<p>Trickstylez: match</p>
<p>shilakim: reach</p>
<p>Applying to Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego, and Irvine:</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.43
Unweighted GPA: 3.9 something</p>
<p>Non-California Resident</p>
<p>ACT scores
Total - 32
English - 29
Math - 34
Reading - 32
Science - 32</p>
<p>SAT II Scores
-Math IIC: 750
-Chemistry: 760
-U.S. History - 750</p>
<p>AP's:
-US Government - 5
-Computer Sci A & AB - 5/5
-Chemistry - 5
-English Lang & Comp. - 4
-U.S. History - 5
-Spanish - 3
-Psychology (Senior year)
-English Lit & Comp (Senior year)
-Physics C: Mech (Senior year)
-World History (Senior year)
-Calc AB (Senior year)</p>
<p>Which college are you applying to?
-Computer Science / L&S</p>
<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
-Key Club, 90 hours/year for 4 years, treasurer.
-Young Democrats, Founder & Elected President.
-Trivia, 50 hours/year for 4 years. - Captain from the first team from my school to ever place in the regional competition.</p>
<p>Essays:
-The first essay is a heart wrenching description of how I don't let adversity get in my way, as shown by three examples, the last being unrivaled and surprising.
-The second one focuses on how I can program a Linux core, and rock out to the spice girls at the same time.</p>
<p>Other factors:
-Student Webmaster for the school.
-Worked since I was 16, 40/hours a week during the summer, at a government internship exploring my passion for computers.
-I go to two high schools this year in order to take all of my AP classes.</p>
<p>Applying to only Berkeley</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.8 (All Honors + AP Courses)
Unweighted GPA: 3.8 to 3.9</p>
<p>Out of State, New Jersey</p>
<p>SAT Scores
Math - 790
Critical Reading - 620
Writing - 620</p>
<p>I know, sucks.</p>
<p>SAT II Scores
-Math IIC: 790
-Physics: 720</p>
<p>AP's:
-Calculus AB - 4
-Calculus BC - 5, AB Subscore 5
-Chemistry - 4
-English Lit & Comp (Senior year)
-Physics C: Mech (Senior year)
-Statistics (Senior year)</p>
<p>Which college are you applying to?
-Engineering</p>
<p>List a few of your most important ECs:
-Newspaper Club (10th to 12th): 6 HPW, 40 WPY; Editor in Chief: 11th and 12th. Organized and reinvigorated new membership and increased readership and edition frequency. Releases a Campus-wide paper
-Math League (11th and 12th): 3 HPW, 10 WPY; Participates in math contests and regional competitions. (Award below)
-Student Council (10th to 12th): 1 HPW, 10 WPY; Treasurer: 10th to 12th. Assist managing various activities around campus to raise money for class of 2009.
-National Honor Society (12th): 2 HPW, 30 WPY; Publicist. Raised money for charity organizations and created school-wide recycling program.
-IT Internship (12th): 32 HPW during summer, 5 HPW during school year; Applied and chosen for an internship at my school district. Set up and repaired computers and the school network. Help with any other separate technical problems
-Sacristan at Local Parish (9th to 12th): 2 HPW, 51 WPY; I assist the priests set up before masses.
-Self Employed Lawn Mower (9th to 12th): 4 HPW, Year Round; Lawn care for 2 lawns sophomore year, 3 lawns in junior year, and 4 in senior year.</p>
<p>Essays:
-The first essay is about how I have moved seven times, and how that has made me a stronger person
-The second one is about my mission trip to Mexico and its effects on me.</p>
<p>Other factors:
-Taking independent study Multivariable Calculus, two years above high school curriculum
-AMTNJ Award 2007-08 and 2008-09. Best in school for a school-wide math competition.
-AP Scholars Award
-Student of the Month...</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (650 CR, 800 M, 730W (8 on essay)). its my best single scoring...superscoring is the same score =[
ACT: 33; 35E, 35M, 36R, 26 Science, 8 writing (wont be reporting...college apps cost too much anyways x[
SAT II: 800- Math 2c, 790 korean, 740 us history, 680 physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.75UW.
UC GPA: 4.0 (exactly 8 B's....well, at least it was convenient for figuring out my uc gpa xD)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A. around 1000 students in the class
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 calc bc, 5 calc AB subscore, 4 us history, 4 english lang, 3 phys B, 3 phys C mechanics, 2 phys C E/M
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP's and 1 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit semifinalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): marching band, a lot of music related stuff, 1 club (officer), math team
Job/Work Experience: tutoring for 3 yrs and a teacher's assistant abroad over summer break
Volunteer/Community service: around 250 hours total. main: volunteered at library for 3 yrs now (and still going on!..120+ hours). 60 hours from a summer camp for kids in financial difficulty (some leadership positions)
Summer Activities: summer work before 12th grade, and the summer camp mentioned above
Essays: probably going to be generic. maybe if im lucky, the admissions officer'll like it. cant do anythin bout it now =]
Teacher Recommendation: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (huge public)
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: middle class...but with a sibling in college. will need lots of FA
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
Reflection
Strengths: ??????
Weaknesses: downward grade trend. i overloaded on APs and paid the price. asian</p>
<p>If there's one thing I hate about UC chance threads, it's the fact that people have 4.9 UC GPAs with like a 2000 SAT score.</p>
<p>Grade-inflation much?</p>
<p>^ Well some people just aren't good with standardised tests like SAT, and especially SAT.</p>
<p>i know that ur guys chancing of me really doesnt mean anything, seeing as ur not the application readers but.....wutever, im curious
UC GPA-4.09
Unweighted GPA-3.85
Weighted GP-4.39
rank 111/897</p>
<p>Out-Of-State</p>
<p>Act= i dont remember everything, but composite 32
sat= same thing but combimed 1800
SAT II
math 2- 700
chem- 690</p>
<p>5 on AP stat</p>
<p>Engineering- (nuclear engineering)</p>
<p>ECs-
Rugby- most improved player 2007, mvp 2008, captain 2008, started on texas select u20's
Work- worked around 10 hours a week until the place i worked at got destroyed by hurricane ike, waiting until spring till its fixed to work again
Art- taking up to art 4 and have won a couple small contests for designing logos and what not for my school
Soccer- secretary of intramural soccer club
mu alpha theta</p>
<p>My essays are pretty solid, and i lived in the middle east for 8 years, which i worked into the essays</p>
<p>being out of state really f's up my uc gpa, cuz they only count ap classes as honors for me....yay!</p>
<p>California Asian Male
Green card holder (from Singapore)
HS sends few to top schools
Rank 7/6xx top 2%
ELC
GPA: 4.23 W 3.93 UW
UC GPA: 4.23
First generation
Income <$30000</p>
<p>SAT:
1st try: CR 680 M 750 W 670 (2100)
2nd try: CR 640 M 770 W 700 (2110)
Superscore: 2150</p>
<p>SAT2:
1st try: USH 680 Phys 630 Math2 620
2nd try: Math2 720</p>
<p>Courseload: most rigorous, total of 8 APs, including 5 during 12th grade, when I graduate.</p>
<p>ECs:
FBLA 9-12, VP 12th grade, most significant
Future Business Leaders 12, Secretary. Worked with local Chamber of Commerce
NHS 11-12, Co-Pres 12
Principal's Honor Court 12
Varsity Tennis 10-12
Earth Club 10-12</p>
<p>Volunteer:
3 Relays for Life with American Cancer Society
Camp Summersault with American Cancer Society
LA County Outdoor Science School.
Various volunteering with NHS</p>
<p>Awards:
FBLA awards at Section and State level
District Boat Show 1st Place
Le Prix d'Excellence (French achievement award)</p>
<p>Work:
10 hours/week Office Clerk; started this year.</p>
<p>Essays: Teachers like them
Recommendations: Enthusiastic recommendations</p>
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<p>Er, UC's don't care. :D</p>
<p>^oops, i copy/pasted from my chances thread :p</p>
<p>lol i figured :D</p>
<p>If you went to our school, I'd say you're in. Basically at our school, if you're top 5% and 2100+, you should be fine.</p>
<p>blueducky, that's such a great relief. How much money in scholarships do you think I can get?</p>
<p>Depends on your financial situation. Regents scholarships (based on merit) are not that much, probably a couple thousand per year.</p>
<p>When I said if you go to our school, i mean is your school at the point where they send 30 out of like 450 graduating seniors to Berkeley?</p>
<p>Aww you just ruined my hope. I thought you were referring to Cal as the school. My school isn't anything special. Only one went to Cal last year. boooooo...</p>
<p>Well, your grades are still decent, so you still have a shot. I said that because Cal has a very number based process...</p>
<p>I said that for our school 2100+ will get you in because our GPA's are so inflated it's so ridiculous. At our school if you're in top 10, you need basically 2000 sat to get in. Seriously, it's all based on a mixture of the two. You shouldn't worry too much, do apply to other schools though.</p>
<p>uc gpa: 4.45
unweighted gpa: 3.98
weighted gpa: 4.21</p>
<p>california resident
elc (top 4%)</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning
620 cr // 750 math // 690 reading = 2060
sat subject
bio molecular: 780
math 2: 770
ushistory: 560 (really bad, just took it for fun without studying)</p>
<p>applying to college of letters and science, under molecular cell bio.</p>
<p>few of important ec:
track and field 2 years
national honor society (class rep jr and vp senior yr)
red cross club (vp jr yr and pres senior yr)
service commission (president senior year)
other school clubs
County Red Cross Youth division (co-chairman 11th and 12th grade)
County Red Cross Leadership Council (youth rep 11th and 12th grade)
job as lifeguard
over 400 hrs of volunteering with red cross, hospital, etc</p>
<p>awards:
essay contest, boy state nominee, a lot of piano awards, etc.</p>
<p>im also applying ucla, ucsd, and davis (i got guaranteed davis for elc)</p>
<p>can you also chance me for stanford, northwestern, upenn, yale, and columbia</p>
<p>I noticed most posts on here are for UC's. Hopefully someone can help me though.</p>
<p>Male
California resident
mid size (2000) public high school</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 620
SAT I CR: 680
SAT I Writing: 680
Composite: 1980</p>
<p>SAT II US History: 690
SAT II Literature: 660</p>
<p>unweighted GPA: 3.73
weighted GPA: 3.93</p>
<p>AP Tests:
US History: 4
Psychology: 4
Statistics: 3</p>
<p>Senior Courseload:
AP Government and Politics (one semester)
AP Microeconomics (one semester)
English IV
Physiology
Pre-Calculus
Advanced Film Study
Racquetball</p>
<p>ECs:
Editor of school newspaper sophomore and junior years (could not take class senior year).
4 years water polo, 3 years varsity.
4 years varsity swimming.
Work as a lifeguard at community pool every summer since '06.
worked as field hand at local farm</p>
<p>Awards:
AP Scholar
California Boys State 2008
Scholar Athlete</p>
<p>Please chance me @:
UNC Chapel Hill: Business Administration
University of Southern CA: Business Administration</p>
<p>Applying to UC Berkeley, College of Letters & Sciences
CA Resident, Highly regarded private school, Male</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.10
SAT I: 2200
SAT II: 800, 740</p>
<p>7 AP courses, 5 Honors, advanced standing in French and Math</p>
<p>ECs: School Newspaper (Editor in Chief), Biotechnology club, Math club, Science club, Tutoring</p>
<p>Work: Biotech lab assistant
One parent is a professor emeritus, if that helps. What are my chances for Berkeley?</p>
<p>I am currently a junior at a highly regarded american school in the middle east, and I am looking to major in mathematics.</p>
<p>Here are my stats/qualities:</p>
<p>GPA:3.90625 UW after 10th grade, my weighted is like 3.822, but its bound to go up because of 2 APs this year and 3/4 the next year
Class Rank: 10 of 116
Very rigorous course load</p>
<p>ACT with Writing: I just did the official practice test from the ACT booklet and I got a composite of 32.
SAT2's: taking math2 at the end of this year, aiming for a 750+, will take biology in October of senior year(next year), aiming for a 700+</p>
<p>APs
This year: Stats and Econ this year (expecting a 5 on stats and maybe a 4 and a 5 on macro and micro)
Next Year: English (4), Cal A/B (5), Physics B (4/5), Biology (4)</p>
<p>Next years AP scores won't really matter since I will be applying ED.</p>
<p>ECs and others:
MUN: 9, 10, 11, 12; participated in numerous regional conferences
Pakistani Society Debate Organizer
National cricket team (traveled to a few places, and hosted a tournament ourselves; appeared in the local newspaper for being chosen for the national team)
Cricket Club: 6 years; competition with other clubs throughout the nation, recognition for being the best under 15 batsman in the nation; led our team to 3 championships and was the captain for 2 years
Taught numerous kids how to play cricket; Assistant coach for the under-13s
Basketball: 9, 10, 11, 12 (captain)
Softball (school doesn't offer real baseball for some reason):10 (MIP and vice captain), 11 (captain), 12 (captain)
NHS: 11, 12
Tutoring: 9, 11, 12
INJAZ (business organizations' competition):10, 11, 12
Forensics and Debate: 11, 12</p>
<p>[I just sent in a proposal to start up Mu Alpha Theta at our school, so if that works out I'll be the founder and the President]</p>
<p>Languages I speak/write/read:
English (read, write, speak)
Arabic (read, write, speak)
Urdu (read, write, speak)
Hindi (speak)
French (read, write)</p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>Helped out at a Pakistani orphanage
Taught at an elementary school in Pakistan
Community clean-up in Toronto (150+ hours)
Worked at an accounting firm (Accountex) in New York
I have a great passion for iPhones/iPod touches and actually have an unofficial business in buying, selling, and FIXING these lovely little devices from Apple</p>
<p>This summer I am planning to go to Pakistan and building a house or something for the poor in the northern regions.</p>
<p>I want to do a major in mathematics with a concentration in actuarial science.
I am a Pakistani/Canadian living in the Middle East
Does being young for your grade affect your chances in any way?(don't know if it will;the class of '10 is mostly born in 1992, while i was born in 1993).</p>
<p>Please tell me my chances at UC-Berkeley</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>leunglj - match/in
tyguy925 - your UC GPA is a bit low for Berkeley & ur SATs are mid-range too, so I say a low reach.
andr0128 - match/in
upenn4life - you have pretty good chances (good ACT), but ur not a Cali resident so I say its a low reach</p>