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881

<p>UC GPA - 4. 29
Unweighted GPA - 4.0
Weighted GPA - 4.47 (w/o Freshman year)
School Ranking - School doesn’t rank. But Top 5%?
High School Type: Public, Competitive. </p>

<p>California Resident, Female Asian. (: </p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores - 740M, 740CR, 720W. (Planning to retake again in October. Projected scores: 800M, 750CR, 720W). </p>

<p>SAT II Scores - 800 Math IIC, 750 Bio E </p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
College of Engineering – EECS, or L&S if my chances at EECS are low. </p>

<p>AP Scores:
AP Bio (5), AP Calc A/B (5), AP Eng Lang. (5), AP Physics (4), AP French (3). </p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)

  • 200+ Volunteer Work (~ Hospital, Library mostly)
  • Officer at a club
  • Tutoring
    Nothing significant. This is what scares me the most. ;( </p>

<p>Others:

  • CSF - 2 yrs.
  • NHS - 2 yrs.
  • French NHS - 2 yrs.
  • Principal’s Recognition Roll
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
    (Idk if any of this matters. ) </p>

<p>Sophomore Year Schedule: 1 H, 1 AP.
Junior Year: 4 APs, 1 H.
Senior Schedule: 5 APs, 1 Honors. </p>

<p>Please chance me! Thank you so much! ;DD</p>

882

<p>ACT: 28 (taking again and aiming for 30+)
SAT II U.S. History: 700
(taking more subject tests but sending ACT rather than SAT I scores)
GPA: 3.98 unweighted
I’m not sure at the moment what my class rank is, but I’m in the top 4% and ELC qualified (I’m a CA resident).
AP scores: 4 on APUSH, 3 bio :(</p>

<p>Freshman classes:
-Intensive English 9
-World Civ. (these 1st two classes are part of a progam called the Humanities Academy that my school offers to freshmen and sophomores…it’s a more rigorous option for English and Social Studies classes)
-Biology
-Intensive Algebra 2
-Women’s Chorus
-PE</p>

<p>Sophomore:
-Intensive English 10
-World Cultures and Geography
-Chemistry
-Intensive Geometry
-Spanish 1
-Concert Choir</p>

<p>Junior:
-Honors American Literature
-AP U.S. History
-AP Biology
-Jazz Choir
-Concert Choir
-Spanish 2
-Pre-Calculus at community college (would’ve taken Honors at my school but it didn’t work out with my schedule)
-Intro to Computer Science at community college (for applied arts credit)
-Health online (during summer)</p>

<p>Senior:
-AP gov./econ
-AP English
-Jazz Choir
-Concert Choir
-Spanish 3
-Statistics at community college (would be doing AP but isn’t working out with my schedule)
-doing independent PE thing</p>

<p>ECs, volunteer work, leadership, awards, etc.:
-singing for 4 years in chorus/concert choir/jazz (school classes but involves very much time and dedication outside of school)
-2 years of voice lessons and 2 scholarships for them
-won “Outstanding Vocalist” award one year
-made and participated in CCS Honor Choir freshman year
-section leader in choir
-in Key Club and NHS and will be an officer of both senior year
-went on service trip to Guatemala summer before junior year
-played JV basketball for one year and every Sunday during that time volunteered coaching kids in a mid-county basketball league
-I have accumulated many volunteer hours since sophomore year doing various community service projects through Key Club and NHS (I actually have kept a chart of all my volunteer work which I will send as part of my resume)
-I recently began independently volunteering for Aegis Assisted Living </p>

<p>Work Experience:
-I’ve been a long-term babysitter for two families since 2006
-I occasionally work for my dad who times races as a side job (mostly 5k/10k runs, swims, triathalons, etc.). My main task is usually computer work/data entry.</p>

883

<p>Hello everyone! Long time reader, first time poster. Anyways, I felt that I needed to post today because of the fact that I signed a TAG (transfer agreement guarantee) today to go to UC Davis. Great school, one of my top choices. However, I always felt that if I dont at least try to apply to Berkeley, I’ll regret it the rest of my life without ever knowing if I was good enough. Anyways, my major is Political Science, applying to the College of Letters and Sciences. As of right now I have a GPA of 3.54. I’ve accomplished the IGETC and completed more than the minimum requirements/prerequisites. Here’s the kicker, I’m full-time military. I was going to school full-time while I was deployed. I guess some of my EC list things such as was part of the search/rescue/evacuation of victims during Hurricane Katrina and Rita in Mississippi (was awarded humanitarian medal for that), helped raised $50,000 for March of Dimes, volunteered weekly at the battered women’s shelter, involved with various community programs such as toys for tots, feeding the homeless, etc etc. I unfortunately with my plate full have not been involved with many school functions/clubs/organizations. When I submit my application for UC Davis, I also want to submit one to Berkeley. I’m now a California resident, been here for over 2 years now. What do you guys think? I know my gpa is subpar, but I was deployed or sent to fly on missions almost abruptly and had to fight tooth and nail with my professors to be able to turn in late assignments and retake exams. Some, unfortunately would not work with me and I had to take the 0 on a few occasions, which in turn didn’t give me the best grades possible. Thanks for all your input.</p>

884

<p>Hi everyone!!</p>

<p>Classes</p>

<p>Freshman yr: alg II honors, Biology honors, English honors, PE, Career Pathways (mandatory elective @ school), and Mandarin 1/2</p>

<p>Soph: Trig/PreCal Honors, Chem honors, English honors, World History AP, PE, Mandarin 3/4</p>

<p>Junior: Calc AB AP, Chemistry AP, Physics B AP, English Language & Comp AP, Chinese Language and Cultures AP, US History</p>

<p>Senior: Calc BC AP, Biology AP, Statistics AP, Contemporary Themes, Draw and Paint, Economics</p>

<p>All 5s on AP tests :] except eng :[ (got a 4)</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.25
Unweighted GPA: w/o freshman yr 3.91
Weighted GPA: (w/o freshman yr) 4.63 </p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
Critical Reading: 640, Writing: 600, Math: 800
ACT scores: will be taking this saturday
SAT II Scores: Math IIC-800, Physics: 770, Chem: 740</p>

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

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
Math Team 3 yrs (Captain Senior year)
FNL- 4 yrs safe lifestyle club (Public Relations Jr yr, President Sr yr)
Key Club- 4 yrs - (representative jr yr, many volunteer hrs)
Library Volunteer: 150 hrs</p>

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

885

<p>I got in as a spring admit (L&S) with only 1 AP junior year, 2 AP’s senior year. SAT was 2100. :slight_smile: However, I had other friends who took more AP’s and had better SAT scores than I had, but didn’t get in. </p>

<p>Berkeley uses a very holistic review, and a good essay can tip you in if you have borderline stats. A unique, honest, and enthusiastic essay will up your chances.</p>

886

<p>I am a current UC Santa Barbara Undergraduate Sophomore. I am going to apply for HAAS this coming fall.</p>

<p>High School GPA: 3.22/4
College GPA at UCSB: 3.68/4 (planning to raise to at least 3.75 this quarter)
A in PSTATS 5E – Statistics with Economics and Business Applications
A in MATH 3B (Calc BC)
A- in Economics 1
Planning to finish all of breadth by the end of Spring Quarter.</p>

<p>Male, Asian, residency in California</p>

<p>Major - Business Economics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars

  • Vice President of Service in Circle K International (also helped reestablish the club after being inactive/suspended for two years)
  • Member of Golden Key Honour Society
  • Member of Hong Kong Student Association
  • Member of an entrepreneur club
  • Member of a finance club
  • Enrolled in UCSB Letter and Science Honors Program
  • Intramural Basketball
  • Aikido Trainee - practiced under the aikido club</p>

<p>Job Experience:
Head Usher for UCSB’s Arts & Lectures Sept 2008-Present</p>

<p>(Applied for investment banking internship with a local private bank and hopefully will get it this fall)
(Applied for Clerical Assistant job position at the local park as a back up and hopefully will get that if necessary)</p>

<p>How do my chances at HAAS look? If you can, please give me a prediction with my goals achieved and prediction without my goals.</p>

887

<p>Haas is very difficult to get into for transfers.</p>

888

<p>male, instate, applying for engineering</p>

<p>SAT:
Reading - 680
Math - 740
Writing - 700</p>

<p>SAT II:
Physics - 720
Math II - 800</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Calc AB
AP Physics
AP French
Contemp Lit
Gov/econ</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
4 years of volleyball (varsity 11th and will be in senior year)
-MVP 10th grade
-Most inspirational 11th grade
Speech and Debate(9th and 10th)
FBLA(11th and will be in senior year)
NJHS (middle school)
Treasurer of French honor Society
Red Cross(10th)
leg council (11th)
Exec Council -historian(will be in 12 grade)
Boy Scouts -Eagle Scout
Venture crew- president
500+hours community service</p>

<p>what are my chances of getting into college of engineering for ME?</p>

889

<p>forgot gpa</p>

<p>UC GPA - 3.92
Overall - 3.67</p>

<p>ap test scores:
ap compter science-4
ap language and composition-5</p>

890

<p>Top 10% of class, just to give you an idea of the strength of the curriculum at my school the average accepted student at UC Berkeley(and there have been many) from my high school has a 3.8 GPA</p>

<p>4.33 GPA weighted (not sure about unweighted)</p>

<p>Out of State (NJ)</p>

<p>SAT:
CR: 760
Math: 720
Writing: 800</p>

<p>SAT II:
Literature: 780
US History: 800</p>

<p>Classes:
AP Art History - 4
AP US History -5
AP European History
AP Psychology - 5
AP Government and Political Science (I plan on taking both tests)
AP Studio Art
AP English - 5
AP Environmental Science </p>

<p>all other classes have been honors</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? Letters & Science (for english/writing)</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)</p>

<p>-President of Christian Club
-President of Chinese Culture Club
-leader of youth group for 4+ years
-Volunteer at Montclair Museum of Art
-Varsity Swimming, won several medals in county championships
-NHS, NFHS
-painting, art in general</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
Writing:
-National Latin Exam Gold Medal (I & II)
-Published in Susquehanna University’s Apprentice Writer
-Winner of NCTE’s Achievement in Writing Awards
-Scholastic Gold Key for personal essay</p>

<p>Art:
-Marie Sharpe Walsh Program (only 40 or so kids accepted from a national pool)
-Full MICA pre-college portfolio award
-$20,000 scholarship to attend MICA (offered to top two in MICA’s pre-college program)
-Scholastic Gold Key in painting</p>

891

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.2
Unweighted GPA: 3.833
Weighted GPA: 4.1</p>

<p>Sophomore:
World History: A/A
Honors Geometry: A/A
Honors Chem: A/A
PE: A/A
Honors English 10: B/B+
Chinese II: A/A</p>

<p>Summer:
Community College Class
Social Psychology: B+</p>

<p>Junior:
Honors Precalculus: A/A
US History: A/A
AP Chem: B/B
Honors English 11: A/A
Chinese 3: A/A
AP Statistics: A/A</p>

<p>Summer:
Computer Graphics A</p>

<p>Senior:
AP English:
Discrete/Finite:
AP Bio:
AP Physics:
AP Calculus BC:
US Gov:</p>

<p>AP Tests- All 5s – Statistics and Chemistry</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
740 M//650 CR//730 W
SAT II Scores
800Chem
800 Math II
700 Biology E </p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
I want to do business, so I’m guessing Letters and Science is the one I’m looking for.</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
Officer in some other clubs
Various clubs
Volunteering (~100+ hrs) @ hospital, middle school, local nonprofit organization
School badminton team</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
nothing that major.</p>

<p>Other UCs I’m looking at are UCLA, UCSD, and UC Davis. Is it reasonable to consider Davis a safety?</p>

892

<p>hey, it would be great if you could tell me what my chances are of getting into berkeley as a transfer student:</p>

<p>high school: i went to high school in germany even though i am now considered as a california resident at my city college (i have lived here for over a year and i have dual citizenship through my dad).</p>

<p>city college: i am attending my second year at santa barbara city college</p>

<p>IGETC: all finished after this fall semester</p>

<p>pre-req: all pre-requisites done by spring before i transfer, both in PACS as well as in political science.</p>

<p>GPA: ~3.8</p>

<p>extracurriculars: honors program, phi theta kappa (honors society), co-founder and vice-president of travel and culture club, senator in our student senate, working part time as a tutor for approximately 5 hours a week. i have previous full-time work experience before i moved to the states (worked for 1 year in a psychotherapeutic clinic).</p>

<p>applying to: Peace and Conflict Studies</p>

<p>my plan is to apply to the peace and conflict studies major and then switch to political science as soon as i get accepted. does this make sense? it seems as if the acceptance rate for the Peace and Conflict Studies division is much higher than for the division of political science…</p>

893

<p>wasparik: My roommate is a civil engineering major and you have way better stats and ECs than he did. You have a very good shot.</p>

<p>Sonoobie: You’re TONS better than I was stats-wise. I did, however, have way more ECs than you. Be that as it may, you should have great chances.</p>

894

<p>Demographics: Asian, California, Low-income</p>

<p>Stats: 2260, 2270, 2290 superscored, 33, 34, 35, SAT II’s: 800, 750, 720 (retake October)
National Merit Semi-Finalist, National AP Scholar (5,5,5,5,5,5,4,4,3)
Rank 1/550, GPA UW: 4.00, GPA W: 4.4</p>

<p>Clubs: Math Club (Pres.), Science Club(Pres.), Robotics Team(Captain), Engineering Team (Captain), CSF (4 years all), NHS, Key Club</p>

<p>EC’s: Varsity xc, track (4 years), Hospital volunteering (400 hours + on Leadership Board), Math research at local college (sent to Siemens Competition, will publish), Physics research at local college with friend (team project), Student government (2 years) </p>

<p>Awards: Harvard Book Award, Congressional Youth Volunteer, NMSF, JETS Engineering 1st Place and National Finalists, AMC 12 school winner, AIME qualifier, Robotics team 2nd place</p>

<p>College classes: Multivariable, Linear Algebra, Engineering Physics, Biology Intro, Diffeq</p>

<p>Summers: COSMOS summer program, SSP Ojai 2009 (prestigious summer science program)</p>

<p>Other: ~100 volunteer hours (tutoring, Red Cross, Key Club), hobbies: clarinet (5 years), all A’s in college classes, Questbridge scholar, various math/science competitions.</p>

<p>Also applying to HYPSMC+Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Williams, JHU, Rice, etc.
UC Berkeley is my backup…</p>

895

<p>UC GPA: 4.12
Unweighted GPA: 3.75
Weighted GPA: 4.08</p>

<p>California resident</p>

<p>ACT: 36 (35 english 36 math 36 reading 36 writing) / 31 english+essay</p>

<p>SAT II:
800 Math II
800 Physics
780 Bio
770 US History</p>

<p>Sophomore:
World History H: B/A-
English 2H: A/B
AP Physics: A/A (5 on AP)
Spanish 2: B+/A
Band: A+/A+
Trig/Precalc: A+/A</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Chemistry: A/A (5 on AP)
AP US History: A/A (4 on AP)
AP Calculus AB: A/A- (self-studied BC test, 5 on AP)
English 3H: B/B-
Spanish 3: A/A-
Band: A/B</p>

<p>Senior:
AP US Government
AP Statistics
AP Spanish
English 4H
Band
independent study in compsci (not sure if this is going to be on my transcript)
planning to take Physics C Mech+E&M</p>

<p>Applying to L&S (mathematics, in case it matters)</p>

<p>ECs:
Swimming (about 7 hours a week for 10 weeks during summer)
Library volunteering (2 hours a week, started at the beginning of school this year and lasts until I graduate)
YESS (three week science/engineering summer program at Caltech)</p>

<p>Berkeley’s the school I’m aiming for, so… do I have a decent chance?</p>

896

<p>UC GPA: 4.19
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.47</p>

<p>California resident</p>

<p>SAT: (retaking December) 2200
CR: 800 M: 650 WR: 750</p>

<p>SAT II:
710 Math II
730 Spanish
**not my native language although I am half-Mexican with a bilingual mother, I don’t know if that matters</p>

<p>AP Scores:
AP Euro 4
AP Chem 4
AP Lang/Comp 5
AP Art History 5</p>

<p>Grade 10:
Algebra 2<br>
H Chemistry<br>
Spanish 3
AP Euro History<br>
H English 10 </p>

<p>Grade 11<br>
AP Art History<br>
H Pre-Calculus<br>
Spanish 4<br>
AP Chemistry
AP Lang/Comp
Physics</p>

<p>Grade 12:
AP US Government
AP Lit/Comp
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Spanish
AP Physics B</p>

<p>**All my classes in senior year are APs</p>

<p>Community College classes:
10-Intro to Psychology A
11-Hist of United States A</p>

<p>Applying to L&S (cognitive science)</p>

<p>ECs:
Editor in chief of the newspaper (10hr/wk alternating with 20hr/wk deadline weeks)
Academic Decathlon team captain (2 hr/wk plus individual study time and preparing materials for the team)
National Hispanic Scholar
CSF president
International club treasurer</p>

<p>UCB is my first choice, also applying to UCD, UCSC, UCSD, and Stanford.</p>

897

<p>chances!
applying for spanish
3.54 gpa, hoping to raise it to 3.6+ after this fall :)</p>

898

<p>UC GPA: 4.04
Unweighted GPA: 3.7</p>

<p>Not a California resident. </p>

<p>SAT: 2200
ACT: 33
SAT II:
780 Math II
750 Physics </p>

<p>AP Scores:
AP Calculus BC 5
AP Chem 5
AP Physics 5
AP Government 5
AP Statistics 5
AP Bio 5</p>

<p>Grade 10:
Trigonometry
Chemistry
French 3
Physics
English 10
US history
(took economics over the summer) </p>

<p>Grade 11<br>
AP government
AP Calc BC
French 4
AP Chemistry
English 11
AP physics </p>

<p>Grade 12:
AP Bio
AP statistics
Calc 3 at local college
English 12
CAD I/CADII
Gym (need for graduation requirements) </p>

<p>Community College classes:
Calc 3 - A </p>

<p>Applying to School of Engineering </p>

<p>ECs:
National Honor Society, French National Honor Society, math club president, science olympiad secretary, local science fair 3rd place, state science fair 4th place, USAMO qualifier, 100+ hours volunteering at hospital, 200+ other volunteering hours.</p>

899

<p>Best parts of my app:</p>

<ol>
<li>unique essay-no one else probly wrote it on my topic</li>
<li>first generation</li>
<li>13 college classes and im going to taken up to calc 4 or calc 3…im in calc 2 right now</li>
<li>Early Decision to Neural Science</li>
<li>Volunteered at a hospital, child mentor at a school-based program, private tutor</li>
<li>work experience in a hotel for 4 years</li>
<li>asian indian</li>
<li>ranked 15% (45 out of 346)</li>
</ol>

<p>im taking 3 AP classes right now and calc 2 and dev. psychology so my gpa will be higher</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>GPA uw: 3.73 weighted: 4.1</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.3 or</p>

<p>SAT: 1800 total.
Subject tests are coming</p>

900

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I: (2390 (800M, 800W, 790CR)</li>
<li>ACT: 35</li>
<li>SAT II: Math IIC - 780 , Biology E - 770 , Literature - 770 , US History, 780</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA: 3.97</li>
<li>Weighted GPA: 4.5</li>
<li>Rank - 1/756 (Valedictorian)</li>
<li>AP Tests: US History (5) , Biology (5) , Chemistry (4) , Calculus BC (5) , French (4) ,
World History (5) , Physics C (5) , Psychology (5) , Statistics (3)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Leadership:

  • National Honor Society President (Junior and Senior Year)
  • Student Body President (Junior and Senior Year)
  • President of Community Service Club, (Raised $400,000 for Breast Cancer Awareness)
  • Oversee 50 peer volunteers at radiology ward in local hospital.</p>

<p>Academic:

  • Presidential Scholar
  • National AP Scholar
  • National Merit Finalist</p>

<p>Other School Related Activities:

  • Model UN Chairman (9-12)
  • National Honor Society (11-12)
  • French Culinary Club (9-12)
  • Publications, Editor-in-Chief, have had work published in the New York Times (9-12)
  • Varsity Cross Country, regional record for 5 km. run, (9-12)
  • Varsity Fencing (9-12)</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Great Writer, (Dartmouth Alumni Award for outstanding writing)</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendations: Very good recommendations (I’ve done research with both)</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Very good recommendation</li>
<li>Additional Rec: Very good recommendation from state senator whom I was a page for.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>Have traveled to 35 countries</li>
<li>Have flown over 400,000 miles</li>
<li>Siemens Westinghouse Semi-Finalist</li>
<li>School Type: Large sized public school (aprox. 3000)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Sex: Female</li>
<li>Languages Spoken: English, French (Spoken at Home)</li>
<li>Summer Science Program (Summer between Junior and Senior year)</li>
<li>Summer at Brown Program (Summer between Sophomore and Junior year)</li>
<li>Organized relief effort charity, raised $200,000 for 2008 Sichuan earthquake.</li>
</ul>

<p>Intersted In:

  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Los Angeles</p>