The Official Chances Thread!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>upenn4life: OOS is pretty hard/competitive anyways, even if you have excellent stats. If you applied to math major then you must be L&S, which is helping your chances (its the largest college). Being young for your grade doesn't matter...(I myself am younger). Hope your personal statement was good, because it can be what saves you. Good luck!98
<em>slight reach</em></p>

<p>andr0128: Being related to a professor doesn't help @ berkeley I think. The average UCGPA of admitted students is 4.18, so you're maybe low average there but your test scores are good, so I'd say you're probably in, more likely if you feel strongly about your personal essay.
<em>match</em></p>

<p>tyguy98: Stats probably too low for berkeley out of state. No idea though how they match up with the stats of the schools you want chancing.
<em>reach for berkeley</em></p>

<p>leunglj: for berkeley, you're probably in. You have decent stats, good extra curricular and you're applying to L&S. As for stanford, northwestern, yale, upenn, and columbia: I'd say reach. #1, applications to the ivy's are a mixed bag, you never really can be certain. Also, I think that your SAT1 scores are kind of low, not bad by any standards, but to be competitive they probably should be at least 2100 (probably around 2200 though). And you don't want to have any weaknesses in your application like that history sat II when they're comparing you to students that took that, and more sat's and did better. :/ You've got good extra curriculars and volunteering though, so if you have an outstanding personal statement you could be in.
<em>match for berkeley</em>
<em>reach for others</em></p>

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<p>Could someone please chance me for UPenn, Stanford, MIT, and Yale as well?
Thanks</p>

<p>(my stats are up there)</p>

623

<p>UC GPA (How do I calculate my UC GPA?)3.96
Unweighted GPA 3.94
Weighted GPA no ap classes offered at my school</p>

<p>Out-Of-State
SAT Reasoning Scores (by section)cr 800 m 670 w 660
or ACT scores 32
SAT II Scores Lit 700 US Hist 640 Math 2 590</p>

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

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
4 varsity sports, lots of coach's award, mvp, most inspirational, lead in musicals,
4 year volunteer at nonprofit, NM commended scholar</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
Wrote a grant that got funded for 10K for a non-profit I work for (but it wasn't funded when I applied), major award/scholarship for work in community, wrote a history paper that won first place in regional competition</p>

<p>What do you think? Do I have a chance to get into Cal? My school does not offer ap courses at all until senior year but I noted that on app. My ecs (and recs if they took them) are about as strong as you can get.</p>

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<p>Cal does not take recs, and to be honest your ecs are not "as strong as you can get". They're good, but not great--I know people who have had more and have been rejected <em>although maybe you have more you didn't list</em>. Considering you're OOS, your UC GPA should be about 4.12 or around there, so you are kind of low. Also, your SAT scores are good, but SAT II a little low. In case you calculated your UC GPA incorrectly here's how:
there are a few steps to calculating the UC gpa:</p>

<ol>
<li>disregard freshman and senior year</li>
<li>take all the a-g courses you have and add them up with 4 being an A, 3 a B, 2 a C, 0 for D and F</li>
<li>add one point for each AP or UC-approved honors course up to 8 points</li>
<li>divide by the total number of classes you used to calculate your total</li>
</ol>

<p>Overall, I'd say slight reach, basically because you are OOS. Consider, only 8% of the freshman class is OOS/international. You do have pretty good chances as you are applying to L&S, and I think the university is letting in slightly more non CA residents this year. Your chances improve if you've got a good essay.</p>

625

<p>I attend a really large public HS in CA 4000+ students (with about 1046 in my senior class).</p>

<p>not sure how uc gpa works.
unweighted gpa: 3.86
weighted gpa: 4.38</p>

<p>california resident
elc (top 4%)</p>

<p>ACT (had writing)
34 composite, 36 math, 36 english, 34 reading, 29 science (booo science). 33 writing.</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning
730 cr // 720 math // 710 writing= 2160
SAT subject
physics: 650
math 2: 780
literature: 680</p>

<p>applying to L&S: applied mathematics.</p>

<p>my ECs:
Very, incredibly involved in speech and debate. More than 25 hours a week, not including weekend competition, (a very rigorous schedule, typically including saturdays and sundays from 6AM to 10PM (for regular tournaments)). I'm an LDer on the national circuit, and I also compete in extemporaneous speaking, impromptu speaking, and original advocacy.</p>

<p>Teen News, I'm a News Anchor/Writer. It's not that big a deal though.</p>

<p>Various volunteering efforts, leo club, habitat for humanity, and interact. This really isn't a big deal too, I didn't spend much time.</p>

<p>I also tutor a lot in my neighborhood and in school, ranging from kids in elementary school to friends in college (mostly with maths). This is a big deal to me.</p>

<p>courses:</p>

<p>4 APs senior year, though I'm expecting 2 Bs this semester.
Taken the most available APs and Honors classes, nearly all barring the languages and comp sci.</p>

<p>essays:</p>

<p>first about being indian in america, yet being american in india.
second about my insomnia inducing debate work.</p>

<p>awards:
csf lifetime
tons among a multitude of hella awards from speech and debate. only the most superb listed (national qualifier, placing at state, national circuit elimination rounds).</p>

<p>i wouldn't mind getting chanced for mit, harvard, and brown as well. i really appreciate this.</p>

626

<p>White Male, NYC Resident, Top 10 school in the world according to WSJ</p>

<p>SAT I: 2210
SAT IIs: US Hist- 770
Math I- 750
English Lit- 780</p>

<p>APs- US- 4, Euro- 5, Lit- 5, Chinese 5
GPA: 3.75 unweighted (Our school doesn't weight)-- All classes are college level</p>

<p>Extra curriculars
Debate team
track team
chinese peer tutor
asian cultural society co-pres
newspaper staff
movie review magazine
sufficient community service
im very talented at short stories and art (painting, drawing.)</p>

<p>Want to major in International Relations</p>

<p>I hear its way harder to get in out of state. How are my chances?</p>

627

<p>tonystonem1291 -I think you can say it is a safe bet for u considering your SATs (w/ a little luck :) )
- I think u can get into Stanford considering you are from NYC.....</p>

<p>Does anyone know if UC Berkeley likes IB students?</p>

<p>APPLIED TO COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCES!!!! - BIOCHEMISTRY MAJOR (PREMED)
What are my chances? I know my SAT Reasoning isnt great
630 -VERBAL, 670 MATH, 670 ENGLISH
SAT IIs:770 US HISTORY, 720 - CHEMISTRY, 700 BIOLOGY E, 680 MATH LEVEL 2[li] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:3.99/4.00, 5.33/6.00[/li]Rank: 2/906</p>

<p>ACT:
APs (including this year's): 5 US HISTORY, 4 CHEMISTRY
IBs : 5 FRENCH, 4 CHEMISTRY<a href="SL%20EXAMS">*</a>
Senior Yr Courseload: 8 IB/AP CLASSES + ACADEMIC DECATHLON
Number of Apps from Your School: 0
Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP SCHOLAR, TOP CHEMISTRY STUDENT, 1st and 2nd Place at UIL DIstrict/REGIONALS AND SOME OTHER THINGS - CANT REMEMBER</p>

<p>ECs listed on app: PIANO, TENNIS, SCHOOL NEWSPAPER, TABLA, PERFORMED INDIAN CULTURAL DANCE</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:MEDICAL RESEARCH - PAPER BEING PUBLISHED in GI journal[li] Essays (subject and responses): EXCELLENT[/li]Teacher Recs: EXCELLENT
Counselor Rec:EXCELLENT</p>

<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Small Town in West Texas - doesnt send students to big schools often
State or Country:TEXAS<a href="OOS!!!!!">*</a>
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):PUBLIC[<em>]
Ethnicity: Indian American[</em>]
Gender:Male[<em>]
Income Bracket:Greater than 250,000[</em>]
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Small Town in West Texas - doesnt send students to big schools often[<em>] Strengths: School Grades, Extracurriculars - Tabla (Indian Instrum, Piano, Tennis etc.[</em>] Weaknesses:SAT REASONING!!!!</p>

<p>IB DIPLOMA CANDIDATE</p>

628

<p>Hey, I'm applying this year.</p>

<p>W. GPA: 3.97
UC GPA: 3.78</p>

<p>SAT: 2150
SATII-MathII: 730
SATII-Bio: 750</p>

<p>ACT: 33</p>

<p>National merit semifinalist
Vice President, National Honors Society
Play Carnatic (Indian) violin.
Founder and pres. of Science NHS
CSF member.
AP scholar with distinction (Taken AP Euro, Chem, Bio, Calc BC, Lang) (Taking Lit, Physics C, Stats now)
Took Latin I, II, and III until the Latin program was canceled. (The problem is, I was in middle school for Latin I, but I still had to go to the high school to take the class and the course is listed on my high school transcript, not my middle school transcript.)</p>

<p>Applied undeclared.
Heavy science student, taken 5 science courses and have a science gpa of 4.4</p>

<p>300+ volunteer hours at hospital and library.</p>

<p>I don't know if this matters, but here's some more background info on me.
I was born in India, I came to America when I was 5, and so English was my second language.
I am the first in my family to go to an American college.</p>

<p>My dream choice is Berkeley, but I know that's a longshot.
My second choice is Davis and my third choice is Irvine.
I'm just worried about Davis and Irvine, because my gpa is lower than their gpa's online.</p>

<p>Please chance me and advance thanks!</p>

629

<p>I attend a public HS in CA with about 2500 students (about 640 in my class).</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.3
unweighted gpa (10-12): 3.90</p>

<p>ELC status</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning
640 cr // 750 math // 710 writing= 2100</p>

<p>SAT subject
math 2: 780
US History: 660 (weird..)</p>

<p>AP Tests:
BC-5 (AB-5)
US History -5
English Language -4
Physics -3
Chemistry -2 (sophomore year)</p>

<p>Applying to College of Engineering: Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>CLUBS:
NHS
CSF
Leo-3 years
Engineering-Director of Technology (helped found it this year (senior year))</p>

<p>SPORTS:
Swim 2 years
Varsity swim 1 year (2 years, counting senior year)</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Volunteering at Simply Help, a U.N recognized non-profit organization. 48 hours.
Volunteering at Taiwan Center. 16 hours.
Volunteering at a auto parts company. 250 hours.</p>

<p>AWARDS:
Most Inspirational on Swim Team 2007
Scholar Athlete.
AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>PERKS??
First Generation College Student in Family</p>

<p>Could you also chance me for USC, UCLA, Yale (why not reach), UC SD</p>

<p>Thank you in advance for this!</p>

630

<ol>
<li>4.33 - UC GPA</li>
<li>3.95 - Nonweighted</li>
<li>4.37 - Weighted</li>
<li><p>Class Rank: 2/334 (but that doesn't matter does it?)</p></li>
<li><p>California Resident</p></li>
<li><p>Taking SAT on january 24 (at minimum an 1800- lol)</p></li>
<li><p>Taking AP Biology and APUSH Exams in May...
*Next year will be ap physics, ap english lit, ap calc ab</p></li>
<li><p>College of Chemistry if specifically chemical bio, but i haven't decided upon a certain form of biology...</p></li>
<li><p>75 hours of community service (so far)
tutoring middle schoolers
Member of:
Interact-Key Club (2 years thus)
Physics/Science Exposition Club (1 year)
CSF (2 yrs)
American Desi Club (increase cultural awareness on campus.. etc.)
Link Crew Leader (will be twice)
Doing Track and Field</p></li>
<li><p>Nothing on a larger scope, but in school I have gotten teacher-chosen awards given to about 2-3 students a year in each subject for english (9th grade), biology (9th grade), chemistry (10th grade), and algebra 2 (10th grade)... But i suspect this wont amount to anything further than the school environment.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>*I know I haven't taken my SATs yet and am only in 11th grade (with still much more to do), but I wanted to get an opinion if I was on the right track to UC Berkeley THUS FAR...</p>

631

<p>UC GPA: around 4.2
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.3</p>

<p>International (studying abroad in Nebraska)</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores: 2010 (R 630 M 750 W 630)
SAT II Scores US history 610 Korean 800 Chem 650</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to?
Applied to Poli Sci major</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
MUN activities
Journalism-Lead photographer-state champion
Several prizes in math competitions
Mock trial
total of 200+ hrs of volunteer works</p>

632

<p>UC GPA 3.8
Unweighted GPA
Weighted GPA (frankly, i have no idea how to calculate these)*</p>

<p>International</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning: 630 CR, 780 M, 660 W (2070)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 Physics, 650 Literature
TOEFL: 109/120</p>

<p>Applying to: Berkeley, Economics</p>

<p>ECs:
Debate
Prefect Committee
Vice President of Robotics Club
Secretary of Interact Club
Vice Captain of Table Tennis Club</p>

<p>Awards: District Level Chess Competition, best subject awards in various subjects in school, Grade 8 Piano Merit, Distinction in National Olympiad Mathematics Competition, state level Robotics Competition</p>

<ul>
<li>i got a little confused about the GPAs coz my school doesn't calculate GPAs. for the unweighted/weighted GPA, do i calculate based on national exam or cumulative grades over grades 9-12?</li>
</ul>

<p>thanks for clarifying/chancing! :D</p>

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<p>SivRami - assuming you live in California, I'd say 50% chance.</p>

<p>mraoshi - 40%, a little higher for UCLA/USC/UCSD, much lower for Yale.</p>

<p>drpvv - take your SAT/SAT IIs and come back. If you get good scores on those you'll have a good chance.</p>

<p>GoHakers - good GPA, SATs are...meh. Pretty good ECs. 65% chance.</p>

<p>yeejietang - for your unweighted GPA, it's cumulative 10-11 grades I believe...international is tough, and I don't know if your GPA/SATs are high enough. Your TOEFL is pretty good. I'm gonna guess 25%. Good luck.</p>

634

<p>UC GPA: 4.13
Unweighted GPA: 3.91
Weighted GPA: 4.25</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores: 700 M / 730 CR / 740 W<br>
SAT II Scores: 750 Biology / 740 US History / 780 Chinese</p>

<p>College of Letters and Science</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
Speech and Debate
Quiz Bowl - president and founder
Senior Editor of School Newspaper
Future Business Leaders of America - outreach officer
Moot Court - A team
Model UN
National History Day
Academic Decathlon - co-captain
Banjo</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
3rd place at Speech National Qualifiers in Humorous Interpretation
Competed at State Championships in Impromptu Speaking (top 56 state speakers)
6th at UOP Invitational in Parliamentary Debate
Regional Champion in National History Day, competed at State Championships
Natural Resources Management Internship (100+ hours)
Taught English in a military housing district in Taiwan (Republic of China) (300+ hours)</p>

<p>I realize my GPA and test scores are decidedly mid-range and I'm hoping some of my extracurriculars pick up the slack. Unfortunately, I don't know how much weight extracurriculars truly pull in the UC system, I'd appreciate any input on that. Thanks!</p>

635

<p>Good GPA, decent SAT scores (lol SAT II Chinese), way too many ECs...I'm gonna say, 70%.</p>

<p>Once you have some ECs I don't think it's the quantity that matters as much as the quality. But, it never hurts to have more.</p>

636

<p>Attending nationally ranked top75 high school as according to US News and World Report (no it's not 75th, haha)
in-state</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA - 3.875
(3 b's, junior year first semester, going through difficult times)</p>

<p>Weighted GPA - 4.42, 4.5
(4.42 = only count 4 AP's/Honors is a given semester, 4.5 otherwise)
Soph - 2 APs/Honors
Junior - 5 APs/Honors</p>

<p>SATs:</p>

<p>I: 2280
II: Math 790, Bio 800, US History 780, Chinese 780</p>

<p>ECs:
-Varsity Basketball
-CSF Lifetime Member
-Outside of School Choir [Name omitted]
-[Name Omitted] Volunteer-based Club Officer
-Summer Internship at UC Berkeley, Medical-oriented
(I'm lacking here/can't really think of stuff of the top of my head)</p>

<p>I'm not worried that much about pure #s which is mostly what UCs look at so hopefully I'm okay. I really think I'm lacking in ECs though...</p>

<p>chance for privates? Johns Hopkins, Stanford (I don't think I have enough ecs for stanford - you generally have to be pretty distinguished to get in)</p>

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<p>Sorry for double post. Couldn't edit post.</p>

<p>My weighted GPA (10-11) counting all APs/Honors should be 4.46, not 4.5 sorry miscalculated.</p>

<p>Top 10% just based on decile rankings in terms of unweighted GPA, but I'm sure with weighted I'm a lot higher seeing as my course load is more rigorous then most of my peers.</p>

<p>Math SAT II is obviously IIC.</p>

<p>Another E.C. = Interschool tutoring program, it's a total of 3hours/week and did it for 3 semesters and I get volunteer hours for it. I get a grade for it (A) on my transcript but it's not calculated into GPA.</p>

<p>I'd like: Chances for UC Berkeley and other similars along with privates as listed above.</p>

<p>-that's all, thanks.</p>

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<p>Hm, unless you have some sort of interesting personality characteristic or such, I get a bad feeling about Stanford. Berkeley, I would be floored and terribly surprised if you were not in. As you said, it's about numbers. Some students with much lower numbers than you have will get into Stanford...anyway, that's how it goes. Oh and you're in-state. Berkeley seems like a sure bet. </p>

<p>I don't know that Johns Hopkins is as unpredictable as Stanford though. Might be a surer shot there.</p>

639

<p>UC GPA 4.16
Unweighted GPA 3.85
Weighted GPA 4.02</p>

<p>International (I lived in California for 8 years if that counts in any way)</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT scores
math750
writing710
critical reading740</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
math2c 750
lit 750
world history 800</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
not sure yet..probably along the lines of biology or chemistry</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
volunteer (art museums and festivals about 100 hours)
art portfolio
writing
math competition
writing competitions
(I'm very focused on artwork and writing).</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
many honors classes
3 AP classes in school
(world history, us history, and psychology)
7 APs self-studied
(biology, english language and composition, art history, european history, us government and politics, statistics, and calc bc)
(mostly 5s)</p>

<p>4 more APs in senior year at school
2 by self study</p>

<p>can you recommend any safety/target colleges?
i'm so lost right now as to where and what I should shoot for...</p>

<p>Thanks for your time!</p>

640

<p>Hey,</p>

<p>I know that the admissions process is holistic, but for out-of-state, they weigh stats a bit more heavily than for other applicants. What average SAT (I/II) scores do you think would put out-of-state applicants in the ballpark? Thanks very much.</p>