The Official Chances Thread!

<p>^^ being an OOS transfer will make Berkeley a reach -- <10% acceptance rate for OOS transfers.</p>

<p><a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/transfer.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/transfer.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.22
Unweighted:3.78
Weighted: 4.44
top 10%, very competitive school but still ELC
taking hardest courses available, end up with 10 APs all 4s and 5s</p>

<p>Instate</p>

<p>ACT Comp 33(E32, M32, R33, S34), retaking in June because I know I can do better
SAT2s:
Math2 760
Chem 760</p>

<p>Either Letters and Science or Engineering, I haven't decided if I want o major in mech engineering or business...</p>

<p>ECs:
Next year will either be drum major or trumpet section leader of a very large and award winning marching band at my school.
Have always been super involved with marching band, concert band, and jazz band all 4 years. Takes up a lot of time but is worthwhile.
Mentor in a program at my school for the freshmen for 2 years.
Leader of several clubs
Volunteer through a local community service club. Random events and such. Will have around 100 by the end of summer(ouch)
Will have a job at a local pet store at the beginning of summer.</p>

<p>Also, I'd like to know my chances for UCLA and UCSD.</p>

<p>UC GPA soph year: 3.7
UC GPA junior year: 4.5</p>

<p>rank: 12/411</p>

<p>california resident</p>

<p>SAT: 2160</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
lit. comp. - 800
biology - 740
us history - 760</p>

<p>plan to major in film (maybe UCLA's school of theater, film, and tv)</p>

<p>ecs:
ib full diploma
nhs member and tutor
csf lifetime member
already over 200 hours of service
+10 hours a week at the boys and girls club
member of jv crosscountry and v track</p>

<p>*planning to attend UCLA's summer camp for screenwriting</p>

<p>Could I have my chances for Cal, UCLA, UCSB, Davis, and UCSD?
Thank you so much!</p>

<p>Rosie51391:</p>

<p>Cal: Slight Reach
Reach if you're applying to engineering
UCLA: Match
UCSD: Match</p>

<p>Xofilmandfashion:</p>

<p>Cal: Reach
soph year gpa is sorta low
UCLA: Match
UCSD: Match
UCD: Match
UCSB: Safety</p>

<p>UC GPA: ~3.8 (weakness, and my rank is kind of low because our school is highly competetive)</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
CR 690, W 730, M 750 (total: 2170, planning to retake for 2200+)</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
Math IIC: 750
USH: 720</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to?
Letters and Science</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs
Varsity Tennis team 4 yrs, captain for 2, taught tennis for 4 years to youngsters
Interact Club 3 yrs (VP in junior year, chairman in soph+senior)
Speech and Debate 4 yrs (secretary in 11th)
Library Teen Council 4 yrs (100+ hours volunteering service)</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:
well I guess under "athletics" I helped our school win trophies in a local "olympics"-style tournament in 11th grade - 3rd school overall, 1st place basketball, 3rd place volleyball</p>

<p>looking at Cal, UCLA, SD, maybe UCI</p>

<p>Are the classes challenging, how many hours would an average Haas or Cal students spend studying?</p>

<p>I would like to transfer from Santa Monica College
Majors- Business and Poli Sci
gpa-4.0
Activities-many clubs
Internship at City National Bank(risk management)
Essay-I would write about first-hand experience with risk management
also me working since high school in my uncle phone company. </p>

<p>I am sophomore, transferring as junior
Any improvement I need to make?
Any suggestions you can give me?
Thank you</p>

<p>UC GPA: 3.96
UW: ~3.6
W: 4.12</p>

<h1>Ap/honors completed by junior year: 12</h1>

<h1>Ap/honors completed by senior year: 16</h1>

<h1>Aps total: 6</h1>

<p>SAT I: 2000
Math: 710
Read: 680
Writ: 610</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math: 800
Chem: 780</p>

<p>4 years Badminton 2jv/2varsity
3 years Waterpolo 2jv/1varsity
about 2000 years total of extra stuff</p>

<p>Berkeley
SD
LA</p>

<p>plan to major in Computer science/business</p>

<p>i meant 2000 hours of total EC not 2000 years</p>

<p>UC GPA : 4.2 or 4.25 (depends on this semester, but worst this sem will be is 3.83 UW)
Unweighted GPA: (9-11uw?)~3.65 ; (10-11uw)-3.8 or 3.85 (again depends on this sem.)
Weighted GPA : (9-11w?)~4.08 ;(10-11w)-4.4 or 4.45
have taken 5 APS/2 honors (but english 2H doesn't weight) so far; will probably take 4 APs next year (senior)</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores (by section):2070
M-740
CR-630 (eh..)
W-700
[i retook this in June;hopefully at least 2150]</p>

<p>SAT II Scores [these scores are jhsdfjlhsdjlf;will take US,LIT,Math IIC after summer]
[too bad to post :(] they're in the low 600s</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
Letters&Science pre-business admin/undeclared; hope to apply to Haas as Junior </p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs
Yearbook (10,11,12), Position<em>(11), Section Editor(12)
Chinese Club (10,11,12), Officer Position</em> (11,12)
California Scholarship Federation (10,11,12), Officer Position* (12)
Workshop Assistant/Instructor Assistant (summer 10,summer 11)~60 hours
National Honor Society Charter Member (11,12)
Cross Country (10,11,12) // Track (9-12) Frosh(9,10) "Varsity" (11,12)
Recreational volunteering (through clubs, city, etc) -[not sure how many hours]
Summer/Part-time Job at uncle's office </p>

<ul>
<li>I put officer position but not specifics, like secretary or w/e (in case there are people who will recognize me on here, lol)
**will delete this post after I get reply(ies) because I feel 'vulnerable' and non-confidential</li>
</ul>

<p>please chance me for Berkeley, LA
is it safe to call UCSD and UCI safeties?
thanks! :) [sorry it's sorta long!]</p>

<p>oh, and I have a question in general about class rank.
Does UCs look at your 10-11 rank? or 9-11 rank?</p>

<p>UC : 4.26
UW: 3.9
W: 4.1</p>

<p>40/540 </p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT: 2200 : 700 CR, 740 M, 760 W
SAT II: 740 USH, 720 Math II, 720 Physics</p>

<p>Please chance me for both colleges!<br>
College of Engineering-bioengineering
College of Letters & Science-political science</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs:
Team Captain Robotics Club (11)
President Republican Club (12)
President of Red Cross Club (12)
Jazz Band Section Leader (10,11,12)
Vice President FBLA (12)
NHS, CSF, 200+ Hrs CS</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:
-Taken Engineering Physics at CC
-Calculus 3 at Claremont Mckenna College
-District Science Fair: 2nd Physics
-Engineering Internship at Philips International</p>

<p>cerealbox1: very good chance at Berkeley, how much you study is really up to you, it depends on how good you want your grades to be and what kind of classes you take.</p>

<p>godbreath: 30% chance at Berkeley and UCLA, 50% at UCSD.</p>

<p>sushifureak: 50% chance at Berkeley and UCLA, no it's not safe to call UCSD a safety, you'll probably get into UCI, and UCs don't look at rank, they mostly care about your UCGPA and UW GPA, and a little about "the rigor of your school" which is loosely related to your rank.</p>

<p>hamburgler2: 70% chance for CoE, 85% chance for L&S</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.24
UW GPA: 3.8
W GPA: 4.3
( I might be off by a bit..but these are pretty accurate)</p>

<p>California Resident
first gen. to go to college</p>

<p>SAT I-2150
CR-750
W-700
M-700</p>

<p>SAT II
math-700
chem-770
USH- 750</p>

<p>Letters and Science</p>

<p>ECs-(pretty useless stuff..)
play 3 different instruments 5+ years each
4 years concert band
4 years marching band (leadership role 2 years)
4 years JSA (vice pres 1 year)
3 years FBLA (secretary 1 year)
3 years CSF
~250 hours of CS(various things..ranging from camp to the homeless)</p>

<p>United States Achievement Academy Award 2006 (music)
placed 3rd at FBLA state conference
All State Honor Band (2 years)</p>

<p>also, if you don't mind, please chance for UCLA, UCSD, and UCI</p>

<p>thank you!</p>

<p>CHANCE ME PLZ (and if possible chance me for the following schools: university of penn- early decision, nyu, university of Virginia)</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.7(rough estimate)
W GPA: 5.0</p>

<p>live in south Carolina </p>

<p>SAT I-2040
CR-650
W-650
M-740</p>

<p>SAT II
math-750
going to take more later</p>

<p>Letters and Science</p>

<p>Class rank- 15 out of 270</p>

<p>ethnicity- persian</p>

<p>AP's- 3 world history, 5 statistics, 4 computer science, 5 AB calculus, 4 bc calculus, 4 english, 4 psych, 4 physics, 4 us history</p>

<p>IB's- dont know yet</p>

<p>ECs-
played as a starter on the tennis team for all four years, team captain for 2 years, mvp sophomore year, mvp junior year, mvp senior year, all region all four years, ranked top 40 in state</p>

<p>cross country- freshman year, junior year, senior year</p>

<p>student council- freshman class vice president, member at large sophomore year, junior class vice president</p>

<p>red cross member</p>

<p>active member of forensics team all four years</p>

<p>national honors society member</p>

<p>ap scholar</p>

<p>community service 100 hours</p>

<p>student of the month all four years</p>

<p>IB Diploma candidate</p>

<p>HELP...I need some advice!</p>

<p>I graduated from high school in 1989. I went to college for five years after graduation and never applied myself and, consequently, made terrible grades (GPA of 2.44). After a break of nearly ten years, I returned to school in 2005 and will finally graduate with my bachelors degree in May 2009 at the ripe old age of 37. Because of my poor performance in my early 20s, when I graduate next spring, I will have a cumulative GPA of around 2.95 (My GPA since I returned to school is about a 3.60). </p>

<p>Here is my concern....I am planning on applying to some of the country's top business schools for graduate school, but I am not sure that they will even notice me once they see a GPA of 2.95. Can anyone give me some advice on how good my chances are of being accepted? </p>

<p>I have been working professionally in the real estate industry as an appraiser and as an analyst for the last four years.</p>

<p>Are the admissions criteria different for out of state?</p>

<p>I'm considering reapplying to different colleges because I'm reconsidering the school I thought I would go to this fall. I was waitlisted by a few this year (Stanford, Dartmouth, Williams, Chicago) because of a low class rank 78/375, but it seems like UC schools don't take that into account (correct me if I'm wrong). Also, my school has rampant grade inflation, so my UC GPA is a 4.8-4.9, whereas my regular GPA is relatively low. What I'm wondering is whether I have a shot being from out of state.</p>

<p>White male
SAT: 2400 one sitting
UC GPA: 4.85</p>

<p>Going for Econ or Poli Sci, maybe math minor also</p>

<p>I don't really want to get into my EC's but they're pretty solid, and I won a few awards. Based on my numbers, do I have a solid chance or will it come down to essays and subjective stuff? Thanks for replying.</p>

<p>@ bpfarmer:</p>

<p>yes haha, you have a good chance. and yes, UCs do not look at rank.</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.32
Unweighted GPA: 3.94
Weighted GPA: 4.27</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
2160: 780 Math, 730 Reading, 650 Writing (6 essay)</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
Took US History, Math 2, Chem in June</p>

<p>Letters and Science (I think - math major)</p>

<p>4 years Jazz Ensemble
2 years Science Bowl (1 year Captain)
2 years Academic Decathlon (1 year Captain)
2 years Math Club
3 years Chess Club (1 year Vice President; 1 year President)
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Should UCSD be considered a safety?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>uc gpa: 4.33
unweighted gpa: 3.88
rank: top 5/240. my school is VERY rigorous academically</p>

<p>senior year schedule: ap calc, english 4, religion 4, ap physics, ap gov, PE</p>

<p>cali resident (socal)</p>

<p>ACT: 33
SAT: 2130
SAT IIs: chem 610 math II 620 us history 720 (I plan on re-taking math II/chem)</p>

<p>major: not sure, but definately not engineering haha. probably L&S</p>

<p>ECs
NHS service chair (tutor and I coordinate and plan our community service projects!)
Peer-helper and SCORE (student coalition of respectful education. both activities I work with freshman. basically I counsel them an give them!)
Varsity XC and Track (very time consuming..)
Hospital Volunteer (200+ hours)</p>

<p>I'm going to europe for 3 weeks this summer so I can't get a job/internship. will that hurt me?</p>

<p>also, I'm going to apply to UCLA/UCSD/UCSB/UCD. thanks!</p>