<p>^haha why does it matter??</p>
<p>
fine, i’m one of those. maybe you can guess which one.</p>
<p>oh by the way, i used to live in Walnut haha</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260. Math: 790 Reading: 750 Writing: 720 (Essay 11)
[</em>]SAT II: Math II: 800 Bio M: 780 Physics: 790
[<em>]GPA: 4.0 UW. 4.92 W
[</em>]Rank: 3 out of 548
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): [/li]Physics B: 5
Environmental Sci: 5
World History: 5
Biology: 5
Calculus BC: 5 (AB Sub-Score 5)
Macro/Micro Economics: 5 and 5
English Language: 5</p>
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Santa Barbara, California
[</em>]High School Type: Public, but best in district
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese). Permanent resident
[</em>]Gender: MALE</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:
Science Bowl (vice president 2 years),
Economics Team (2 years),
FIRST Robotics team (Team 1717 ftw!),
Boys Tennis Team (4 years),
Piano (4+ Years),
Sustainability club (founder/president),
Internship in UCSB Economics (summer),
Internship in EE at UCSB (summer and now),
Ping Pong Club
245 hours of community service at Hospital
Etc.
[</em>]Awards:<br>
- Westmont College High School Math Competition Team Winner 2008 and 2009
- Capital Markets Contest 2009<em>:: (state) 1st place
- California State Economics Challenge Championship 2009</em>:: (State) 1st in California,<br>
- National Council on Economic Education- Economics Challenge West Regional 2009<em>:: (Regional/Semi-national) 2nd out of 8 states
- Regional Science Bowl 2009</em>:: (Regional) 1st place
- National Science Bowl 2009<em>:: (National) Nationals Qualifier
- National Merit Semi-Finalist 2009-2010
- National AP Scholar 2009
- Music Teachers’ Association of California:: Certificate of Merit for Piano 2006, 2007, 2008: (State: for levels 4,7,9)
- American College of Musicians: National Piano Playing Auditions 2008:: Intermediate C (State) state winner
- Most Improved Player on HS Tennis Team 2007 and 2008
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
[/ul]</p>
<p>
Nope. That’s probably the only part of the UC admissions process that’s actually holistic.</p>
<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
Regents Applicant</p>
<p>**Objective:[b/]</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2240
- ACT:
- SAT II: 790 Chem, 800 U.S. History, 770 MathII
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 4%
- AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5), Chemistry (5), Language and Comp (5),Euro (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis):
- Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Music Theory, AP Biology, AP Comparative Government, English, Band
- Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): meh
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:[list]</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Oboe, English horn, varsity track, political clubs, FIRST robotics
- Job/Work Experience: small internship at local chemical manufacturing company
- Volunteer/Community service: hospice thrift store volunteer, charity concerts, tutoring
- Summer Activities: pretty unique ones
- Essays: very good
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): CA
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: reasonably competitive public
- Ethnicity: Indian
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: ~$90,000
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation [ /list]**Reflection[ /b][ list]
- Strengths: GPA, SAT II’s essays
- Weaknesses: SAT I
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: nah</p>
<p>complete formatting failure. oh well.</p>
<p>Take out all the spaces between the brackets […]</p>
<p>Congrats you guys!</p>
<p>I’m Taiwanese American I guess, but within our family there is some dispute over that. lol. can’t edit my post (or seem to find the button for it) to put this in, sorry</p>
<p>@hmmmm: well I didn’t think my ACT and my SAT II scores were that high either 
but thank you for that clarification!</p>
<p>how come you guys get decision so early? when i check on myberkeleyapp, they would notify me around 03/25/10. (?)</p>
<p>
me too! except there’s no dispute about that. both my parents’ families have lived in taiwan for generations…</p>
<p>
we were chosen for as regents scholarship candidates, so they told us that we got admitted early.</p>
<p>guys… taiwanese american isnt an ethnicity… lolol.</p>
<p>the campaign for taiwanese representation in the 2010 US census says otherwise!</p>
<p>/high-five handlebars :)</p>
<p>And yes, we were notified by Regents. :X</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Reading 570, Math 800, Writing 640 (Essay 9)
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 800 Chem 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.38
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc 5, Phys C- Mechanics 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Chem, AP stat, Honor Eng, Honor Math (elective), Honor Spanish, Honor French, Theology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish Exam - Bronze, NHS</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Photography (leadership), JV Tennis (leadership), Math Team (leadership). other minor ECs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Visiting hospitals for children. Teaching English to unprivileged children.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Private Tutor. Visiting hospitals for children. Teaching English to unprivileged children.
[<em>] Essays:[/ul]Other[ul] I would say AWESOME like a novel
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Rhode Island
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): the US
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: not much
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]Reflection[ul] what??
[<em>] Strengths: Essays and leaderships
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT SCORE
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]General Comments: I dont know whether I can say it, but I tried to be a student Berkeley wants. <b>My GPA for freshman year was about 2.5</b>. Now like 3.5 - 3.9.</p>[/li]
<p>Guys, I have proved that SAT is not everything for Berkeley. Berkeley wants students with initiative and creative leadership and full of motivation.</p>
<p>Accepted–i dont know how!</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: Arts and Science?
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 1850!!! lol and THATS superscored. i dont know how they accepted me.
[<em>]SAT II: LMAO THIS IS THE WORST/BEST part. 440 on chem and french. 610 on math 2.
[</em>]ACT: didnt submit
[<em>]GPA: 3.73 uw 4.11 weighted
[</em>]Rank: 14%
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP calc and eng. 3 on both
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: awesome …i think!
[<em>]Supplementary Material: disability…that probably did it now that i think about it. although its a really minor disability
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): NOPE! i got in on MY own!
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: central california
[</em>]High School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity: asian
[</em>]Gender: female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: president for 2 years, 4 years of hospital, 3 years of somethin else.
[</em>]Awards: 7
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] im in shock? no i dont feel like bragging hah but it is AWESOME!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Engineering Spring)</p>
<p>Objective: [ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 700 M 740 W 800 = 2240
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M 720; Math II 740; USH 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none ~15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) USH (5) English (5) Econ, Calc AB
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: English, Calc AB, Gov Honors, AP Econ, Physics Honors
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, tons of speech and debate awards, Degree of Special Distinction for NFL, 1st place at science fair… [/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (VicePresident), CSF, Piano, Martial Arts (Instructor), Hospital Volunteer (Shift Leader), Library Volunteer, Varsity Field Hockey
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital & Library, speech, volutneering through CSF, 400+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: none. hahah
[li] Essays: decent, one about Karate (community), one about Speech (talent)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Bay area, CA
[</em>] School Type: large competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: indian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 400k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: volunteering, extra curriculars, speech and debate! essays maybe, SAT
[</em>] Weaknesses: not good enough for engineering scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well rounded really…berkeley does take a holistic approach[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: congrats to everyone! dont know if i’ll be going here, its going to be a tough choice!</p>
<p>OMG OMG OMG OMGO MGOM GOMFGODFJgoidwaasduosdjgjaad ACCEPTED@!@!!!</p>
<p>First student from my tiny southeast GA school to EVER be accepted to Berkeley!!!</p>
<p>SAT: 2190
Subject tests 700 biology 670 literature
GPA 3.95 unweighted
Full IB Diploma</p>
<p>First UCLA and now Berkeley i think i’m bout to have a heart atatackasfoafoafasfasfa
omgfg</p>
<p>Woot I got in just needed to tell someone</p>
<p>And I’m to lazy to list out all that stuff so I’ll just link to my old chance thread :D</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/818988-chance-me-plz-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/818988-chance-me-plz-will-chance-back.html</a></p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (800M, 650CR, 640W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (Superscored: 36M, 36S, 34W, 31R, + 8 essay)
[<em>] SAT II: 800Chem, 800MathII, 770Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/540ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Physics C: Mech (5), Physics C: E&M (5), Calc BC (5), Env. Science (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Gov AP, Econ AP (both macro and micro), Multi-Variable Calc Honors, Leadership (ASB), TA (for a Japanese class, after taking 4 years of Japanese and being unable to fit Japanese AP into my schedule), Sports (XC, Track)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AIME qualifier 3 times?
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB (Comm. of Finance), 3 yrs of Class Council, Science Club (President), Cross Country (Team Captain for 2 years in lower levels), Baseball
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not much
[</em>] Summer Activities: Junior Year-Played on a baseball team that won nationals for our age division
[<em>] Essays: Not the best (1 about running cross country, another about my relationship with my older brother)
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA (South Bay)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing too special…[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Multiple sport varsity athlete? (not recruited for sports)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Very weak senior schedule
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea. I actually wrote a majority of my essays while I was on pain meds after getting surgery done on my shoulder.[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
College of Engineering</p>
<p>[/list]Objective[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 570 (CR) 700 (M) 630 (W) 1900 Total
[</em>] SAT II: Spanish 800, Math II 670, US HISTORY (760)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98, 4.56 (UW)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/440
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, Spanish Lang. 5, English Lang. 4, Spanish Lit. 3, Euro 3
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Government, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None Really
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CSF, Science Bowl, Acadec, Math Club, Academic Decathlon, etc. etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Computer Tech Helper
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Church 4hrs/week.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Travel out of country
[</em>] Essays:[/ul]Other[ul] Incredible, Honestly!
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: <35,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, URM
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT Score, Awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]General Comments: My essays were really strong, Im a first generation URM. I’m so excited for Berkeley. Good Luck everyone else!</p>