission.</p>

<p>The other 5% is EC, and the difference between your EC's and his is maybe about that yours is 2/3 of his. So that means he has about a 2% higher chance counting only ECs.</p>

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<p>thats a very comprehensive review. nice research man.</p>

<p>maybe you can tell me my chances for ivies in my thread</p>

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<p>-Anyway, as the title says, I am wondering about my chances for getting into UC Berkeley and UCLA. My dream right now is to go to the Haas School of Business at Berkeley...anyway...here it goes....</p>

<p>Isnt Haas closed for freshman?</p>

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<p>Yeah Haas is closed for Freshman. It's only a 2 year program for Undergrads.</p>

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<p>-Thanks for all the valuable info everyone</p>

<p>-And yah, Haas is only open to undergrads for application after sophomore year. Thanks again!</p>

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<p>mwestes:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Match</p>

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<p>I can't imagine you getting rejected. Don't worry dude, youre in!</p>

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<p>@ namkim: I'm in a similar position, though my grades and SAT scores aren't quite as high. I think good grades and SAT scores are the main thing considered in UC Apps, but that ECs are much more important when talking about top-tier private universities.</p>

<p>@ original poster: Your resume looks impressive--your grades are good and your involvement in out-of-school activities mark you as a v worthy candidate for the schools you're applying to. Your chances look very good to me. In fact, you may want to consider a few private reach schools as well.</p>