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<p>I plan to apply for Engineering</p>

<p>-Asian Senior at a highly competitive public school in New England
-I got 800M 690V SAT
-2 months work experience at CVS besides babysitting and such
-rank about top 12% in school (Simsbury CT)
-about 3.8 from a 20 pt scale
-varsity badminton("ha ha", watever)
-SAT II: math 2 790; verbal 700; chemistry 660 (taking again in dec)
-taking/took most AP courses offered (7 of 10 offered)
-only "C" in AP US History (never liked history too much)
-honor roll every semester
-building hovercraft as senior project (oh yeah baby)
-decent essay
-pretty good recs
-208 psat: qualified for only nm letter, my schools semi cutoff was at 220
-national honor society
-whos who
-national honor roll</p>

<p>NOW TYPE ON YOUR KEYBOARD AND RATE ME!</p>

<p>if you rate my chances exactly as ucBerkeley replies, you may win a ...something</p>

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<p>You're pretty much in. </p>

<p>Un Amor</p>

<p>Jerod</p>

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<p>do you have... any sort of EC?...</p>

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<p>oh yeah forgot,
besides Varsity Badminton, National Engineering Design Challenge (3 years, canceled my fourth), Test of Engineering Aptitude Mathematics and Science, did school paper 1th grade for one issue, freshman soccer, planned to do fencing</p>

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<p>one love?? Jerod???</p>

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<p>90% chance! :D That's my two cents.</p>

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<p>It really annoys me when people say "just my two cents." I think you are almost definitely in. You should apply to some ivies as well.</p>

<p>Just my two cents.</p>

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<p>Since your out of state you have </p>

<p>50-60% chance</p>

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<p>wide gamut of replies... btw, i applied ed to cornell already, and am also applying to illinois(u-c) and gatech-safety, and uconn-safety</p>

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<p>If you applied ED to Cornell, then what the heck is up with worrying about Berkeley? You're probably going to Cornell!</p>

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<p>your really optimistic, for me! i dont know whether to say thanks or questions any ulterior motives you may have in such a cheerful reply. thank...s</p>

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<p>Is governor of your state Arnold Schwarzenegger? If not, take out 200 points from your SAT. Asian become majority in UCB  how about another 50 points off. 1240, that's what I am talking about. Sorry dude, I'm just teasing. Your stat looks great but residency counts a lot in UC school system. My friend, Asian-Hispanic mixed, 1530 SAT, semifinalist, 4.3 GPA, national honor society, play soccer, 5s in BC Cal, Physics C. Turned down by UCLA but get accepted into Harvard. You should consider MIT, IL Urbana-Champaign, Cooper Union, Vanderbilt. They are all great engineering schools and you have a better chance there. Your chance at UCB is about 40%.</p>

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<p>haven't talked to u for a while... gh0st i mean... i think u'll get in... to cornell... so stop frettin' update me on the 10th will ya?</p>

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<p>roger</p>

<p>you must have been posting like mad, as i recall, i was up before</p>

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<p>bump up my post</p>

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<p>Based on published stats for entering Freshman 2003, your GPA is lower than the average for UC Berkeley. Also, the engineering program is reputedly to be fiercely competitive. Apparently, students with very high stats / 4.0 GPAs are turned away regularly. This is certainly not to discourage you, just to help you be realistic about the level of competition. Best of Luck.</p>

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<p>khoadov- glad you shared this info. UCLA stats are similar to Berkeley. The math, science, engineering programs are very tough to get into. You can be accepted into Harvard and declined at a UC ( and vice-versa , or course). An aquaintance of mine
( UC Berk grad and California resident) was apparently declined at UCSF medical school and attended Harvard. He's now on the faculty at UCSF.</p>

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<p>bump up the post</p>

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<p>I would have to agree with others. Out of state and Asian. Those are two huge strikes. I would say 15-20% at best. 99% of Berkeley students were top 10% in their respective high schools. I have lived in Berkeley during and after graduation for the past 10 years. There are many similar stories of being accepted at top ivies like Harvard but not at UCLA or UCB for out of staters. One girl I know was so desperate to come to California from the east coast, that she accepted UCSD engineering over Columbia and Yale acceptances. She now attends Berkeley MPP Goldman School of Public Policy although her UCSD engineering GPA was not so good. But UCSD engineering is very very competitive. That being said, I have never seen an out of stater return back to the east coast after graduation for work. </p>

<p>You will most definitely get into Cornell though. Best of luck. Cornell sciences is definitely getting a good reputation nowadays.</p>

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<p>gh0st33(to cut a long story short, my *33 account was killed by admin) : my school is very competitive. is there any way to get that across? first boy in my class has 1600 sat Is, 4~4.3 GPA and crazy amount of awards (i remember in middle school he basically won every award for my year). second boy has 1510 satIs but 800 on mathII, writing and chem satIIs. likewise gpa. being in top 10 percent means at least 3.9 gpa (along with 1500+ satIs). a friend of mine transfered to a different high school junior year. he was ranked around 75-40 out of some 300 at my school, but upon transfer had a solid shot at being valedictorian. i guess what im trying to say is that my school, although public is very very very competitive and hard. how can i stress it more</p>