<p>that’s supposed to be a sad face after my SAT scores
):</p>
<p>Can I get a really quick chance (by objective stats only)? I’m currently a high school junior, and am trying to figure out which schools I can classify as reaches/matches/safeties, and I’m wondering whether UCB would be considered a reach or a match for me. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Location: California (by way of Michigan and Singapore) – I’ll be living in CA during my senior year, although I spent junior year in MI and 9th and 10th grades in Singapore
Race: Chinese
Gender: Female
Citizenship: Canadian (but applied for U.S. permanent resident status; application status still pending)
Financial Aid: No*
Prospective Major: German (with a minor in Political Science)*</p>
<p>*Although I’m a non-U.S. citizen, I won’t be applying for FA at Berkeley, and I’m also going for a relatively rare major. I believe this helps my chances a little.</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.8 (grades 9-10)
Class rank: N/A; estimated to be in top 10% out of 280 students at first HS and in top 25% out of 85 students at current HS (ultra-competitive school; I could be ranked higher though)
Course load: Most rigorous
SAT I: 2290 (700 CR, 800 M, 790 W) for now; retaking in June for 2300+
EC’s: Foreign language (9-12); piano (9-12); writing (9-12); church youth group (9-12). Won’t post details to protect privacy, but have earned significant honors and distinctions (some on the international/national levels) in each EC.
Other information: Attended 3 different high schools in 4 years
Academic Honors: National Merit Semifinalist</p>
<p>I’m not the most qualified person to judge but I think you have a very good shot a getting in. Your SAT is very good and your ECs are decent. Because you’re applying for German it would mean you’d be applying to L&S which I believe is easier to get into then CoC or CoE, however it is no easier than other majors within the college. I’m not sure how to judge your GPA, which I personally believe is the weakest part at the moment, but keeping your grades high this year would only help. However if you write a good essay and really show off your ECs then I think it’s a match. Though once again I’m not the most qualified person to judge, and college admissions can be really random/strange at times.</p>
<p>Thanks so much scotto3394! :)</p>
<p><em>deep breath</em> Well, here goes…my first ever chances post. =P </p>
<ul>
<li>Chinese-American Female</li>
</ul>
<p>UC GPA: 4.33 (thru end of junior year)
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Weighted GPA:
Freshman thru Junior - 4.3415
Sophomore thru Junior - 4.5185
Freshman thru Senior - 4.4727
Sophomore thru Senior - 4.6341</p>
<p>Out-Of-State</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning Scores (by section)
CR - 730
M - 770
Wr - 800</p>
<p>SAT II Scores
Chinese - 800
Literature - 800
World History - 770
…eh, I intend to take Spanish, too, just for fun. Possibly even after college decisions are out…I just want to see what my score would be. =P</p>
<p>College - Letters and Science</p>
<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed):
– already have had officer positions or predict officer positions in these clubs/organizations: Mu Alpha Theta, Spanish Club, Philosophy Club, an academic state champion team, possibly in NHS, too
– published writer and photographer – actually, I take a correspondence course specially designed for children’s writers =) – this course has taken…I would say at least 2500 hours over the past two and a half years
– around 300-400 volunteer hours by the end of this summer at a local library and medical center
– several choirs, including high regional ranking and voice lessons (1 yr)
– 9 years of piano (quitting senior year…I’ll really be far too busy)
– Summers: visiting China, visiting the Northeast, Governor’s School, a few state and national leadership camps/conferences (some are somewhat significant, others were very worthwhile and character-building but perhaps not all too prestigious)
– will likely (as in…someone will have to hurt me to convince me otherwise =P) start a program and/or a club/nonprofit next year/over the summer</p>
<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
- skipped a grade? This was a long time ago, though.
- Rank: 1 of ~750
- National Merit Semifinalist (Idk if this is important, and I realize results haven’t come out yet, but I’m very sure)
- full IB diploma student (eh…probably isn’t significant…but maybe?)</p>
<p>AP tests I will have completed by the end of high school:
- World History (5), US History (predicted 5), Psychology (predicted 5), Statistics (predicted 5), Spanish, Calculus AB, Language & Composition (self-study…4 or 5), Literature (self-study next year), Macro & Microeconomics (self-study next year)</p>
<p>IB tests:
- HL History of the Americas, HL Physics, HL English, SL Psychology (predicted 6-7), SL Math, SL Spanish (predicted 7)
- IB is a very new program at my school…we’re only offered these 3 HL courses.</p>
<p>I guess my main problem is that I’m highly un-focused; I intend to major in philosophy or economics…but I haven’t been able to demonstrate any real passion. Granted, this is all a reflection of who I am–a formerly apathetic freshman, a super-enthusiastic sophomore interested in lots of different things, a rather stressed junior…and over all, someone who perhaps gives off the impression of a headless chicken at times. =P</p>
<p>To be honest, I’m really aiming for HYPS, Brown, and Williams (…yeah, I know it’s a total pipe dream…I’ll dream just a little longer, though…), but I’m applying to UChicago EA, UC Berkley, and possibly Duke, Vanderbilt, or WashU, since their decisions come out before 4/1. Then, provided I’m accepted to one of them, I at least won’t be scrambling in the spring to fill out applications for safety schools I’m not interested in attending (after all, I’d pick UChicago or UCBerkely over any safety).</p>
<p>Z,</p>
<p>Your in, don’t worry about it to much. The competition for oos is less now that the UC’s need more money</p>
<p>Also, your other schools are not pipe dreams. Just do something good this summer. CITY COLLEGE courses would be a very very good idea and make sure that it is in something that you are interested in.</p>
<p>My first ever chances post. D: Please tell me if I’m doing something wrong. </p>
<p>-California resident, Asian female, in my junior year</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.23 (up to 1st semester, junior year)
Unweighted GPA: 3.86
Weighted GPA: 4.14
Rank: (for 1st semester junior year, 6/167 - top 5%)
*I go to a fairly rigorous high school that’s been nationally ranked in the last few years, but I’m not sure if this makes too much of a difference. Also, it has no IB program, so I don’t have those classes available.</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
CR - 770
M - 690
Wr - 770
*I’m taking this test again because of the math section. ><</p>
<p>SAT II Scores
Math II - 740/800 (took it twice)
Bio: 700 (taking this again along with US History and Chem)</p>
<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed):
- associate editor for school newspaper/editor of school literary magazine
- published once in national short story contest
- member of Science Bowl team (captaining next year), officer in Math Club (possibly VP/P next year), secretary of Robotics Club (possibly VP/P next year)
- piano (CM diploma in senior year)/cello (no real awards though, so probably not worth mentioning)
- active in school speech and debate club
- varsity girls’ golf for two years
- volunteer work: Relay for Life (committee chair this year, team captain and participant in previous years), tutoring (both in Math Club and outside school, but less than 100 hours logged so far)
- summers: 9th: Stanford EPGY; 10th: city college classes in Sociology (A), Human Nutrition (A); 11th: planning on taking 2 of 3 (Philosophy, Psychology, Medical Microbiology) as well as doing some medical research</p>
<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
- probably National Merit Semifinalist
- possibly AP Scholar
- a number of awards in debate on the regional level</p>
<p>AP tests I will have completed by the end of high school:
- AP Euro (5)
- taking APUSH (4/5), AP Calc AB (4/5), AP English Language, AP Bio (5), AP Chem (?)
- senior year: AP Government, AP English Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Physics</p>
<p>My record is nowhere near stellar, I know; I also seem scattered when it comes to my ECs. If it helps, I’m interested in going into medicine, but would like to pursue journalism as either a minor or alternate career path. Dream schools include Stanford, Columbia, Harvard, JHU, and UCSD or USC Med (none of them are happening), but I’m also planning on applying to UCB (obviously, since I’m here), UCLA, UCI, UCD, and some smaller privates.</p>
<p>SAT: 2240 (800M)(680CR)(760W)
AP Tests: 4 4 5 5 US, World History, Chemistry, Russian
Senior Year taking AP BC Calculus and Physics C (Expecting 5 on both, easy subjects for me unlike History =/)
GPA 97.51 (upward trend, freshman year is bringing it down)
Subject Tests : Math II (800) Chemistry (800) Physics (800) World History (710)</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars
7 years of swimming
4 years of JSA club, constant involvement
Over 300 hours volunteering at a retirement home helping people learn to use computers
Two summers spent working (for free lol) at a hospital in Israel
One year of Varsity Tennis and I have been playing tennis outside of school for about 5 years</p>
<p>Took a college level statistics course and got a 4.0 GPA in it</p>
<p>My dream school is MIT (haha) but I realize that I don’t have anything amazing in my application like Intel finalist or AIME.</p>
<p>I would like to go to a mathematics-oriented school so if you know any that can fit my stats please tell me!
I will chance back</p>
<p>Also NHS. I feel as if I am forgetting some things that could further benefit me</p>
<p>@ Blizza: I like your chances; your numbers are definitely strong. However, I can definitely tell you that math at Berkeley is exceptional. Easily in the top 10, if not top 5 in the nation.</p>
<p>Oops I just copied and pasted my post from my chances thread. I know Berkeley is an amazing math school and I’d love to go there.</p>
<p>IN-STATE RESIDENT</p>
<p>Major- Undeclared L+S, anyone want to recommend as easy major that can increase my chances of acceptance?</p>
<p>SAT: N/A
SAT II: 700 Math 2, 700 U.S History (retaking in June)
ACT: 32= 2160 SAT according to UC translation scale (retaking in Sept., October, and December im just hoping for the best score i can get)
GPA (i Know its very under average): 3.5 UW, 3.9 W, 3.6 UC, I have taken 11 AP/H Classes and a total of 44 A-G Classes (i think i get extra points for taking more than 35 is this right?
Rank: Top 10% out of 750+
Other Tests: 3 AP Chem, 3 AP English Lauguage, 3 AP Psychology, 3 AP U.S. History</p>
<p>Senior courses
- AP Biology
- AP Calculus BC
- AP English Lit.
- Goverment/Economics
- Drama 2
- Sport</p>
<p>Essays: (i kind of integrated the 4 topics below into my two essays)
- when i was a freshman my parents got in an accident and i had to start taking care of my whole family. what i mean is that my chores got tripled, i needed to help my parents move through the house, and i had to walk my bro to school before i went. My school and his school are in 2 opposte directions. i also had to deal with my parent’s depression taking care of my brother for hours at time because they were at the psychiatrist
- i also wrote about how the envioronment i grew up in has shaped me to be a strong perservering leader and how people see me as a leader not because of my large frame ( i am 6’4) but because of the attidude i have when i am in the room.
- how my parents accident coupled with my volunteering at the hospital and retirement has changed my outlook on life and how i found my true calling which is medicine because God has blessed me with intelligence and lots of empathy towards the needy and weak.
- i also included in my essay a great quote from one of a famous surgeon (i am drawing a blank on his name right now) but it said " i was never the smartest in med school, but what i lacked in ability i made up with through discipline." i think this quote really applies to me and i explained why. </p>
<p>Hook: Family Accident as mentioned in Personal Statement</p>
<p>Location: CA</p>
<p>High School Type: Low Tier Public School</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Other Asian (More Specifically Arabic)</p>
<p>Gender: MALE</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Volunteer:
- 200 hr. at local hospital
- 100 hr. Retirement home</p>
<p>Clubs/Sports:
- 4 year NHS (President 2009)
- 4 year CSF
- 4 year MESA
- 4 year track and field (Captain, 4 year varsity, and 2 time defending league champ.)
- 4 Year Knowledge Bowl</p>
<p>Awards:
- AP Scholar
- 2008 and 2009 League Champion
- 2008 most improved thrower
- 2008 and 2009 League Champion </p>
<p>Work:
- Paid tutor for my school’s after school homework center (4 hours a week)</p>
<p>My Grade progression is high school. This only shows core classes and Spanish 1,2,3, health, and geography all GPA is UC Scale but the Gpa at the beginning of my thread is just 10+11th grade</p>
<p>freshman year- 4 A’s, 8 B’s (3 honors courses)= 3.33/3.33
sopomore year- 3 A’s, 6 B’s, 1 C (3 honors courses)= 3.2/3.2
junior year- 8 A’s, 4 B’s, 2 C’s (4 AP and 1 honors)= 3.66/4.00</p>
<p>IS THIS A GOOD ENOUGH IMPROVEMENT THAT THE UC’S LIKE IN AN APPLICANT OR IS A .4 IMPROVEMENT TOO LITTLE?</p>
<p>what sucks is that all the honors classes i took freshman and sopomore year hurt me not help me because none of them are UC approved Ex. Algebra 2H, English 2H,…etc.</p>
<p>Hey, I’m a junior and I will be applying next fall out of state and I just wanted to gauge my chances. For AP tests, I am going to make some fair estimates based on practice tests.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.86
SAT: 2180. Math: 750, Writing 720, Critical reading: 710
SAT IIs: Math 2: 780, Physics: 800, US History: 610
ACT: 31
AP Classes: Chemistry: 3
Physics B: 4/5 (not sure as of yet)
Calculus AB: 5
English Lang: 4
Biology: 4
APUSH: 4</p>
<p>Senior schedule
Calc BC
Physics C (ind. study)
AP Lit
AP Euro
Jazz Band
AP Spanish</p>
<p>Awards, activities, volunteering, etc…
-Varsity cross country since freshman year, qualified for state this year
-Varsity tennis for 2 years and Track for 1 year
-Co founded a national science competition for elementary schoolers and middle schoolers to raise money for scholarships for children in India.
-1st place in category of biochemistry, and best of fair; qualified for ISEF.
-Paid internship at mayo clinic breast cancer vaccine lab.</p>
<p>Definitely going to apply to arts and sciences for astronomy/astrophysics.
If I’m missing something major that is a big part of the decisions process for UCs, please let me know…I THINK I covered everything. Thanks!!</p>
<p>First time with a chances thread. Some of the stuff is projected and hasn’t actually happened yet but whatever. How do I look?</p>
<p>UC GPA 4.14
Unweighted GPA 3.9
Weighted GPA 4.14</p>
<p>California Resident. White, male.</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
R - 650
M - 750
W - 680
(That’s 2080 total, but I expect to raise that to 2150+ because I didn’t study when I took it the first time)</p>
<p>ACT scores
32</p>
<p>SAT II Scores
World History - 790
(I’m taking Math II and Physics soon)</p>
<p>Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
Letters and Science, undeclared.</p>
<p>List a few of your most important ECs
Student Government (1yr)
NHS (3yrs, one year as officer)
CSF (3 yrs)
Co-founder and VP for Club HERO (raise money for kids in Africa) (2 yrs)
Co-founder and Secretary for Business Casual Friday Club (2 yrs) (Kind of a joke but we took it seriously lol)</p>
<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
meh</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.56
Unweighted GPA: 3.75-3.8
Weighted GPA: ~4.62</p>
<p>OOS</p>
<p>ACT score - 33</p>
<p>SAT II Scores
-US History: 760
-Biology M: 800
World History :780</p>
<p>AP’s:</p>
<p>-World History
-Stats
-English Lang & Comp.
-U.S. History
-Government and politics
-English Lit & Comp (Senior year)
- biology
-Human Geography
-Art History
european History
chemistry</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)
-on the board that helps draft the health class curricula
-varsity wrestling
-NHS
-Science National Hornors Society
Mock Trial team
debate team
model UN
newspaper
student government</p>
<p>What are my chances? thanks</p>
<p>Is anyone responding to these anymore? Well, here goes:</p>
<p>UC GPA: (not sure about this one, because they only give credit for 8 semesters of AP/Honors classes… and I’ve taken way more than 8, so it actually brings the GPA down)
UW GPA: 3.92
W GPA: 4.25</p>
<p>CA resident (nor cal)
SAT Reasoning: 2170 (retaking in October, shooting for 2250) Math 740, Writing 760, Reading 670
SAT2: 780 Math II, 760 Lit, 790 Chem</p>
<p>Pre-med
ECs:
Model UN club president (2yrs), CSF (2yrs), Link Crew (2yrs), principal violinist for rchestra (4 yrs), principal pianist for Jazz All-Stars (3yrs), school musical (3 yrs)</p>
<p>Community service at hospital, library, convalescent center. Tutored math for 2 years. </p>
<p>Gold medalist at annual IT StRUT competition, delegate for Girls State 2010, summer internship at a biotech company, figure skating gold medalist at Tri-valley competitions, first place at Nexstar Dance Competition.</p>
<p>Rigorous senior course (5 AP classes)</p>
<p>I was born in Canada, and I’m a chinese female.
Would writing my personal statement about my mom (she can’t move her tongue, she’s deaf, doesn’t speak English, and survived cancer and several major surgeries and has been a huge influence on me/who I am) and how she inspires me be a good idea? I’ve read that colleges don’t dig “dead grandmother” stories-- I’m just trying to show them more about me.</p>
<p>I’m also hoping for UCLA, Stanford (a stretch? eh), or even Davis/Irvine if I can’t get into Cal… any feedback would be appreciated! thanks. :)</p>
<p>You should be in at Davis/Irvine easy, most likely in at UCLA/Cal, but Stanford might be more of a reach.</p>
<p>Hi guys, seems like no one has been doing these so I’ll try to pick up the slack. Feel free to PM me if you don’t get responses after a while.</p>
<p>Also, we’re all just speculating here, no one really knows what your chances are. Whatever happens happens, so don’t stress too much.</p>
<p>aliceliu: good GPA, nice scores, good ECs, I’d say a 70-80% chance, getting a better SAT score will help you more. As for the essay: try to focus on how it’s impacted you and shaped you as a person, not just a sob story.</p>
<p>davidoga: I PMed you.</p>
<p>ClubSanwichGuy: good GPA, SAT score could be a little higher, ACT score is solid, ECs are okay, have you taken APs? I’d say about 50% chance.</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.25
Unweighted GPA: 3.88
Weighted GPA: 4.53
Rank: 14
California Resident</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
Don’t remember exact score for each section, but 2000 overall, i’m planning to take it again and hopefully get a 2150+
SAT II Scores
650 Chem
650 US History
610 Biology M
I really need help in this area. No matter how hard I try I’m unable to get out of the 600 range.</p>
<p>Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
Bioengineering!</p>
<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
French Club President, Club Greenlight VP
Link Crew Leader/ASB Commissioner
Odissi Dancer for 10 years
Sangeet Bharati Singer
350+ hours community service</p>
<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
President’s Award
Principal’s Honor Roll
I have won many awards for dance and singing but there aren’t any prominent ones.</p>
<p>Other UCs I’m looking at are UCD</p>
<p>^ For BioE I give you a 50/50. Try to do better in the SAT area and you should have a good shot.</p>
<p>I am a junior at a top public high school in Indiana and I am looking to get into Penn (along with Cornell are my two “reach” schools).</p>
<p>SATI: 2200
ACT: 33
SAT II: 750 Math II, 700 Physics, 730 Literature
GPA: 3.92 uw, 4.52 w
AP World - 4, AP US - 4, AP Calc AB - 5, AP Gov - 4, AP Lit - 5, will have four more AP’s by end of senior year
Class Rank: Top 8% of class, very competitive haha.
EC’s
Tennis 9-11
Speech 9-12, Treasurer in 11th, President in 12th (i know this for a fact)
State Qualifier, NFL Distinction
Summer Job after tenth grade
Volunteering – 120+ hrs
IJCL competitor (state latin competition) – placed in 5 events
State DECA competition 11th and 12th grades
11th – 6th in event
National Honors Society
National Merit Commended, Maybe Semifinalist.
Student Government – Committee chair for school activities week
Helped Run Blood Drive</p>
<p>i will be applying to the engineering schools at each of these universities. UPenn, Cornell, UMich, Northwestern, Purdue, Pitt.</p>