<p>*Please READ and APPLY Next Year and Years Afterwords!;D
ALWAYS Believe in yourself 
<3! Honestly, I did horrible junior year with 3 B’S first semester and 2 B’S second semester!
But, however I GOT IN! 
:). So will you guys if you try! POUR your heart out and right honestly. Talk about your problems and how your overcame them. They will understand like they understood me.
*My dad is a 7-Eleven cashier and my mom is a housewife. I struggled and found myself by understanding and believing that I will have to help other disadvantaged students like me!
- I couldn’t afford any help for getting my essays written nor for my SAT. It’s all individual work, so believe in yourself! Just believe in yourself!
*AWESOME Supplement questionairre! Definitely write about EVERYTHING…And possibly you will get an acceptance! ;D
NOTE:There are so many smart people this year who worked really hard and put there everything into their applications,but got denied. I know so many smart people from my school who didn’t make it,so admission decisions are pretty RANDOM! So, don’t be sad,but be HAPPY for what you guys all have and done so far!You all will do well in life and something good and great is going to happen that you are not aware of. I thought my life was never going to take a u-turn,but it did for GOOD! After, so much bullying and criticisms and hardwork, I;ve finally made it and will continue to work hard, and so will YOU!<3 Love yourself and BELIEVE!;D</p>
<p>[ ][ ][ ]Decision: Accepted to Fall 2014:) ;D <3[ ][ ][ ] </p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ ] College/Major Applied To: College of Letters and Sciences/ Public Health
[ ] SAT I (by section): HORRIBLE. Scored 500’s and 600’s on first two,but this is super scored :D610 ( Reading), 620 (Math), (740 Writing)
[ ] SAT IIs:670 U.S. History
[ ] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.5 Weighted, 3.7 Unweighted
[ ] Rank: 29/900+ seniors
[ ] ACT:29 (Had 30’s in all sections besides science 
)
[ ] APs (including this year’s): AP World History (4), AP U.S. History(5), AP Physics B , AP Language and Composition (4) , Honors Spanish 3, Honors Biology,
[ ] IBs (including this year’s:None
[ ] Senior Yr Course load:AP Biology, AP U.S. Gov., AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, Drawing
[ ] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Library Volunteer award, Tutoring Award, Hospital volunteer award, Questbridge College Prep Scholar
NOTE: Not a a lot of extracurriculars,so don’t criticize me!
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: VOLUNTEERING! ;D I did so many as 500+ hours in total. My volunteering experience included
*tutoring low-income, first generation students,
*volunteering at library for 3 years,
*being a summer reading buddy in which I taught young, low-income, bilingual children how to read,
*supervised a summer reading game,
- volunteered at a hospital for the entire summer and still am volunteering for 200+ hours just there.
*writing club for one year
[ *] Job/Work Experience:NONE
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
1st ESSAY: Talked about how my dad is a cashier who struggled to feed my family and how I didn’t take that as a weakness,but as my strength as I tried to improve myself everyday. I struggled to improve my English as I was bullied in school and how I wanted to be part of class discussions and learn,but I couldn’t. So, I overcame it by pushing myself.
2nd ESSAY: I talked about tutoring low-income, first generation students like me and how I connected with one of my students because she seemed to reflect me when I was young. I wrote about how I helped her overcome bullying and improve herself in school.<br>
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Unique essays discussing my true passion for pushing myself forward in life and about tutoring young,low-income students. Plus, I really connected with the reader by telling my essays in a story.
*AWESOME Supplement where I wrote A LOT of paragraphs for each question. I really showed my interest in getting accepted and also about how I took care of my mom who had a surgery and how I aspire to go to medical school and help society,plus, I talked about how it was like to become more independent in my insanely large school :P</p>
<p>[ ][ b]Location/Person:[ ][ ] BAY AREA! Live a bart ride away from UC Berkeley,so I will definitely be commuting;D Saving money and making parents proud ;D <3
[ *] State or Country: Liberal California!
[ *] Classified in-state: I guess this is ELC? I am definitely qualified for ELC
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large public school containing 4,000 students total as only school in the city
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian Indian American
[ *] Gender: Female <3
[ *] Income Bracket: <30K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, low-income, extremely liberal personality showed up in my essays as I tended to criticize my bullies at school and along with how my teachers tended to give up on improving me and my English skills when I was in elementary school. Plus, I really spoke like an individual and a real person in my essay which really worked :D.
[ *] Strengths:Liberal, outgoing, honest, open about my views and talked through my essays like a normal person.Good G.P.A which wasn’t that great as (JUNIOR year had 3 B’S first semester and 2 B’S second semester). Used ENTIRE Additional information section about WHY my grades dropped and how my dad’s unemployment effected the atmosphere at home!
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT SCORES! (Happy that I overcame the 500’s and showed that I am not my SAT score) :D;) <3
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Definitely my honesty and open-ess about my life and how I struggled as a low-income individual and how I’m extremely strong willed!
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments[ /b]
BE YOURSELF. Don’t be shy and be open about your struggles :). Honestly, the admission officers do not know how much we struggled in our lives nor about our personalities until we tell them. So, tell them if you ever had any issues with a parent, why your grades dropped and how you are a good fit for UC Berkeley (hint: talk about how you changed and matured over the years, so now you are and will be perfect for college). If I could do it, then so can you!:D</p>