Please Chance Me For UC Berkeley!! :D

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys! I'll be a senior in the Fall and since college apps are about to begin, it would be great if you could chance me! Any advice would be great too. My dream school is Berkeley, so please be honest! My SATS/SATIIs are low, but I'm working hard this summer to bring them up! However, my SATS are the only thing thats really holding me back.. Please chance me!</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.343
SAT: 1810 (retaking this October, taking SAT prep at elite currently)
SAT II: USH 670 LIT (taking in November)
ACT: 27 (most likely will not send)
Rank: Valedictorian</p>

<p>Leadership:
-Leadership President 2013-2014
-Leadership Treasurer 2012-2013
-Associated Student Body/Governing Board President 2012-2013
-Curriculum and Standards Committee (choose classes/electives for next school year) 2012-2013
-Dance Committee President 2009-2014
-Disciplinary Committee Representative 2010-2011</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Interact Club Vice President 2012-2013
-Humanities Class Teacher Assistant 2010-2014
-Soccer Club, Team Captain 2009-2012
-Dance 2009-2014</p>

<p>Volunteer: (532 Hours Total)
-Tutoring Elementary Kids at Library 2010-2013
-Teaching Dance Classes at my School 2009-2013
-Food Bank Services 2009-2010</p>

<p>Awards and Honors:
-Alameda County Science and Engineering Regionals, Special Award from the US Department of Health and Human Services 2013
-Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair Regionals, 3rd Place in Behavioral Social Science March 2012
-Alameda Community Learning Center Science Fair, 1st Place March 2013, March 2012, March 2011
-KQED Perspectives Public Radio, Selected Applicant, Aired Episode 2012
-Engineering Alliance for the Arts Bridge Competition, Best in Class Award 2012
-Engineering Alliance for the Arts Bridge Competition | Best in Class Award 2010
-St. Andrew Kim Scholarship, Scholarship Application Accepted, 2010</p>

<p>Internships:
-Asante Africa Foundation, Youth in Action Coordinator 2013
-TNIS Corps Intern 2013</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Planning on asking my History teacher and TA teacher whom I've had for 2 previous years. Both will be stellar and very good.</p>

<p>Additional info: My school is a small charter school and we do not have AP Classes. However, we have the option to take 1 AP class a year at the school next to ours, which I decided to do. In place of our AP Classes, we take college classes at our city's community college. Therefore, I have taken: Sociology, Sociology Minority Groups, Statistics, Dynamics of Group Discussion, and will be taking English this Fall. It's a little strange, but each year my school has a senior class of around 25, and at least 7 seniors get into UCB! My sister also currently goes to UCB atm.</p>

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<p>Hi! Unfortunately, the UC system asks for all scores. But I guess it doeant matter. Anyways, I think those are g9od chances. The moat important thing is to write good essays.</p>

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<p>The UC system doesn’t generally read your essays…so idk what you ^ are saying</p>

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<p>Berkeley: Aim for 2100+/31+</p>

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<p>Berkeley would be a match if you get the SAT a little higher</p>

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<p>With your GPA you simply need to get that SAT up!</p>

<p>Also I have noticed some Berkeley admits w/ “low” SAT’s like yours get in, probably more so than any other selective college. The UC system has been unhappy with the current state of standardized testing for years now, thus I believe they are more likely to be lenient with test scores. So bottom line, apply no matter what and do whatever you can to bring your scores up.</p>

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<p>They don’t read essays? Then how do they distinguish candidates with aimilar sat and gpa? Why are there so many presentations in how important the essay is?</p>