<p>srabiee: I'd say Berkeley's a reach, especially since you're OOS. Try to make your essays the best you can -- you just might get in.</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.67 (i wasn't sure if i should add in my honors classes since they're not techincally UC-approved, so i only added in my AP classes, if honors classes in my school count, it'd be around a 4.05)
GPA (W): 4.16 out of 4.3 (my school does GPA wierdly, an A in a regular class is a 4.3, but in an AP or Honors class is a 5.0, then they go down .3-.4 each step, so like an A- is a 4.0 i regular and a 4.7 in AP/Honors)
Rank: top 10-15% of a very competitive NJ public school (class size is ~250)
Courseload: One of most rigoress
AP Scores: Bio (3), Chem (4), AB Calc (5)
Senior Year APs: English Literature, BC Calc, Physics C, French</p>
<p>Out of State
Asian Male</p>
<p>SAT: 610 CR 730 M 750 W
SAT2: 740 Math 2, 560 Bio, 640 Chem
ACT: 33 (32 E, 34 M, 31 R, 35 S, 30 E/W, 9 Essay)</p>
<p>Plan on majoring in business, but I'd probably apply to College of Letters and Science since I can't apply to Haas.</p>
<p>Piano for 12 years, Viola for 4 years, babysitting, give piano lessons, volunteer work at Susan G Koman, extensive travel experience</p>
<p>(not sure if this makes a difference because i'm OOS and wouldn't expect any scholarships, but i do not need any sort of scholarship or anything from the school)</p>
<p>if you guys could also chance me for UCLA and UCSD, I'd greatly appreciate it.</p>
<p>Your GPA seems to be below-average. Your SATs are okay but SAT IIs are pretty low. ACT is pretty good though. Unfortunately, what I just said apply to in-state applicants, so as OOS (harder admission) I really don't think you have much of a chance. I'd guess 10% for Berkeley and UCLA, and 15-20% for UCSD.</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian
Permanent U.S. Resident
CA Resident</p>
<p>GPA: 3.84(UW) 4.23 (W)
No Rank at my school
SAT I: 2170
CR: 640 M: 780 WR: 750 (11 on essay)
SATII: Math 2C - 800
Bio - 670
Chem - 730
US History - 720
Korean - 780</p>
<p>AP Scores:
Chem - 5
Bio - 4
US - 4</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Government
AP English Literature
AP Spanish
AP Calculus
AP Physics
Orchestra
Bowling</p>
<p>Junior Year Schedule:
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP US History
H Euro Lit
H Spanish 4
H Pre-Calc
Orchestra</p>
<p>EC:
conservatory level activities in music
1 year particpation in nation wide orchestra
4 year participation in state wide orchestra
Principal position at a locally famous orchestra
Invited by professional orchestra to perform with them
Gave a speech at the opening of the regional performing arts center
Volunteered at local hospital and research/clinic center
Raised more than $3000 for clinical research
Embarked on medical mission to Guatemala for 1 week - distributed thousands of used glasses and medications
4 years of medical club at school (currently president)</p>
<p>Recs:
Great rec from science teachers
Possible Rec from local research/clinic director</p>
<p>Job experience:
Earned more than $500 teaching music to children</p>
<p>Volunteer:
300+ hours</p>
<p>i say match</p>
<p>any more feed back?</p>
<p>Live in California
African-American/African/Black (Moroccan..that's the category under the UC app that I fit into)
Muslim (that's what I'm going to write my personal statement about)
Trilingual (French, Arabic, English)</p>
<p>UC Weighted GPA: 3.8
in top 30% of class...school doesn't rank
SAT: 1930 (will take again in October; have been practicing everyday)
SAT2: Biology 570, History 620 (will take both in November again along with French)
ACT: 30 (retook in September...haven't gotten scores yet..felt like score stayed the same)</p>
<p>extras:
Cross-country 2 years
Track 1 year
Volunteered in Morocco orphanage for 1 week in summer
Member of mosque youth club 4 years; public relations officer 2 years
Internship at local newspaper--> had 2 articles published so far
Received scholarship (they chose 30 out of California) for Muslim Leadership Conference
tutor for 3 years at after school academic program
Model UN for 2 years---secretary 1 year
French Club (senior year)
Berkeley NorCal Summer Experience (3 day program that they told me to include)</p>
<p>i don't know if i forgot anything...but please chance me on what i have so far...</p>
<p>Here goes...</p>
<p>UC GPA: Should be 3.96 if summer classes at CC after junior year don't count
Unweighted GPA: ~3.6
Weighted GPA: ~3.8</p>
<p>California Resident, Asian Male (Chinese)</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT scores:
SAT: 580R/660M/550W (1790)
ACT: 33E/35M/33R/30S (33 Composite) (consider this one instead on SAT)</p>
<p>SAT II Scores:
Chinese w/ Listening: 800
World History: 700
Biology M: 620
Will be taking Math II (estimating at least 700-750) and Chemistry (around 650?)</p>
<p>AP Scores:
AP English Language: 4
AP Computer Science A: 4
AP World History: 5</p>
<p>Senior year courses:
AP Physics B
AP Calculus AB
AP Government / Regular Econ
Choir 1
English 4</p>
<p>Junior year courseload:
Chemistry
AP English Language
AP Computer Science
Spanish 3
US History
Algebra 2</p>
<p>Which college are you applying to? Letters and Science, Computer Science (planning to transfer into EECS, since I don't think I'm competitive enough for Engineering. If not, I'll just stay a CS major.)</p>
<p>List a few of your most important ECs: (I have really lame and generic ECs)
Founded Chinese Club
Key Club
CSF
Christian Club
Church GK (youth group leader(s))
Game Development Club officer (will run this year, it's a new club)</p>
<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:
I help my uncle with his company duties, mainly translation work from Chinese to English (he sells computer accessories)</p>
<p>Note: I'm from a single-parent, low income family. I don't know if this will affect me much though... Thanks!</p>
<p>please chance us...</p>
<p>Sorry guys, I've been busy. Be patient. :)</p>
<p>calivla: Good GPA, Good SAT scores, good ECs. ~70% chance. Btw, you don't need to send in recs.</p>
<p>drsarah: your GPA is a bit low...so is your SAT I score. You need to get those SAT II scores up. ECs look pretty good though. ~25% chance. By the way, they don't care about your race (feel free to write an essay about it though).</p>
<p>shortduderay: GPA's okay, not great. SATs are pretty bad, but your ACT scores are good enough I think. SAT IIs are decent, ECs are okay. ~60% chance.</p>
<p>Good luck guys.</p>
<p>thank you for the help, vicissitudes! i am writing about my race in my essay...
also, my gpa is the same as shortduderay's and my SAT Is are higher...how'd he get a ~60% chance? lol...just wondering :) any more advice?</p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>I'm assuming your UCGPA is 3.8 and his is 3.96. Also I'm considering his ACT score of 33 (instead of SAT I) which is actually quite high, and his SAT II scores are pretty good. It's hard to say though, because I don't think everyone on here knows how to properly calcaulate his/her UC GPA. Anyway, I try to give out numbers because I think people find them more useful than "you're a match" but they're really rough estimates, so take it with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.</p>
<p>thank you...you're right, numbers help more than matches. okay, thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Thanks, vicissitudes. Now I feel a bit more confident with my Berkeley application. ;) Anyone else want to chance me? :)</p>
<p>UC and Weighted GPA: Both ~4.0
Unweighted GPA: 3.6
Top 10%
Large competitive public school
One of the most difficult workloads available at my school</p>
<p>California Resident
Chinese American Male
First Generation College Student (if applicable)</p>
<p>SAT I: 2080 (670 CR/670 M/740 W/12 essay) will retake, likely ~2200
SAT II: (660 Bio E/610 Lit/600 USH) will retake, likely ~700 on two subjects (Bio and Math II?)</p>
<p>College: College of Letters and Science (English major)</p>
<p>Most important ECs:
·PMICU- Preliminary Military Intensive Conditioning Unit (9-Member,10-Disciplinary Officer, 11-Second Officer/VP, 12-First Officer/President)
·School Literary Magazine (10,11-Member, 12-Editor-in-Chief)
·Writing Club (10,11,12- Founder/President)
·Yearbook (11- Student Life Staff Member and web site designer, 12- Student Life Section Editor and web site designer)
·Newspaper (12-Staff Writer, web site designer)
·Red Cross Club (10- Treasurer/Co-founder, 11, 12 -Public Relations Officer)
·Track and Field (9,10- JV, 11,12-Varsity)
·Junior Statesmen of America (11- Member, 12-Vice President)</p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
·Scholar Athlete Award
·Rotary Business Achievement Contest: Finalist (2004),Best Business Presentation (2005), 3rd place (2006)
·Business and Education Roundtable Honorable Mention in Creative Writing
·Academic Award (2004-2007)
·AP Scholar </p>
<p>OTHER:
150+ City/Miscellaneous volunteer hours
Stanford EPGY for Creative Writing
UC Berkeley Summer Session
Eugene O'Neill Student Days
California Yearbook Academy</p>
<p>WORK:
·Co-founded web design company to make web sites for local organizations (9,10,11,12- Cofounder/Vice President)</p>
<h2>·Natural Comfort Corp. - Translator/Copy Writer(9,10,11,12)</h2>
<p>hey, which uc berkeley summer session were you at? :)
is it the norcal experience thing?</p>
<p>Summer Session 2006</p>
<p>Basically, I just took regular UC Berkeley classes over the summer. Introduction to Modern Philosophy and General Psychology. I lived on campus and was pretty much a Berkeley student for 6 weeks. :D</p>
<p>wowww...i wish i could've done that. that's pretty awesome!
i was in morocco...</p>
<p>It really was quite the experience. I'm really familiar with the area now, so I suppose that'd be an edge if I manage to get in.</p>
<p>Anyone want to chance me?</p>
<p>Oh, and I omitted a couple things that I didn't think were as important...</p>
<p>-National Honors Society (12) Senior only club; competitive application process
-Chinese School (pre-HS, 9,10,11,12)
-CSF (10,11)
-Piano (5 years)
-Published in school lit. mag and Tao House Anthology (local organization dedicated to keeping the spirit of famous playwright Eugene O'Neill's works alive)</p>
<p>forgottenhawk: average GPA and SAT score, SAT IIs could use improvement...ECs are okay. ~30% chance.</p>