<p>I'm a student at first year at CC trying to figure out what exactly could improve my chances to get into Berkeley (HAAS specifically). I'm in the honors program for my CC. I didn't apply to any schools in high school, and my SAT's are pretty low. I have 600+ hours though in community service and I'm a staff member of a non-profit organization that runs large festivals in San Diego for the poor in other countries. I currently got hired as an intern at the sheriff's department to work on computers for them (trying to major in business with an emphasis on informations systems). </p>
<p>Is there any advice that any of you guys could give me to help me get into Berkeley?</p>
<p>lol those community service hours wont help you. the internship you have is quite interesting but I dont see how it helps either. What you could do is become a leader in a club or student government.</p>
<p>Do Honors, Get Good grades, Keep Your GPA as high as you can, Hope your major isn’t impacted, write a great personal statement, and pray to get in.</p>
<p>@ Investment …uhh to me 600 hours of helping out at a non profit orginization looks a lot more impressive than becoming a leader at a club at your local community college. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>Everything you’ve done in high school is now useless or vanished. Only thing that counts now is CC stuff.</p>
<p>Haas actually isn’t that bad. Though it says 6% admit rate, 66% of applicants were automatically rejected for not completing the 6 or 7 course breadth, so that translates into a 25% admit rate.</p>
<p>However, Berk is removing the 7 course breadth so it’s probably going to get a lot more competitive. Follow BerkeleyOrBust’s advice as well as be a club leader and find some internships that’s more relevant to business in particular.</p>