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<p>Male East Indian
Californian
High School Junior</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.0
SATI - 2360
SATII Math - 800 Physics - 800 </p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>National History Day - Top 8 California
Founded FBLA at my school.
Speech and Debate - Went to States
Science Bowl - Nationals
200+ hours of community service (teaching Chinese)
Normal stuff, NHS/Who's Who</p>

<p>Awards:
I scored 229 on the PSAT, so I think I'm a semifinalist.
NHD, Science Bowl, and Speech and Debate</p>

<p>Took the most rigorous courseload at an IB school...</p>

<p>I'm interested in going into business eventually.</p>

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<p>Asian Male(international) from very very small international school
Out of state
High school senior</p>

<p>UC GPA:4.0
SAT1: M:R:W--770:650:690--2110
SAT2 Math:800 Chemistry:600</p>

<p>ECs:
School Vice president(12th)
Class Rep(11th)
School Math Club founder(11th)
School Math Club president(12th)
School Soccer team(10th,11th)
Volleyball team (10,11)
Basketball team(10th)
Choir(10,11)
Newspaper(10,11)
some community service</p>

<p>Awards:
Canadian Mathematics Competition school champion
International school soccer champion(the team)</p>

<p>I think this is pretty much it.</p>

<p>Applied to UCLA and Berkeley as engineering major.</p>

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<p>Chance me Again?? Updated</p>

<p>California Resident
UC GPA: 4.21
SAT1: 2200 One Sitting; 2310 Best Overall
SAT2: 800 MathIIC, 750 Chem, 720 Bio, 720 US History, 780 Korean</p>

<p>EC:
Principal chair at major regional orchestra for 2 years
Principal chair at highest level school orchestra for 4 years
Parcipated in State honor orchestra for three years
President of a medical club at school for two years
Worked as medical assistant at local hospital for 5 years; 500+ hours
Invited to work as medical assistant in a hospital in Guatemala for one summer - hosted by Gift of Vision Foundation
Coached chamber music for pay (around 800 dollars earned total)
Performed orchestral solo in Carnegie Hall
Invited by an intensive chamber music program in colorado for last two years to perform
Performed with a professional orchestra for community events...</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Commended Scholar
AP Scholar
Numerous Muisic Awards</p>

<p>Applying to UCB, UCLA, UCI, UCSD</p>

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<p>bump, bump, bump</p>

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<p>Calivla, I had pretty much the same test scores and GPA and I'm a 2nd year at Cal right now :)</p>

<p>I got into all those schools and I got offered the honors program at UCLA. I'd say your chances are very, very high.</p>

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<p>any more? bump.</p>

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<p>Have not seen any California Community College chance posts so here it goes.</p>

<p>CCC student applying to Haas</p>

<p>Transfering after 2 years
Will finish all prerequisite and breadth courses before the summer program were to begin
School is on semester schedule and taking between 16-19 units each one</p>

<p>GPA - 3.8</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>Did not take SAT or ACT</p>

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

<p>List a few of your most important ECs:</p>

<p>President of school's business club
In school's student council as director of finances
Completed the honors program (took 5 honor classes)</p>

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<p>*** Also an officer in the honors club</p>

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<p>These are my final stats
Ali Asghar
ethnicity:other
In state
Uc gpa:4.083
w gpa:4.25
uw gpa:3.75
Act scores
Math 33
English 30 English writing 29
Reading 33
Science 30</p>

<p>Sat II
us 780
bio e 760
math II 610 (I am hoping they only Look at the top two)</p>

<p>EC top 3
co founder/board member communities for families and change
300 hrs community service per year with cpfsj/ got a couple of awards from this
south Asian culture club founder vice prez/ a couple of good awards here
Sorry this sucks cuz I'm using my iPhone to write this</p>

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<p>UC GPA: 4.18
UW GPA:3.45 =/
W GPA: 4.18 My school gives weight to classes UCs give weight to.
I took the hardest classes available </p>

<p>In State Asian Male
Sat 1: 2140 1 sitting, 2200 best from each section
Sat 2: Math 2- 780, US History- 760, Physics- 660</p>

<p>AP Scores
Calculus AB- 5
European History- 5
Spanish- 2 =(
Calculus BC- 5
US History- 5
English Language- 5</p>

<p>I'm currently only taking 4 academic classes this semester. Tried to get into AP Econ but the class was already overcrowded.</p>

<p>AP Physics
AP Stats
AP Eng. Literature
AP US Gov (will take AP Comparative Gov)</p>

<p>EC is really weak:
Vars Cross Country (Team means a lot to me. Wrote about this in my essay)
Track
Dabbled in community service with CSF, Key Club, Interact, Red Cross but didn't show much commitment. In Math Club. On my application I included summer program (People to People) trips to Eastern Europe, Australia and New Zealand. I thought it was relevant since I participated in community projects there.</p>

<p>How are my chances?</p>

<p>Edit: Forgot I'm applying undeclared/pre-business</p>

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<p>Probably a reach... but help me out!
Applying undeclared- arts and sciences or whatever it is
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
California Resident (attended CA public school that sends like 2 kids to Cal each year)
No financial aid</p>

<p>GPA: 4.08 UC gpa
SAT I: 2030 (730cr/660w/650m)
SATII: 700, 650</p>

<p>ACT: 30 (34 eng 30 math 28 reading 27 science 10 essay)</p>

<p>Senior year looks like this:
AP calc AB
AP chem
AP eng lit
AP poli sci/econ
Ap enviro sci</p>

<p>APs from soph/junior years: word history, biology, US history
Took pretty much the most challenging courseload available.</p>

<p>People who read my essays really liked them, but who knows.</p>

<p>ECs
Vice-prez of community service club
editor in chief (and co-founder) of an e-magazine
Very involved in equestrian sports & organizations, lots of awards in those areas (all 4 years of high school). Also involved in riding instruction.
Lots of work experience.</p>

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<p>This is kind of late... but, I've been thinking about it lately. ;D</p>

<p>UC GPA - From the calculator I got 4.57
Unweighted GPA - 4.00
Weighted GPA - 4.56 (10th-12th)</p>

<p>California Resident, Out-Of-State, or International
California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT scores - 2350 (V790/M790/W770)
SAT II Scores
Math II - 780
Physics - 790
Biology - 700
Chinese w/L - 800</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
Engineering - Undeclared</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
Nothing much, just 200+ volunteering hours, VP of CSF, Tennis (on the school team, but average I'd say), Academic Decathlon, Piano (CMlevel9), that's about it. </p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
Nope, some usual awards (National Merit, AP Scholar, etc.)</p>

<p>Other stuff that might be of use:</p>

<p>Asian American Female
English is not first language (Chinese is/still spoken at home)
Ranked 1 out of 390 ish
Public school (I don't know about competitiveness)
Have gotten all A's since freshman year
Consistently taken the most rigorous course load all four years.
AP Tests taken - US History, Biology, Physics B, Psychology, Calc BC (AB Subscore), Statistics [all 5's]
AP Tests to be taken - English, MacroEcon, Gov, French, Chemistry,
Senior Year schedule - AP English, AP Econ, AP Gov, AP French, Computer programming (college-level), Geology (college-level), Multivar. Calc (college-level)
Participated in ATDP(Berkeley), CTY(John Hopkins), EPGY(stanford) classes.
I'd say good essays. They don't relate at all to engineering though.</p>

<p>That's it, please and thank you. =]
Oh one more thing, I'm still woosy on what reach, slight reach, matches are, so if you could give a percentage, I'd appreciate it.</p>

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<p>Final Stats -</p>

<p>Asian Female ( International)</p>

<p>Applying to UCB and UCI
Civil Engineering Major</p>

<p>SATs:</p>

<p>Math- 740
CR - 710
Writing: 730</p>

<p>Superscored: 2190
In one sitting:2180</p>

<p>SAT II</p>

<p>Math II - 790
Chem and Bio - 740 each</p>

<p>GPA - Around 4.34</p>

<p>Rank in school: Top 3 - Best Girl Student and Second Best in Science Group</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<ol>
<li>Tanjore Painting - 9 years... An ancient Indian form of art</li>
<li>Community Service - Around 200 hours... Tutoring underpivileged children and helping in Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation</li>
<li>Music - 9 years Piano... </li>
<li>Poetry Writing and Debating... Won several national and state level debates and poetry contests</li>
</ol>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>National Talent Search Semifinalist
Merit Scholarship Holder, CBSE, Govt. of India
Best Speaker, in many nationally recognized forums.
Did a presentation for the International Green Building Council, Indian Chapter after being selected as team leader for the school team that won second place for a project on energy effeciency in school campuses, around the state. </p>

<p>Essays: Came out pretty well...</p>

<p>Research: On Transgeneticism at one of the leading centres of research in India.</p>

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<p>American dual citizenship holder applying from a foreign country (I didn't know how to classify this)</p>

<p>Class Rank: 27/252 (before you shoot me down, know this: it's a SUPER COMPETITIVE gifted-ed school; everyone in it except me is a genius)</p>

<p>SAT I: CR 800/M 800/W 800 Total 2400
SAT II: M IIC 800/Chem 800/Phy 790 (reeeaally tempted to retake)</p>

<p>British GCE 'O' Level: GCSE : 8 A* (A* is roughly equivalent to an A+ of the American system)</p>

<p>GCE 'AS' level - AAAAAA (Maths History Economics Chemistry Critical Thinking General Studies)
GCE 'A' level :Predicted AAAA (Math Hist Econ Gen Studies)</p>

<p>ECs: Philosophy Club (Founder/President: 4 years), Math Club (President: 2 years), Computer Club (President: 2 years), Astronomy club (VP: 1 year)</p>

<p>Community service: Created website to provide free math/science tutorials to elementary school children (won national award for it), Volunteer explainer at a major national science museum (100+ hours), helped in fund-raising for various charities (200+ hours)</p>

<p>Major Awards/Accomplishments: Special mention in IMO, National Community service award, Highest Distinction in National Math competition (4 years running), Highest Distinction in National Chemistry competition (2 years running), Winner of several international essay competitions, developed a high-level computer programming language (does this count as an accomplishment?)</p>

<p>Work Experience: Freelance web-designing/programming</p>

<p>No sports :P</p>

<p>Oh yeah, I should probably mention that I'm a white/asian multiracial (so no URM status, and come from an upper-middle class family (so no affirmative action), so I have to get in solely by merit.</p>

<p>Other potential choices: Harvard (1st choice, of course), Yale, Cornell (Legacy applicant), Cambridge, Oxford, Brown, <em>maybe</em> P'ton</p>

<p>so... please chance me for Berkeley (and my other choices too, if you will)! :)</p>

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<p>signal2noise... your stats and EC's are quite impressive. 90% acceptance for Berkeley.</p>

<p>More than 50% chances for other ivies and privates</p>

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<p>Ah, here we go (doesn't seem as though anyone else is posting).</p>

<p>dontcha: good GPA, slightly weak SAT, good ECs, okay honors/awards. It's going to depend on your essays, but I'd say high match (60%).</p>

<p>insta111: great GPA and SAT, good ECs, okay honors/awards. It's a match (70%).</p>

<p>whymaths: okay GPA (though a little below average for Cal), good SATs (except chemistry), and good honors/awards. Since you're an international, it's a reach.</p>

<p>calivla: good GPA and scores, interesting ECs/awards. I'd say match (70%), given that your essays are great.</p>

<p>creativeport: I'm not so sure on transfer admission, but you have a good shot given your GPA. Applying to Haas might make it a bit more difficult.</p>

<p>ali_asghar209: okay GPA, good scores, okay ECs. I'm going to say slight reach - high match (50-60%), depending on your essays.</p>

<p>valerina: okay GPA and scores; if your ECs/awards are as good as you make them seem, I'd say high match, though perhaps a match if your essays are very good.</p>

<p>pinkscarf: I think you miscalculated your UC GPA (it's capped), but regardless, you have a strong GPA, excellent scores, average ECs. Since you're applying for a competitive major, it'll be much more difficult, especially since you're applying to undeclared engineering. I'm going to say slight reach. I say this only because your ECs/awards don't make you stand out in an applicant pool for a very, very competitive major -- engineering is competitive enough, but undeclared engineering even more so, and Berkeley isn't phased by super-high scores. However, since your essays have nothing to do with engineering--which is important--it might be considered a reach. That might be your downfall. So it's 50-50.</p>

<p>shruthibaskaran: you're an international applying to a competitive major, and though your resume is generally strong, it's probably a reach.</p>

<p>signal2noise: Are you in-state? It's difficult to say, since I'm not familiar with the levels and such. You obviously have excellent scores, and great ECs/awards. Are you sure that you'll be considered a citizen? If so, then I'd say it's a match. If not, then it's probably a reach, though you'd have a good shot. If you're OOS, I'd say high match to match (~70%). It definitely isn't a safety.</p>

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<p>creativeport: high GPA, you have a good chance.</p>

<p>ali_asghar209: decent GPA, good ACT scores, good SAT IIs and I think they only look at two. I think 50% chance.</p>

<p>Infusion: GPA looks shaky, SAT score is good, ECs looks scarce, 20-30% chance.</p>

<p>valerina: GPA, scores, all look pretty average. I'd say 50% chance.</p>

<p>pinkscarf: amazing GPA, scores, ECs, blah blah do I really have to do chances for these kind of people? :p Anyway, engineering undeclared is really competitive so I'll only say 80% chance for you.</p>

<p>Back to vacationing for me! I'll do some more later if I feel like it. ;)</p>

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<p>kyledavid: yeah, I'm pretty sure that I'll be considered a domestic applicant. I've asked several adcoms from several colleges (including Berkeley).</p>

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<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT/ACT: 2370 (800 CR/ 800W/ 770M)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800/800/800</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 UW, above 4.5 weighted.</li>
<li>Rank: top 10% for sure. School doesn't rank, though.</li>
<li>APs: Calc B/C: 5, Bio: 5, French Language: 5</li>
<li>Course load: most difficult</li>
<li>Other stats: Qualified for AIME</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: I thought they were pretty good?</li>
<li>Major EC's: black belt, President of something, co-president of something, treasurer of two things, co-captain of waterpolo. 2 years varsity waterpolo & 2 years JV, 4 years JV swimming.</li>
<li>Work experience: business internship, and various tutoring</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: Pretty competitive public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: middle/low</li>
<li>Financial aid?: yes</li>
<li>Intended Major: biochem</li>
</ul>

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<p>Kristina: excellent scores, strong GPA, good ECs. I'd say match to maybe a safe match (70-75%).</p>