The Official Chances Thread!

<p>i'd say in for juventus10. omg 800s on ALL SATIIs? i applaud you man</p>

<p>juventus10: strong GPA and (especially) SAT scores, good ECs, and okay honors/awards. I'd say high match - match.</p>

<p>good job to all posting in this thread, some of those stats are amazing</p>

<p>makes me feel somewhat hopeless, but eh, what the heck :P
UC Gpa: 3.92
SAT I: 1950
SAT II: 700 Ushist, 720 math2
I think both my personal statements are really good though, and i've taken the most rigorous courseload i can. CA Resident, average income and stuff. average to slightly above average ECs.
thanks</p>

<p>dmission: though I haven't actually seen your ECs and/or honors/awards, I can say it's probably a reach, as both your GPA and SAT fall a bit below the average. If your essays are really great, you just might stand a better chance.</p>

<p>thanks for the chances.
do you think i should even bother applying? lol</p>

<p>You should. You do still have a chance, I think.</p>

<p>UC GPA - 4.25
Unweighted GPA - 3.9
Weighted GPA - 4.35</p>

<p>California Resident
Asian Female</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
- Total: 2180
- Critical Reading: 720
- Math: 780
- Writing: 680</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
- Math IIC: 800
- Chemistry: 720
- Physics: 710
- Biology: 740</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to?
Letters and Science - Pre-Business/Letters and Science Undeclared</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs
- volunteered in China for a week teaching English
- interned/worked for 3 summers at 3 different financial companies
- waitressed for a summer
- Key Club member for 4 years; Bulletin Editor for 1 year and Treasurer for 1 year
- Piano Level 10 w/Honors</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
- National Semifinalist
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- Athlete Scholar</p>

<p>AP Scores:
- Calculus AB: 5
- Calculus BC: 5
- Chemistry: 5
- Biology: 4
- Physics B: 5
- English Language: 3</p>

<p>Is it ok if my senior grades are slipping into B's?</p>

<p>German high-school graduate (male)</p>

<p>expected "Abitur" certificate with an average of 1,6-1,8 (would you please help me to transfer this to the American grade system?)</p>

<p>I intend to study business administration at Berkeley(if it is possible), so I would have to apply to the college of Letters and Science at first?</p>

<p>important ECs
active member of a central-left party in Germany
leader of a theatre project group
author of my school's magazine project group</p>

<p>SAT not yet</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.04
Unweighted GPA: 3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.11</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT scores
690CR/730M/710W....or.....730CR/690M/740W
SAT II Scores
700Math2c/690Chem/770Spanish</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? Engineering (EE/CS)</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed) Yearbook (Senior Editor), Theater Productions (One-Act Director, Lead Actor), Competitional Programming</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field</p>

<p>b0oks123: good GPA and SAT, good ECs and okay honors/awards. I'd say high match.</p>

<p>germanapplicant: Are you an international? If so, Berkeley is most likely a reach. Given what you have, I'd say it'd be a reach even if you were in-state. </p>

<p>mmeyers: your GPA is a bit weak, as are your ECs, though your SAT is good. Applying to a competitive major lowers your chances. I'd say reach.</p>

<p>UW GPA: 4.00
UC GPA: 4.40
(Top 1% of class of 700)
Relatively competitive public hs in state</p>

<p>SAT: 770 CR, 710 M, 730 W (2310)
ACT: 33 (35 E, 34 M)
SAT 2: 780 Math 2
730 Bio
710 Chem</p>

<p>Applying to college of engineering (engineering physics)</p>

<p>ECs: FIRST Robotics (sub-team leader) 2 years
Forensics/Debate (President) 3 years
Science Olympiad (Placed @ state) 2 years
Composing/Playing music (guitar and piano, written over 10 pieces) 4 years
Programming web-apps (have distributed 2 free-ware apps)</p>

<p>Some random awardish things:
Nat. Merit Scholar
AP Scholar w/ Distinction (have gotten 4 5's, 2 4's)
National Honor Society
California Scholarship Federation
Degree of Excellence from National Forensics League
Some science olympiad medals
Maybe some other stuff that I'm forgetting</p>

<p>Currently taking multivariable calculus at local college</p>

<p>nalydylan: Great Scores, good GPA, notable ECs. Match for engineering.</p>

<p>UC GPA- 4.23
Unweighted GPA- 3.9
Weighted GPA- 4.3</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
Math- 800, Reading- 660, Writing- 740= 2200
Planning to take the ACT, just for whatever</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
Math 2c- 800, Chemistry- 760</p>

<p>APs
Calc BC- 5(5)
English Language- 4 (:-D)
Chemistry- 4 (-_______-)
US History- 4
Planning to take Statistics, Macroeconomics, Physics B</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to?
Engineering</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)</p>

<p>Math team (4 years)- School, reigonal, statewide, and national math compeitions;
Middle School Liasion Officer Position- Training middle schoolers for middle school math competitions</p>

<p>SHARP at UC Berkeley- Month of intensive research with a mentor in UC Berkeley's nanotech dept., researched optical properties of nanowires, presentation to several staff and interns</p>

<p>Tae Kwon Do (3 years)- Trained and practiced the Tae Kwon Do form of martial arts; reached first-degree black belt; paritipated and placed in several form and sparring competitions</p>

<p>Speech and Debate Team(3 years)- Competed in and trained for various speech and debate tournaments, such as Parliamentary/Policy debate, Oratorical Interpretation, and Student Congress</p>

<p>Cadence Design IT Dept. Intern (One summer)- Maintaining the inventory of computers, servers, and computer parts/accessories, managing orders, assembling and fixing broken computers</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:</p>

<p>2nd place at a Tae Kwon Do tourney
3rd Place in the annual CSU Fresno Leapfrog Math contest
5th place in the annual national Persian Olympiad Farsi language exam
NFL Degree of Excellence (Speech and Debate)</p>

<p>Sorry... that came out kind of long... xD</p>

<p>Hey Kyle,</p>

<p>thanks for the answer.</p>

<p>I'm from Germany and a German, too <em>g</em>
As regards school, I cannot be certain to be understood correctly in respect to your answer and the definition of "International".</p>

<p>Does this attribute signify that, in this case, I would come from the outside(Germany) as a German as well?</p>

<p>So, if I understand aright, the odds concerning the admission process are for Internationals (me as a so-called Abiturient to be, a with German Abitur) who aim to join an undergradute course?</p>

<p>As far as I can evaluate, Berkeley's requirements are difficult to fullfil....only to be sure: Do I meet these conditions, a SAT will follow after having reached the Abitur, of course.</p>

<p>nalydylan: strong GPA and scores, okay ECs and honors/awards. I'd say high match (about 60%). </p>

<p>germanapplicant: if you are not a US citizen or permanent resident, then you are an international, which makes admission much more difficult (I think the acceptance rate is about 10%). As long as you take the required courses and exams (SAT or ACT with writing, and two subject tests in different areas), then you should be set.</p>

<p>Kyle, does that mean that my Abitur is less important because of the lacking comparability?</p>

<p>therefore a high score in the tests is more relevant?</p>

<p>what about the two subject tests? do they belong to the SAT? for example a SAT about biology?</p>

<p>Thank you so far =)</p>

<p>UC GPA 4.22 (not sure if I calculated it right)
Unweighted GPA 4.35 (rank 2 in class of 541)
Weighted GPA 4.0</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
Math-800
Critical Reading-740
Writing-770
SAT II Scores
Math IIC-770
Chemistry-770
World History-740</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? Engineering (mechanical)</p>

<p>ECs/Honors
Newspaper 10th-12th, Sports Editor 11th, Editor-In-Chief 12th
Key Club 9th-12th, President 12th
Water Polo Team 9th-12th, Varsity Letter 12th and Baseline League Honorable Mention (voted by other coaches)
CSF 9th-12th
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar with Distinction (Three 5's, Four 4's)</p>

<p>germanapplicant: I'm not sure how the "Abitur" certificate works, so I'd wager that your scores will be more important. Subject tests are SAT IIs, other tests administered by the College Board. They're tests in specific areas, like biology or US history or literature. You need to take two of them in different areas to be eligible for UC.</p>

<p>pillowsackhopper: your GPA is strong, as is your SAT. Your ECs are somewhat weak, as are your honors/awards. Since you're applying to a competitive major, it'll be more difficult. I'd say slight reach - high match.</p>

<p>Everyone's posting a UC GPA.</p>

<p>The application automatically calculates that for you right? I don't see any UC GPA input slots...</p>

<p>Can someone tell me if it is even worth applying?</p>

<p>97.8 unweighted GPA
i don't quite know how to calculate UC GPA, but I'v never gotten below a 90 in high school, and have taken 10 APs and multiple honors courses.</p>

<p>30 ACT
Rank: 3/100
Sat II: 680 World History, 700 Math 1, 650 Chem
AP: Gov't, Econ, Calc AB, Biology, Environmental, Eng Lit, Eng Lang (5), US History (5), Chem (3), World History (4),</p>

<p>Caucasian Male from Massachusetts
Mech. Engineering</p>

<p>Accepted into Research Fellowship Over summer--engineering experience gained
Intel paper submission
published research
Varsity Track/Varsity Soccer 9th-12th
--looking to run for college as a walk-on
Eagle scout
NHS, NSHS
Robotics Team member 4 years
science olympiad 4 years
academic team 2 years
band 3 years
work experience and lots of volunteer
scholar athlete award</p>

<p>excellent essays</p>