Out of State chances for Berkeley?

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<p>I live in Florida.
I'm a hispanic jew.</p>

<p>What are my chances for getting into University of California-Berkeley?</p>

<p>GPA 3.4/3.8</p>

<p>Freshman year 6 honors, 6 Bs
Sophomore year 6 honors, 3 As 3 Bs
Junior year 4 honors 2 APs, 3As 3 Bs (Bio AP, APUSH)
Senior year 2 honors 4 APs... (AP French, AP Statistics, AP Government/AP
Macroeconomics, AT Microbiology)</p>

<p>^^^
I guess that shows an upward trend?</p>

<p>SAT: took twice got 1310/2030 E:11 Will take one more time
ACT: took once got a 30 E:10 Will take one more time</p>

<p>^^^
Which one should I send in? </p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
-Volunteered at Memorial children's center for 20 weeks, 2 hours a week. (Sophomore) (Junior)
-Went 4 years in a row to Congres (French competition in Orlando)
-Part of Friends of FRAT, went to autistic child's house for 20 weeks, 2 hours a week. (Sophomore)
-Volunteered at Kesher, a program that provides a an education for children with learning disabilities from pre-school through high school. (Junior)
-Head of snack food drive for children at the respite shelter in Women in Distress of Broward County. Collected over 600 individual snacks. (Junior)
-Head of school supplies drive for children from low income families so they can do school work at an after school daycare. Collected over 1000 supplies. (Junior)
-Volunteered for a month in Fiji, heading various projects for rebuilding communities and the environment. (56 hours, 2009)
-President of HELP Club, for underprivileged children and battered women (Junior)
-Vice President of FRAT (Fostering Relationships with Autistic Teens and Children) (Junior)
-Treasurer of Green Team (Freshman)
-NHS Member
-National French Honors Society Member
-National Science Honors Society
-NFL (National Forensic League) Member</p>

<p>I want to major in Biology.</p>

<p>Is my URM status (hispanic) very beneficial?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t hold your breath. Even for an in-state applicant, your GPA and test scores would make it very iffy. Hate to be harsh, but as an OOS applicant you don’t really have a realistic chance.</p>

<p>And your ethnicity can’t help; UCs are barred by law from considering it in admissions.</p>

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<p>Only thing that may help you is that you are Mexican… but no one knows for sure if you are getting in or not.</p>

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<p>“but as an OOS applicant you don’t really have a realistic chance.”</p>

<p>not as true for this particular year.</p>

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<p>read the articles i posted in the other thread asking about OOS chances.</p>

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<p>They’re accepting more OOS applicants this year, yes. But a 3.4/3.8 isn’t really competitive, even for in-state…</p>

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<p>Berkeley (or any UC) does not consider ethnicity for admission (CA Prop 209). Berkeley is expecting to increase the number of OOS students, but there is conflicting information about how many more. The approximate admit numbers should come out by summer; but the situation may change if the economy gets better.</p>