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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
521

<p>UC GPA: 4.34
UW GPA: 3.92
Rank: Top 2% out of 250-350???
Out of State</p>

<p>SAT Score: math 740, reading 480, writing 580</p>

<p>SAT II: math ll 750, chemistry 640, Chinese w/ Listening 800</p>

<p>Letters and Science</p>

<p>Sophomore Honors Courses:
Pre-AP Calculus
Honors Spanish 3-4
Honors Biology</p>

<p>Junior Honors Courses:
AP Calulus AB, 5
AP Chemistry, 4
AP Language and Composition, 1 (oops...)
Honors Spanish 5-6</p>

<p>Senior Honors Courses:
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP Economics
AP Physics C (guide study)
AP Biology</p>

<p>EC:
-Key Club International: 9-12, Vice-President 12th
-National Honors Society: 9-12, Founding President 11th (Transfer to a new school)
-Math National Honors Society: 11-12
-Sciece Olympiad: 11-12
-Boys' Tennis: 10-12 JV</p>

<p>Community Involvements:
-Tutoring in Elementary and Middle school 9-12
-Community College ELL Volunteer 12th</p>

<p>Special Circumstance:
Immigrated to U.S. in 2003
I started to learn English from basic in 2003
ELL program for 4 years</p>

522

<p>VPof09: Cal Engineering: Match, UCLA (engineering): match, davis + irvine + sd: safe match.</p>

523

<p>Vitals
African-American/Black Male</p>

<p>In-State</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.09</p>

<p>Rank: ~30/~400</p>

<p>Tests
PSAT: 228</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning: 2210
800 CR
670 M
740 W</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math Level 2 - 710
US History - 690
Bio M - Pending, should be 750-800</p>

<p>ACT: 32</p>

<p>AP: Bio 5, US History 4, Calc AB 4</p>

<p>APs next year:
AP US Government
AP Psychology
AP English Lit
AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>Awards
National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist (projected) (12)
National Achievement Scholarship Semifinalist (projected) (12)
Biology Award (9)
P.E. Award (9)
Spanish 1 Award (10)
California Scholarship Federation (9, 10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>And…</p>

<p>Fantasy AP Bio All-Star (11) lol not real</p>

<p>Stuff
Band (9, 10, 11, 12) Section Leader 9 (Have played for 7 years) 2 years in Honors
JV Soccer (10) Starter (Played club soccer for 9 years)
Guitar (on my own) 1.5 Years
Science Bowl (11, 12)
Science Olympiad (10, 11, 12) (Co-captain 12 maybe?)
Play Guitar once a month at local nursing home in a group
Organized Christmas Caroling at local nursing home, will do next Christmas as well
Volunteered at library once a week</p>

<p>Major: Molecular and Cell Biology – Immunology (I might try for medical school)</p>

<p>Chances for Cal? (and SD, Davis, Irvine, and LA if it’s not too much trouble)</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

524

<p>UC GPA 4.3
UW 3.9
WEIGHTED 4.5</p>

<p>CA resident</p>

<p>SAT REASONING
2060 (planning to take it again this fall)
Critical Reading 650<br>
Math 710<br>
Writing 700 </p>

<p>ACT 31
Reading 31
Writing 31
Science 32
Math 32</p>

<p>SATII
BIology 780
MATH IIC 800
Spanish 720</p>

<p>probably Letters & Science</p>

<p>ECS.
4 Years in Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra (CYMO)
4 Years School orchestra (leadership roles 2 years)
4 Years Spanish Club (leadershiproles 3 years; senioryear=president)
3 years Aftershock aka Christian club (leadership roles 3 years)
4 years committed leadership at church
2 summers volunteer work at Hospital
1 summer work experience as teachers aide</p>

<p>AP scores
5 CALC AB & BC; Biology
4 spanish; european history</p>

<p>Senior Work Load
AP chemistry
AP English language
AP Stats
AP pyschology.
orchestra
civic/econ</p>

<p>thanks :)</p>

525

<p>hotjava64: Good SAT and GPA. You'll have no trouble with Davis and Irvine; UCSD and UCLA should be fine, as is Cal.</p>

<p>anyway?: If you raise your SAT a bit, you should have a good shot. You have a strong GPA and ECs, as well as SAT IIs.</p>

526

<p>California resident,
3.71 UC GPA
3.9 college weighted, strong upward trend (got a 4.57 in grades 2nd sem. junior year)
29 ACT
SAT Subjects: Bio M.-750, USH-750, Physics-750
AP scores: 5's in Bio, World history, and European History; 4's in US Hist., English Language, Art History, and Physics B</p>

<p>Schedule next year: AP[Chem,Lit,Gov,Econ,Physics B retake because I got a D first semester], and Honors math analysis and academic league, normal newspaper and normal academic decathlon</p>

<p>EC's: did 250 hours of comm. service for a candidate of California's Governor Race (for Phil Angiledes)
50 hours for a candidate running for state assembly
4th year of Academic Decathlon
4th year of Academic League(3 Varsity, 1 JV) captain of Varsity
3 years of humanities club (V.P. this year)</p>

527

<p>Female
Asian (Indian)
MA
Competitive public high school (sends many to top schools including Ivys)</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: 93 unweighted (my school doesn't do it out of 4.0) and I don't know what the UC GPA would be. Probably like 3.7-3.8 uw?</p>

<p>All Honors and/or AP classes...and this means 3 AP classes total. I know that's a shocker to some of you, but my school doesn't offer very many at all. This won't hurt me, right?</p>

<p>Rank: 16/300...Top 5%</p>

<p>SAT:
CR-540 (yea, i know...)
M- 660
W- 740 with a 12 on the essay
I working very hard to get that total score up to a 2050-2150. I understand that my CR needs a lot of work, but right now I'm getting in the 600's on practice test things. I'm retaking in Oct and hoping to reach my goal.</p>

<p>ECs <em>Please note that I moved and therefore switched schools after my freshman year. There many seem a slight inconsistency in some activities because of this</em>.</p>

<p>Speech& Debate Team (9th)
-Went to many competitions and won numerous awards even on the state level. Could not continue because it was not available at my new school.
Violin
-Have been playing for 8 years, and freshman year played in the Symphony Orchestra.
Model UN (10th-12th)
-Delegate
Yearbook (10th-12th)
-Will be Editor Senior year.
Science Club (11th-12th)
-Will be Vice President Senior year.
-Serve as a mentor for elementary school kids and help them conduct research at the vernal pool.
PEER Leaders (11th-12th)
-Community leaders from the school.
-We do various community service and help around the school.</p>

<p>Community Service (about 150+ hours)
-Elks Lodge (over 50 hours)
-Pediatric Doctors Office (about 30 hours)
-Local Hospital (about 30+ hours)
-Various other events including Special Olympics, Soup Kitchens, Church</p>

<p>Other Summer Stuff
-Did some research in a Genetics Lab at URI. Did everything from PCR to Extracting DNA to helping with a primer design. My professor said she would write me a strong letter of rec. Would this help?</p>

<p>-Will be Interning at InCube for a few weeks at the end of this summer. It's a biomedical research company in northern CA.</p>

<p>-In summer 2006, I went to India and for about 2 weeks and did some community service there. My grandfather lives in a small (rather poor) village, and he also works in a nearby clinic which treats patients from that area. I worked and helped in that clinic, and will be most likely receiving a letter from the government consulate for my services.</p>

<p>I will most likely pursue something in biology or the medical field. What are my chances assuming I will bring up my SAT score to a 2050 or better?</p>

528

<p>Female
White (Russian --- neither of my parents went to college)
San Francisco, CA
Public High School </p>

<p>GPA: UW-4.0 Weighted-4.5 UC- NO clue
I take all the available honors/AP classes offered- (not many AP's available) </p>

<p>Rank: Top 10%... our school has many gifted students, so I'm just shy of top 5%. </p>

<p>SAT:
CR: 720
W: 680
M: 680
(I've taken the SAT twice. The first time without studying, the second time (these scores) after studying out of some guides, should I take it a third time after a class? My score only increased by 50 after studying)</p>

<p>EC's:
-Visual Art (the past four years). I have a portfolio specifying in the classic visual art with paintings, charcoal pencil, ect.
-STAND: Darfur Advocacy group that I started in my area.
-Debate Team
-Peer Leadership Club
-Vice President</p>

<p>Volunteer work:
-STAND Advocacy.
-20 hours a month at UCSF Hospital.
-SPCA. </p>

<p>Do I have a chance? My SAT is on the low side and I don't have many extra curricular/volunteer work??</p>

529

<p>I know my chances are terrible, but is it worth applying at all?</p>

<p>Unweighted Average: 94.22 (since 8th grade, all courses honors or AP.) I took AP Biology in my junior year and plan to take AP Chemistry, AP Physics, and BC Calculus next year (elective limitations in my school prevent me from taking more than 6 APs in junior and senior year combined)</p>

<p>Out-Of-State resident (from NYC...ouch.)
I go to a semi-public high school; it's run by a public college system in NYC but still gets some Board of Ed. funding (I think), and you have to take a test to get in. I guess you could call it an "advanced" high school? idk</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores: math 690, critical reading 800, writing 790 (cumulative 2280)
SAT II Scores: biology 800, chemistry 800</p>

<p>probably applying to the college of Letters and Science (planning to major in biology)</p>

<p>extracurriculars
*member of the varsity track team in 10th and 11th (and planning to continue in 12th) grade, have medaled consistently in cross-country and placed 7th in New York City in the 1500m racewalk during the junior year indoor track season
*currently have an unpaid summer internship working for a researcher in cell biology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (actually doing the procedures involved, not just like washing out test tubes lol)
*previously had a paid summer internship in horticulture working at the Central Park Conservancy (and volunteered at the Conservancy prior to that), volunteered at an environmental center for two summers, volunteered for the Queens Public Library for one summer. I don't have that many extracurriculars because I live an hour and a half away from my school and have to spend a lot of time commuting.</p>

<p>Other schools I'm looking at include: Cornell (first choice), Wash U, Emory, UNC - Chapel Hill, either Yale, Harvard, or Stanford (reach), Texas A&M (safety), SUNY-Binghamton (safety), UC-San Diego (safety)</p>

<p>Yeah I have no chance haha. I wish I lived in California :(</p>

530

<p>asian, boy
UC GPA (How do I calculate my UC GPA?) 4.6 (including community college classes, which i'm assuming counts...) without those classes i have a gpa of 4.51. ) senior year classes will boost my gpa too right? i'm taking all ap's + honors.
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: ?same as uc gpa?</p>

<p>California Resident, Out-Of-State, or International:
i'm a cali resident.</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT scores:
i'm planning on taking the sat 1 in october: it should be at least above 2100.</p>

<p>SAT II Scores:
800 math
720 chem. i'll retake in november, though.
Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.):
Engineering (EECS)
List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
1. dedication to church--worship band, activities etcetc. i'm not sure how to talk about this in my EC's; though, i've dedicated the majority of my time to this.
2. orchestra +violin (7 years)+ drums
3. lol does breakdancing count?
Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
dartmouth book award--a csf award given by teachers.</p>

<p>senior course load:
ap physics
ap lang
ap spanish (skipping spanish 4h, so should look better, right?)
ap stats
orchestra</p>

<p>ap test scores:
chem 5
calc 5
music theory 3
apush 3</p>

<p>and i will have kickass essays. ;)
chance for ucla too, please!</p>

531

<p>^count only your soph. and junior grades(no college) and you calculate your UC GPA taking the amount of points you receive for UW GPA and add the points for weighted courses with a maximum of 8 points(say you have 10 AP classes, you would only count 8 as weighted and the other 2 as unweighted)</p>

532

<p>Do you use your semester grades or full-year grades?</p>

<p>...I guess I have to take that IIC Subject Test after all, since my Subject Tests are both in the same area. Aw, shucks.</p>

<p>Also my UC GPA is 3.9 (using semester grades) if that means anything to anyone.</p>

533

<p>GPA: I want to say 3.9 out of 4?
Rank: Somewhere between 2 and 8 out of 300
Public School</p>

<p>SAT I: 780 M 750 CR 710 W
SAT II: 740 Chem 800 Math II (Maybe taking Lit and Physics and retaking Chem)
AP: Chemistry 5
English Lit (Senior Year)
Physics B (Senior Year)
Calc AB (Senior Year)
...My school doesn't have many APs</p>

<p>ECs:
-Destination Imagination (Friend and I introduced the program to the school, team recieved highest award, The Da Vinci Award)
-Varsity Math Team (Scored #2 Highest Scoring Junior in Tri-State League)
-National Honors Society
-Winnacore (Basically an Honors Society for Community Service)
-52 current hours of comm. service now, about 80-100 by December)
-Tutored two students in Chemistry
-One year of JV Tennis (Sad, I know, but the following years, schedules conflicted and my coach wouldn't budge)
-One year of Astronomy Club (School ended due to funding)
-National Latin Exam: An award every year so far</p>

<p>Out of state, eligibility by examination...</p>

534

<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.9 UW; 4.4 W
Class Rank: 4/536
SAT: 2330 (770 M, 760 CR, 800 W); 2390 Superscore (800M, 790 CR, 800W)
SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 770 Math IIC, 750 Literature, 750 Biology
APs (took all available): World History (5), Biology (4), U.S. History (5), English Language & Composition (5), Chemistry (4)</p>

<p>Community College Courses:
Business Statistics (A)
Accounting 1 (A)
Accounting 2 (A)
Introduction to Business (A)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Physics
AP Calculus BC
AP English Literature
AP Government
AP Economics
French 3</p>

<p>ECs:
* Varsity Baseball (3 years; 1 year JV)
* Varsity Swimming (4 years)
* Key Club (4 years)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
* 250 hours at a big hospital (filing paperwork, mopping the floor, do-everything-guy, etc.)
* 50 hours at local public library (shelving books, checking out books, reading to young children)</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

535

<p>Does anyone even look at this anymore? I posted two weeks ago, and still have no idea what my chances are.</p>

536

<p>I doubt it. I think you'd have better luck posting on the What Are My Chances? forum.</p>

537

<p>What are International students chances as compared to In-State or OOS?
How popular is Computer Engineering major?</p>

538

<p>Chance me too, please? :D</p>

<p>Super competitive, Asian high school in California. -_-
UC GPA: haven't calculated exact yet.. somewhere between 3.6~3.8
(I know, it's realllly bad!)
BUT there's an upward trend from sophomore year to junior year.
No APs, but I did have 3 Honors junior year.</p>

<p>SATI: 2070 CR 640 M 710 W 720
Retaking in November.</p>

<p>SATIIs: Math 750. Chinese 730. Taking Biology in October</p>

<p>ACT: 31 composite. Should I even bother to put my ACT score on the application? I'm not going to retake it ever though. </p>

<p>ECs: Colorguard/Winterguard (Best rookie freshmen year :P). Tons of Girl Scouts leadership activities and awards. Worked at children afterschool-school this summer. Interned at a pharmaceutical cancer research company in Canada this summer.</p>

<p>BUT this is the main thing I'm wondering if gives me any nice edge to my application, since my GPA is my admission killer:
I'm in this program called College Advantage for senior year of high school. Kind of like middle college in most places BUT this is more for high-achieving kids who want the college classes and environment. Basically, my courseload for the whole year is college classes at one of the best community colleges in California. (De Anza, which the UC's recognize and have good relationships with.) I'm hoping to get all A's in my college classes this year. (Too bad the UC app is due before I can show them my college transcript..)</p>

<p>I know that my academics and EC's are not that impressive. And I'm hoping this senior year will really improve my application.
Thanks, especially if you read all that! haha</p>

539

<p>UC GPA: 3.96, with a strong upward trend. Very few honors/AP classes at my school though. Should be 4.14 by end of senior year.
UW GPA: 3.73
W GPA: 3.80
(are the W/UW supposed to include freshman year? if they aren't they're actually:
UW GPA: 3.88
W GPA: ~3.9)
SAT: 2140 (770CR, 780M, 590W- I'm retaking, hopefully bring up writing.)
SAT II: 800 math2 / 590US hist (I know...)
In-state
Mathematics major
ECs;
4-year academic league
I know my ECs suck very badly.
what do you think?</p>

540

<p>De Anza, huh. What HS is this, bruinj? :)</p>