<p>Hi, I am a California Resident, but I go to Davidson College in North Carolina instead of California. I want to transfer to Berkeley so I can be closer to home.</p>
<p>I have a 3.70 GPA at Davidson with 6 A-'s, 1 Passed (Pass/Fail), and 1 Authorized Withdrawal (I have a note from my Counselor validating why I had to withdrawal for personal reasons).</p>
<p>I will be applying for sophomore standing.</p>
<p>I have strong ECs as well, primarily that I took a gap year before coming here and studied at a German University for a year on a government scholarship. As well, all of my other kinds of extracurriculars fall into the same international relations category, which was exemplified by that government scholarship, so I have shown determination/linear progression in that field of study.</p>
<p>I hope to have pretty strong professor recommendations. In terms of my high school standing, I was in 30% of a prestigious private school and have a 2100 SAT score (720 CR, 660M, 720 WR)</p>
<p>My weakest point is probably my highschool transcript which, though still very solid, is just not as excellent as I have been doing since that time.</p>
<p>Though I have just finished my freshmen year, I will be taking a year off to pursue other interests while I apply for sophomore standing at Berkeley with the past year's grades.
Is it easier for Cali CC students to get into Berkeley? I can always just head back and attend one for a while, but I was under the assumption that as an instate student applying with these grades from Davidson my chances would be pretty solid.</p>
<p>I appreciate any comments regarding my chances. Thanks so much!</p>