<p>I have posted this before, but I will post it again.</p>
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Honestly, these threads just do not work. Take it from someone who’s a senior right now. These examples that I will provide a little later on in this post are students who are in full I.B., and they got rejected to many UC’s. Example 1: my friend who got one B in the history of her high school career, and a 32 on the ACT got rejected to UCLA, Berkeley, & UC San Diego. Example 2: this guy in my class who is ranked #7 in my class (which would mean straight A’s, and he got a 2240 on the SAT, got rejected to LA & Berkeley (but he did get accepted to San Diego though).</p>
<p>I am not trying to scare you, but what I am trying to tell you is that it just doesn’t depend on grades and test scores anymore. Colleges look at more than just the two aforementioned things. For example, they look at volunteer work, if you have had a job, your extracurricular activities, any honors/awards, your family background (if you’re a 1st generation, your family’s financial situation, etc.), and your personal statements (if you have had any hardships, etc…make sure you make your personal statements the best pieces of writing you have ever done, because they do count A LOT). <em>You don’t have to have ALL of the things that I just mentioned, but you need to show variety, and have a very colorful resume.</em></p>
<p>Now I am not saying that you won’t get in if you have a 4.0 unweighted GPA, and a 2400 SAT score, but what I am trying to say is that NO ONE can tell you for sure that you’re in or you are not in (just based on test scores and grades).</p>
<p>Even my college counselor was SHOCKED that people from my school were being rejected to San Diego, Berkeley, LA, Santa Barbara, etc. She looked at the students GPA & test scores and she thought they would be in, and when they got their letter, they were utterly disappointed.</p>
<p>So rather than wasting your time waiting for replies in this thread (don’t take that the wrong way…I mean it in the nicest way possible ), go volunteer or go join a sport to boost your resume. </p>
<p><em>Sign up for a summer program too!</em>
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<p>*I posted a Chance Me thread in the Berkeley forum, and everyone thought I had no chance whatsoever. However, I was admitted. I wrote good essays, had a lot of volunteer hours, was in the I.B. program, and came from a disadvantaged background. I was ELC (top 4%) too, but my test scores were not that great. Because of my test scores, everyone thought I had no chance to get into Berkeley.</p>
<p>congrats Babyblue. though what were your stats?</p>
<p>Chances threads are pretty pointless and primarily serve as a way for ancy applicants to get reinforcement. A far better method of determining one's "chances" is to look at the published stats of accepted students or surf the old threads to find CC members that were accepted.</p>
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<p>26 ACT & 3.9 UNweighted GPA</p>
<p>By the way, another example is: my friend who got accepted to **UPENN * was rejected by UCLA. Now that should tell you something...</p>