<p>This thread is somewhat helpful but it seems like it serves more as a chance for overqualified candidates to brag about their accomplishments haha, but very impressive stats I must say some of you have ;)</p>
<p>Not to be obnoxious, but I’m bumping.</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.22
Class Rank: 27/447</p>
<p>OOS</p>
<p>ACT scores
Comp - 29
English - 31
Math - 32
Reading - 28
Science - 25
Writing- 29</p>
<p>SAT scores
CR - 660
Writing - 690
Math - 790
Composite - 2140</p>
<p>SAT II Scores
US history - 660
Spanish - 640
Math II - 770</p>
<p>AP’s:
-US History: 4
-World History: 4
-Currently taking: Microecon, Macroecon, BC Calc, US Gov, Eng. Lang., Spanish Lang.</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)
Scholastic Bowl (3 years, President)
Model UN (2 years, Founder/Treasurer)
Future Business Leaders of America (4 years, Committee Chair)
Spanish Honor Society
National Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta - Math Honor Society</p>
<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
Attended State Governor’s School for Spanish</p>
<p>College Courses: Art Appreciation</p>
<p>Work Experience: Busser, 10 hours/week</p>
<p>Hi I’m actually considering transferring to Berkeley from Washington University in St. Louis next next year. Dunno if I can still post here but w/e haha… </p>
<p>I’m actually a California Resident… </p>
<p>High School UW GPA: 3.8…something
AP scores: 5 on Calc BC, 5 on Bio, 5 on Chem, 4 on Language&Literature, 5 on US Politics, 4 on Physics B
SAT I: Writing: 760, CR: 720, Math: 750
SAT II Scores: 800 Math IIC, 780 Chem, 760 Bio M
Current College GPA: 3.61
Freshmen Fall sem:
General Chemistry I: A, Gen Chem Lab I: A, Writing: B, Multivariable Calculus: B+, Phage Bioinformatics: A
This semester so far…:
Principles of Biology I: A-, General Chemistry II: A-, Gen Chem Lab II: B, Phage Bioinformatics: A-, Statistics: B, Biogeochemistry: B or B-
Planning to take Next Semester: Principles of Biology II, Physics, Introduction to Environmental Ethics, and either Latin or Biological Conservation (Organic Chemistry over the summer)</p>
<p>Applying to Letters and Sciences
Major: Biology</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
High School:
Badminton Varsity, Biology Club Secretary, Stanford Hospital Junior Volunteer, Badminton Coach, Red Cross Club Member
Currently:
Working so Animals Get Support (WAGS): volunteer at an animal adoption center, Badminton Club Member, Laboratory Assistant at WASHU Medical School</p>
<p>Also going to apply to Davis, LA, SD, and Irvine</p>
<p>@ superturt: You’ll probably be a slight reach to UCB as a biology major from Washington U in St. Louis. Transferring to Davis, SD, and Irvine should be matches. For UCLA you are very borderline. Keep up the GPA and EC’s and you’ll be fine. </p>
<p>The UC’s give preference to California Comm. college students. Thus, with a 3.61 going into Bio at either UCB will be very difficult to get into. According to UCLA’s Profile of Admitted Transfer Students, the average GPA is 3.65 admitted for the bio major. You’re only slightly below that, so I’d say you still have a good shot there.</p>
<p>If you keep it up for Berkeley, you should be able to get in there as well. Strive for all A’s this semester, and I’d say you have a good shot.</p>
<p>@emilsinclair9: thanks! oh slight reach for UCB… 
if I were to choose Enviro Studies/Science as my major… would it be easier? haha… >3<</p>
<p>I would imagine that picking Enviro Studies/Science as your INTENDED major would be much easier to get into if it is not impacted. The interesting trick about UCB is this:</p>
<p>When you’re admitted to the College of L&S, you’re admitted into the college, not directly into the major. You declare your major doing the first semester of your junior year at Cal. That being said, if you have the Bio prereqs done, and meet the minimum GPA (prob 3.2) for Biology, you should be able to switch from Enviro Studies to Biology. Of course, this is pending whether or not they are both in the College of L&S. I’m not that familiar with bio because I am a Psych major, but like I said, you CAN switch majors at Cal even if it is impacted. You have the GPA (3.61), you just need all the prereqs done or nearly done to switch into Biology once you get there.</p>
<p>By the way this doesn’t work for Haas or Engineering or things like that. </p>
<p>This is relatively unknown, and personally, I don’t condone the whole “back-door” admission idea, but I figured I’d help ya out on this one. Again, to summarize:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enviro Science and Bio need to be in College of L&S…I’m unsure as to whether or not they are.</li>
<li>Minimum GPA must be met to switch into the impacted bio major…you’re good there.</li>
<li>Prereqs/lower div. requirements must be done or will be done by the end of your first semester at Cal for Bio.</li>
</ul>
<p>Then you can declare as a Bio major.</p>
<p>OOS applying as a pol sci major
ACT: 31 (E:35, R:33)
SAT IIs: 680 Math II, 690 Math I, 620 Lit
Rank: top 5% of 620
GPA: W 4.4 (idk about my UC gpa)
Essays: great
Recs: good hopefully
Extracurrics: debate captain 4 yrs, student council 4 years, young democ pres 4 yrs</p>
<p>UVA, Stanford, Columbia??</p>
<p>GPA: 3.73 (weighted)
SAT: Math-730
CR-690
Writing-650
Race: African American/Filipino
ECs: Soccer 4 years (Freshman, JV, Varsity). Traveled internationally for soccer.
Rugby 3 years (JV, Varstiy). Traveled internationally for rugby as well.
Track and Field 3 years (Freshman, JV, Varsity).
Kung Fu Student/Teacher
Community Service in Camden, NJ
Several Jobs
National Achievement Finalist
National Merit Commended Scholar</p>
<p>Already accepted to UMD, Penn State (main campus), Santa Clara University with 28k scholarship, and U Miami (FL) with 20k scholarship.
Thanks guys.</p>
<p>simply from a gpa/test perspective, do i have a decent chance? (OOS).</p>
<p>UW gpa= 4.0
UC weighted gpa= 4.3 (I think)</p>
<p>ACT= 30</p>
<p>SAT II’s (math lvl 2 and bio= 690)</p>
<p>Mostly honors courses soph-jr year
4 AP’s this year</p>
<p>thanks again emilsinclair9! ^^</p>
<p>Can anyone give me a rough estimate as to how hard it’d be for an international student to get into berkeley?
Is it leaps and bounds more difficult than for an OOS student?
and finally, does the fact that i’ve lived in California for 7 years, albeit not during high school, count for anything?</p>
<p>I appreciate your help.</p>
<p>hi!
california resident (just visited berkeley today!)
sat I: 2210 (730R, 680M, 800W)
sat II: 730 bio e, 740 lit
ap: 5 bio, 5 eng. comp. taking eng. lit & gov this year
gpa: 3.86 uw/4.4 w (not sure of uc gpa off the top of my head)
national merit finalist
principal’s scholar/dean’s list, all 4 years of high school
national spanish honor society scholar</p>
<p>ECs:
varsity cheer team 2008-2010, captain 2009-2010
competitive gymnastics 1998-2008
senior class secretary 2009-2010
link crew 2009-2010
newspaper copy editor 2007-2008
national charity league 2006-2008 (various leadership positions)
camp aide at local science camp summer 2009, summer 2010 planned</p>
<p>thanks 
i applied to berkeley, ucla, ucsd, ucsb and davis. got into ucsd, rejected from ucla.</p>
<p>@bellabelle, im somewhat surprised you didnt get into LA.<br>
i think you’re a match for berkeley regardless of which school you apply for, but engineering could potentially be a low match. </p>
<p>would appreciate anyone’s chance, in-state resident
applying to college of letters and science (business)</p>
<p>uw gpa: 3.66; UC gpa, 4.05
Took a couple of college courses my junior year because i only had 5 classes first semester and 4 classes second semester (dropped pre-calc early second semester without a mark on transcript, i dont know if this will be a major factor, but i still have a full four years of math)
Courses taken at community college: Business 10: A, Philosophy: A-, Psychology: A, Statistics: A- </p>
<p>SAT 1: 2260: math 770, CR 740, Writing 750
SAT2s: Bio M 780, Math 2 770, Chinese 760</p>
<p>ECs
Debate Team event captain
Magic club vice president
National Chinese Honor society Secretary
Volunteer ~200 hrs </p>
<p>Distinctive Awards
Qualified to tournament of champions in policy debate (less than 1% of debaters qualify)
As of November when UC apps were due, was ranked 5th nationally in policy debate</p>
<p>So my situation’s a bit odd. NJ resident for K-9th grade. Attended 10-11 in Pakistan under the Cambridge system. Now NJ resident 12 grade so OOS.</p>
<p>Applying to L&S OOS</p>
<p>SATs: 800 M, 770 W, 700 CR (one shot)
Subjects: 800 M2, 750 Physics, 790 Chem (got 790 Physics in the nov. session but didn’t send it to them)</p>
<p>UW GPA 9-11 = 3.97
Class rank: no system in 9th grade. ranked 1/52 in 10-11th grades. No rank in 12th of course.</p>
<p>Extracurrics: (only mentioning a few)</p>
<p>Varsity basketball 10-11 (Captain & tournament MVP in 11th)
Prefect
Earthquake Relief unit for a week
Head coordinator of charity basketball tournament
Student of the Month 6 times altogether in 10-11
Latchkey Program 75 hrs this year
Volunteered for various events for school in order to get my mandatory 50 comm. service hours in 12th</p>
<p>Essays: Pretty damn good (excuse my arrogance)
Recs: don’t think they asked for them</p>
<p>senior year schedule:</p>
<ol>
<li>US History 1 (frosh class that i needed to take in order to grad. since my school in PK didn’t offer it clearly)</li>
<li>TV Production (practical arts elective i needed to grad.)</li>
<li>US History 2 (soph class…see #1)</li>
<li>AP Calc BC </li>
<li>English 12 Honors</li>
<li>Piano Lab (visual arts elective i needed to grad.)</li>
<li>Anatomy&Physiology/Human Genetics</li>
</ol>
<p>so i know my life is imbalanced as a whole. it’s okay, i’m at peace with it.</p>
<p>please be extremely candid. i got waitlisted at WUSTL and now i’m in a reevaluation mode.
thanks for everyone’s help. good luck everybody, i’m praying for you all.</p>
<p>I was an idiot for making my own chances thread instead of noticing this and I’m OOS.</p>
<p>GPA Unweighted- 3.85 as of now on a A= 4 B=3… scale. It would go up to a 3.87-3.89 by the time I applied if I maintained my grades. This isn’t on the UC scale. It’s either a 4.05 or 4.18 on the UC scale. I don’t know whether to count 2 semesters of 3 AP classes as 6 extra points or 3 extra points.</p>
<p>SAT
Overall- 2250
Composite- 1560
CR- 790
M- 770
CW- 690</p>
<p>Award: National Merit Commended</p>
<p>Rank
9/118- top 10%</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
- First Robotics Competition (nationwide robotics competition) [2 years by graduation 1 when I apply]
- Debate Club (school’s debate club, we frequently hold in school debates. This isn’t just a grocery list ec, because its given me a time to discuss current events and see how my peers feel. I could defend in my essay) [2 years by graduation 1 when I apply]
- NHS
- Job Shadowing Professionals In Their Work Environments (40+ Hours by graduation, explained below)
- YES Camp (spent a week in this camp hosted by the international Art Of Living Foundation learning leadership qualities)
I might be getting a part time job tutoring kids.</p>
<p>Volunteering:
- Reagan Wells Ranch Community Service (spent a week of my summer rebuilding a ranch for the International Human Rights Organization)
- Interact Club (part of the national rotary organization, does service projects: 2 local and 1 international)
- Community Service Club
- Children’s Hospital Community Service (spend a month of my summer, its like a part time job nearly, need a uniform, 5 days a week, and you have to go through an application rpocess and be recommended)</p>
<p>The school I go too is a part of the New Tech foundation. They emphasize a new type of approach where students are familiarized with an authentic work environment. Our work centers heavily around presentations, professionalism, becoming acquainted with the uses of technology in today’s world, and of course normal high school content. I took one ap class freshmen year and the rest honors. I took all honors classes sophmore year and now 3 aps and the rest honors junior year. Depending on how many APs are provided during my senior year, I will have atleast 4 AP classes done by the time I graduate. When I graduate, I will also have 40+ hours of experience shadowing people in their jobs. This program was implemented to give us a visual view of the real world.</p>
<p>The New Tech School was opened in my district when I was going to be a sophmore, so I will be a part of its first graduating class. I wasn’t involved in any major clubs over at the other high school during my freshman year, and when I went to New Tech. there weren’t many clubs. I’ve gotten involved in ec’s mostly in junior year, because the opportunities have presented themselves.</p>
<p>I have the scores and the grades, but so do a lot of other kids. My extracurriculars aren’t numerous, but I can speak for them. They do take up a decent amount of time. My big thing is volunteering. I don’t have several different things, but everything that I do have is solid. I can talk about how they have influenced me. Overall though, I know my ec’s don’t rank up to other peoples. So how do my prospects look for Berkeley?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/886522-chance-me-ucb.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/886522-chance-me-ucb.html</a></p>
<p>Hey UCB alumni, do the UCs take first-generation students into consideration for admission?</p>
<p>Hey all,
I’m a transfer student applying to all the UCs as a junior from a community college in LA. So far Riverside and UCSC have accepted me (the rest won’t respond until the end of April), but Berkeley’s my top choice. What do you think my chances are?</p>
<p>GPA: 3.95
Dean’s/President’s Honor every semester.
A good deal of volunteer work.
Major: History</p>
<p>Thanks,
Hadrian</p>
<p>I’ve been accepted to UCLA and will hear from Berkeley in two days.</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.28
HS GPA UW: 3.95
My school does not weight GPA.</p>
<p>SAT: 2190 (760 CR, 700 M, 730 WR)
Subject Tests: 700 Biology, 670 Literature
Rank: Top 10%
Awards: Wofford Scholar, Presbyterian Book Award, Sewanee Writing Award, U of Rochester Bausch and Lomb Science Award, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, National Science Honor Society</p>
<p>IB Full Diploma - Already received a 6 in Econ SL (Econ is my intended major)</p>
<p>Excellent essays.</p>
<p>Race: White
State: Georgia</p>
<p>ECs: Soccer (Varsity, recreational) Summer program at Brown University, the aforementioned honor societies</p>
<p>Thanks for help.</p>
<p>I applied to UCB, UCSD and UCD. Accepted at UCD (really surprised, seeing the results of some other decisions), don’t know about UCSD, and kind of…twitchy on UCB</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.14
Class of 2010 Salutatorian (But they don’t know that…should I send it in?)</p>
<p>SAT I: 2130 (reported 2130, but college board sent in 2070, messed up the scores for all my schools D:)
ACT: 31
SAT II:
Chinese: 790
English: 670
Math: 670</p>
<p>Major: Undeclared</p>
<p>Awards: OMTA Concerto Contest Winner - violin, Outstanding Marketing student, Oregonian Design and Ad competition 2nd place winner, National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Chinese Language Contest, Scholastic Art and Writing,
I just won a really large statewide award, should I send that in to the office? </p>
<p>IB Full Diploma</p>
<p>Face: Chinese/Asian
State: Oregon </p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Founder and president of a charity club at two high schools, 150+ members, raised $10,000+
Founder and president of christian club at school
Student Leadership - ASB Philanthropist
Activate Oregon: Project 2059 - invited to meet with a bunch of Oregon’s legislature (Governor Kulongoski, Secretary of State Kate Brown, Superintendent of Education Susan Castillo…) for three days to talk about Oregon’s future education, environment, and economy.
5 years in a really prestigious youth orchestra
Model United Nations
Asian American Leadership Conference School Ambassador
Chinese School
Nike NW Tennis Championships Tournament Assistant
Elementary School Summer program tutor for underpriviliged children 50+ hours
Work as an english tutor </p>
<p>Essays: Talked about my dreams for the future working for non-profit global medical relief, second essay talked about family difficulties (kind of explains for poor scores and gpa) All relatively good. </p>
<p>I really appreciate your help! I’m getting jitters just thinking about all of this!</p>