Please chance this international kid for Berkeley and other schools!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi friends , I am from India currently in the senior year .My dream school is UC Berkeley...!!!
Please tell me my real chances...
My Test Scores are -
ACT plus writing - 36 essay-10
SAT subject tests - Physics-800 Chemistry-800 Mathematics level 2 - 800
AP - (All self studied)
Calculus AB-5
Physics C : Mechanics-5
Computer Science A-5
Physics C : Electricity and Magnetism - Taking in May 2014
Chemistry - Taking in May 2014
TOEFL ibt - 112</p>

<p>High school grades -
12th grade (midterm)- 4.0 GPA
11th grade - 3.9 GPA (11th is really hard here)
10th grade - 4.0 GPA
9th grade - 4.0 GPA</p>

<p>Extra curriculars :
President of GK Club (4 years and participated in many quizzes)
Also I have my own GK page on facebook , which is very successfull till now.
Member of the swimming club (4 years , also play water polo)
Have a passion of computers , took up repairing of computers when I was in 8th grade.
In free time , I do cycling and play cricket ( a sport like baseball :) )
Currently building a robotic arm.</p>

<p>Please tell my chances of getting into these schools -
1- UC Berkeley (my top Choice)
2- UCLA
3- UPenn
4- Stanford
5- CalTech
6- Cornell
7- MIT ( I don't have any international olympiad medal)
8- UChicago
9- GeorgiaTech
10-Princeton</p>

<p>I want to do computer science and engineering as my major . I am also hoping to live in California after graduation.
Please Tell me my real chances .
Thank you in advance.</p>

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<p>bump bump… please help me</p>

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<p>Berkeley: Match
Stanford: Reach
UPenn: Reach
Caltech: Reach
UCLA: Match (low match if you can pay full freight)
Cornell: Reach
MIT: Reach
U Chicago: Reach
GA Tech: Low match
Princeton: Reach</p>

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<p>Do you require financial aid or can you pay full tuition for these colleges? What’s your annual household income?</p>

<p>At Berkeley are you applying to L&S for pure CS or CoE for EECS? The former has a higher acceptance rate so it would be (marginally) easier to get in there.</p>

<p>Also what curriculum does your school follow? CBSE? ICSE? Or a state curriculum?</p>

<p>Anyways, you have really stellar stats so you’re sure to get into a few of them if you can get your ECs and those essays to look good. However, since you’re an international student (makes it hard at schools like MIT)…</p>

<p>MIT - High Reach
Stanford - High Reach
CalTech - High Reach
Princeton - Reach
UPenn - Reach
UChicago - Reach
Cornell - Low Reach
UC Berkeley - Match
UCLA - Match
Georgia Tech - Safety</p>

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<p>all reaches but UCLA berkeley and georgia tech, who knows though you may get into some of the other ones.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1571620-will-i-get-into-any-these-transfer.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1571620-will-i-get-into-any-these-transfer.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I can pay full expenses… School follows CBSE . I will be applying to EECS with Nuclear Engineering. Thank you jake 5504 , truust and catria for replying.</p>

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<p>Should I take TOEFL once more to take my score above than 115?</p>

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<p>bump bump…</p>

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<p>bump bump bump 10char</p>

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<p>GeorgiaTech: Very good chance.
UCLA: Good+ chance.
UC Berkeley EECS, UPenn, Cornell: Good chance.
UChicago: Depends on your essay.
Stanford, Caltech, Princeton: Difficult
MIT: Impossible.</p>

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<p>And, you needn’t take the TOEFL again.</p>

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<p>Well , my main aim is to get into UC Berkeley (Because it’s near San Fransisco , Actually I had played San Andreas a lot in my childhood , that’s why I’m attracted to San Fransisco , and I also have a lot of friends at UC Berkeley!)
Thanks Rainman999</p>

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<p>Would A UC Degree look good in my resume?</p>

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<p>Yes especially a berkeley one. You have awesome tests scores and gpa. Berkeley will not be a problem. I am 99% sure you will be getting an acceptance letter to berkeley. You are international as well which helps a ton. If you had better extracuriculars I would say you would be an incredibily strong Stanford and Princeton applicant. You still have a very good chance for those either way. Your stats are way above average for the UCs and you may even get academic scholarships.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot! Jake for your precious answer! It boosted up my confidence. But what type of EC’s do princeton and stanford expect from their applicants?</p>

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<p>Some examples are internships, research and things of that sort. These are hard to acccomplish in high school especially without connections. You should still apply to some reachy school besides berkelely because of your academic scores and dat perfect ACT 0.0</p>

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<p>Berkeley will be a match</p>

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<p>@Jake , it’s hard to get internship in my country , especially for a high school student. I am finding Uchicago essay a bit difficult.</p>

<p>@Crimsonred Thank you , brother.</p>

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<p>It doesn’t have to be an internship or research - just anything that demonstrates passion for the things you like to do.</p>

<p>Yes, the Chicago prompts are difficult but just try to be creative and have fun with it. There aren’t any real rules so address them according to your own understanding of them.</p>

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<p>Thank you Truust , how should I send my LOR’s and transcrpts to universities?</p>