<p>Decision: Accepted as International with Regents!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR, 780W, 780M
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Lit, 800 Phys, 800 Chem, 800 Bio E
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: Different System: ISC/ICSE. (Indian): ICSE (grade 10): 96.6%, ISC (12): Predicted: 97-98% :)
[<em>] Rank:1/2 of 70
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's): N/A (Doing Lang, Phys C, Calc BC, Chem, Bio through self study)
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: ISC: English, Physics, Math, Chem, Bio, Environmental Science
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Ref: Stats Profile
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Debate, Quizzing, Creative Writing, Math/Science, School Government etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Great.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):None, specifically. (Engineer who's also a debater and quizzer? Twin? :))
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Dubai, UAE. (Indian National)
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):N/A
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian (Indian)
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None
[</em>] Strengths:Twin? Generally strong app.
[<em>] Weaknesses: (International?)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Congrats to all Accepted, Good wishes to those waitlisted, commiserations to those rejected.</p>
<p>This is as an International who never expected to get into Berkeley; What exactly is the Regents Scholarship? Any detailed reference area for it?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR:650 M:620 W:700
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680 US H, 680 Lit, 630 BioM
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] GPA: Don't remember. 3.95 UW, 4.something UC
[<em>] Rank: 1/26
[</em>] AP/IB scores: Stat - 4, Lang - 4, US H - 4
[<em>] Courseload: heavy. lots of honors. 11 classes per semester.
[</em>] Other stats: 9 APs </p>
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Two jobs over three years. About 25 hours/week thru the year.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Work in Urban Design, Homelessness, and about my "interesting" personality.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nothing good happened to me this year till AFTER the deadline... maybe the fact that i was homeless.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Tampa, FL
[</em>] School Type: Public Magnet/Architecture
[<em>] Ethnicity: W
[</em>] Gender: M
[*] Major strength/weakness: Winner of $60,000 scholarship from local paper - they wrote letters to admissions. [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Major Applied To: Economics
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 math, 780 CR, 670 writing ==> 2250 total
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 math iic, 770 USH, 760 chem
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.00 UW... I'm not quite sure what my UC GPA is weighted
[</em>] Rank: 8/491
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs (including this year's): World History (4), USH (5), Chem (5), English Lang (5), English Lit, Calc AB, Physics B, Macroeconomics
[<em>] IBs (including this year's): not offered
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: very easy
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: no idea
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, ACS Outstanding Chemistry Student, Wellesley College Book Award, NCTE Achievement in Writing nomination, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Academic Decathlon (went to nationals), co-editor of literary & arts magazine, NHS, orchestra (was concertmaster one year), Poi Club, All-State Orchestra, Western States Honor Orchestra Festival, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none XD I design and manage my own webcomic... for no pay.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): guh I don't even want to think about it. Probably one of the most unoriginal things I have ever written.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none... I'm an immigrant, but I never played off that angle. I wasn't planning to designate my ethnicity at all, but I had to give them my alien registration number.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Colorado
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, 2000-ish people, started out as a college prepatory school a hundred years ago, but has deteriorated since then.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: I suppose my household income looks large...
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none that I can think of
[<em>] Strengths: unpretentious XD I don't know...
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT (somehow my writing score came out really bad)... overall not very special, I guess
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: no idea.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: hmm I kind of want to go into business, but it's true that undergrads can't do that until junior year right?
I want to go to UChicago, but the maternal unit wants me to go to Berkeley. -.-</p>
<p>Stats:
Major Applied To: Chemical Engineering
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800 math, 710 CR, 710 writing ==> 2220 total
720 math, 740 CR, 730 writing ==> 2190
SAT IIs: 800 math iic, 800 chem, 800 phys
GPA, UW 3.8
Rank:None
ACT: None
APs (including this year's): Taken: Calc AB(5)
Will take: Calc BC, Physics B, Chemistry, Eng Lit, Eng Lang, Macroeconomy, U.S. Gov,
IBs (including this year's): not offered
Senior Yr Courseload: 6 APs
Number of Apps from Your School: no idea
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Various Awards from Korea</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Chemistry Club, Math Club, Junior Class Vice President, and various other small things that were probably not big enough to impact my application
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring(math)
Essays : Okay, I guess. That's probably why they took me in.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nope
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: An Asian majority public school in the Peninsula of the SF Bay
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle? I don't know. 90K or so?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I was born in Korea, moved to England, back to Korea, and now I'm in the U.S.
Strengths: Mathematics and science? not much....
Weaknesses: EC. Being a high school student in Korea does not give you much time for ECs.
Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: no idea.
Other Factors:I am not sure whether I was considered a CA resident...
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am so happy that I got in. This was my first choice.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2010 CR: 690 M: 630 W: 690
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 us history, 590 lit
[<em>] GPA: 3.85 uc gpa / around 4.3 weighted at school
[</em>] Rank: 13/650
[<em>] AP/IB scores: 4 euro hist, 5 us hist, 4 english lang
[</em>] Courseload: throughout high school mostly honors/ib/ap. this year all ap/ib/honors
[li] Other stats: community college classes, ib tests</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: library 10-23 hrs/week
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): they seemed good to me
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): poor and second-generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: southern california
[</em>] School Type: public non-competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: vietnamese
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] Major strength/weakness: one weakness was that i was never a part of the ELC program, even though i should have been!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i was hoping on getting in, oh well. congratulations to all that got in. :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR: 770 M: 600 W: 730
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 USH, 710 physics -- iirc anyway
[<em>] GPA: 4.1 UCW
[</em>] Rank: My school refused to rank me
[<em>] AP/IB scores: 4 taken, 5 planned. 1 5 2 4's 1 3
[</em>] Courseload: heavy, except for this year - this year extremely light, but as a result of documented disagreements with the school administration</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: ran (solely) a business handling roughly 25k in transactions a year
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): one on business, one on health issues in general (the long one,) and one on health issues as specifically effecting my schooling. I also did a series of 10 additional essayish questions sent to me by berkeley's DSP.</p>
<p>[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): health + business</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[List]
[<em>] State or Country: California - but was considered out of state for application purposes
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[li] Major strength/weakness: only 4.1w/2100, overcame severe life issues</p>[/li]
<p>typing while on the phone so it probably came out a bit choppish, but you should be able to get the picture from this. if interested, PM me for a copy of my personal statements.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR: 760 M: 780 W: 760
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math2, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 4.7 (UW, my school is Canadian and weird)
[</em>] Rank: Top 5%
[<em>] AP/IB scores: IB Diploma candidate - 6 in HL Math, 7 in HL PHysics, 7 in HL Chemistry, 7 in SL Economics, 7 in SL English, 6 in SL German
[</em>] Courseload: See above
[li] Other stats: Some awards in national Canadian math competitions, etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: IT Analyst at a major Canadian bank
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): They were mediocre I think
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I did some research, but I don't think my hooks were major or anything</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ontario, Canada
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Major strength/weakness: Good academics, good ECs, don't think I had enormous glaring weaknesses.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm mildly happy, but not hugely overjoyed, because I'm pretty sure I'd rather go to Caltech or Princeton over Berkely.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Major strength/weakness: SAT..</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR: 710 M: 730 W: 730
[</em>] SAT IIs: Bio-E 750; Math-II 750; Lit 700
[<em>] GPA: 3.88
[</em>] Rank: 2/60
[<em>] AP/IB scores: IB diploma (taking exams this May)
[</em>] Courseload: most demanding
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): wrote about experience living abroad, lack of ECs at school (because my ECs are lacking), and my academic interests in biology
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): took summer courses for credit
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Argentina
[<em>] School Type: International
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: maths and science / ECs
[/ul]Other Factors: can't think of any General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: This has got to be one of the most surprising acceptances... Seriously... I'm OOS - I was looking forward to being rejected by Berkeley. But I'm happy (obviously)! Congrats to everyone!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR: 800 M: 600 W: 710
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 USH 770 Lit 710 French
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 UW
[</em>] Rank: 6/210
[<em>] AP/IB scores: psych 4 ush 5 eng lang 4
[</em>] Courseload: challenging, but I know how to give myself a break. I don't kill myself
[li] Other stats: national merit commended scholar, ap scholar, nhs, csf, tutoring, church youth group, visual art outside of school</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 10 hr/week job afterschool sophomore year
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): 2 great small essays, main essay was a lazy copout because I didn't give a crap anymore (a bulleted list of interesting things about me)
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I'm not an insane overachiever who kills myself over school and is perfectly well-rounded? ha, a hook. I'm a white girl who sucks at math and wants to major in psychology. whoops</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: 1 hr north of san francisco
[</em>] School Type: very good small rural public. usually only 2-5 people a year from my school get into cal.
[<em>] Ethnicity: of western european origin (AKA very white and pink)
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] Major strength/weakness: did I mention that I'm a white girl who wants to major in psychology? oh yeah, and we're upper-middle-class. and just being female applying to college right now i'm mildly screwed. strengths? I was myself in my app, I didn't pretend to be anything else or lie about my intended major just to have a better chance. I doubt a big public school would notice that kind of thing though :-D</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
n/a probably</p>
<p>so what happened to all those people on the UCSD board who were upset about getting rejected by UCSD and were anticipating the UCLA and UC-Berkeley decisions? o.O</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2270 CR:730 M: 750 W:790
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 790, 730
[<em>] GPA: 3.93 UW, 4.4 W
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't openly rank, but im 14/ 116
[<em>] AP/IB scores: Euro 5, US Hist 5, Eng Lang 5; currently taking Eng Lit, Bio, Spanish Lang, and US Gov
[</em>] Courseload: see above plus pre- cal honors, another science class, and religion
[li] Other stats:random awards for school and community </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 unpaid internships
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): one was this comparison of my two personalities, another was my love of hw, and i cant remember the other
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): not that i know of</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: private, Catholic, all- girls school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] Major strength/weakness: academic record, stats, ecs/ essays, competition at school</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: omg! im so excited!!!</p>