<p>Omgawsh i cant believe it i got into uc berkeley with an 1880 on my SATS!!!!!!!! SCREW UCLA! I'm going to berkeley!!!!!</p>
<p>UC Berkeley is great about looking at the entire person not just test scores. Congrats! I am sure they saw something in you as an individual that did not add up with your SAT’s</p>
<p>Thank you vociferous ^^</p>
<p>lol i wasted so much time on my ucla appeal lol</p>
<p>Add to your appeal “oh and I got into Cal”.</p>
<p>in-state or out of state?</p>
<p>I got into Stanford with a 1750, no ECs, and < 3.0 GPA. Anything is possible.</p>
<p>I call bull$hit on both of you. Honestly, how can you score so low on sat and yet get into top programs. Is your uncle the president of the institution?</p>
<p>I was kidding about mine. But you can get into good places without stellar stats.</p>
<p>There has to be something else that you have, though. Whether it be a stellar personality or an excess of $$. You don’t “just get in” with ****ty stats (and btw OP your stats, in the scheme of things are pretty good. Maybe sub par for the schools in context…).</p>
<p>Congratulations, btw. :0</p>
<p>I think your admissions is not atypical though. the SAT 25th percentile of Berkeley students is 1810 according to collegeboard.</p>
<p>a lot of them are athletes lol</p>
<p>By a lot there could be a few hundred? Berkeley has over 25, 000 undergrads.</p>
<p>Oh well heres my full stats because you know sats shouldnt be the only thing that measures a person:</p>
<p>unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted : 4.4
Rank: 1/854
School: Diamond Bar High ( competitive high school)
Sat I: 1880 Essay 11/12 <---- Only thing you dont have to study for! Cant remember math, critical reading, verbal
SAT II: 700 u.s. bio 640 lit 630
Classes: English I H,Chemistry H,AP European History,English II H,Korean II H,AP Biology,AP U.S. History,English III H,Korean III H,AP Art History( senior class),AP Calc I( senior class),AP Literature ( senior class)
Passed my APS, well not sure about this years.</p>
<p>BTW I am not Korean, so taking Korean was my foreign language</p>
<p>ECS:
Pianist in School Orchestra: 4 years
Leo Club: 3 years, Leo District Treasurer and Leo Club Officer
Key Club: 4 years, Key Club president
Meditation Group since 2004
Been all over the world for Meditation Conventions
Over 500 community service hours</p>
<p>Awards from the city, senate, and congress:
-Lions International Teen Recognition Bronze Medal Award 2007
-Certificate of Congressional Recognition for outstanding work in volunteer 2007
-State of California Senate Certificate of Recognition for promotion a substance-free lifestyle 2007
-Diamond bar City Council Certificate of Recognition for volunteer and leadership efforts 2007
-Orange County Sheriffs Department Certificate of Recognition for dedication and leadership in community 2007
-Diamond Bar High School Student of the Year for Korean I, Korean II Honors, Korean III
-King Sejong ($100) Scholarship from the Foundation for Korean Language and Culture in USA
-Lions Young Leaders in Service Silver Award for doing more than 50 hours of community service 2007</p>
<p>Good Job. :D</p>
<p>I’m not surprised, you seem to be stellar in everything but test scores haha, kind of like me (I got into Cornell with a 28 ACT lol)</p>
<p>Meditation Group since 2004
Been all over the world for Meditation Conventions= Berkeley Bound</p>
<p>THATS IT! It was the Meditation Thingie! Bezerkely LOVES that kind of stuff. Perfect fit.</p>
<p>Congratulations.</p>
<p>Well, some elite and super elite schools don’t weigh SATs as they would GPAs, and probably, ECs. Cal is one of the very known ones that does that. Over at the Cal thread, 8 guys with near perfect to perfect scores have been rejected. If Cal is as “gaga” as some elite privates are about high stats, those guys would have been offered acceptances instantaneously. But it didn’t. </p>
<p>At places like Cal or UCLA, sterling GPAs, high school achievement ranks and impeccable past records and accomplishments which are harder and LONGER to accomplish are weighted heavier than a one time test that only needs a shorter preparation time. At some places, it’s the other way around.</p>