UC BERKELEY AND UCLA CHANCE ME PLEASE and others...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey Guys, I am currently a Junior who is attending a public school in Canada. I moved from an international school in a different country in the middle of my 10th grade year.

SAT Reasoning: R-630 M-740 W-670 (Total 2040) I will take it again in May for at least 2150.
SAT 2: Math 2c-790 Korean W listening(800) Chinese with listening-640(Took it in sophomore and non native), Will take Chem in October and probably 750+

GPA: UW 93/100% (our school doesnt calculate GPA)
W: Don’t know. But I take full IB Diploma courses.

Extras:
-Founder of Red Cross Youth at my old school. Was a very big club.
-Varsity Tennis(4 years straight. 2 years at my old school and 2 years here)
-MUN(2 years at my old school)
-Forensics Club(2 years at my old school and was the founder)
-Achievement Club(11th grade and will next year at this school)
-Refugee Organization(A huge club that I founded at this new school supported by well known organizations. It will probably be a really big factor of my activities)
-Volunteering at the hospital(60hrs)

Awards:
-Harvard Forensics Tournament (1st Place in Oratory in International)

Summer Activities:
-In 10-11th grade summer, I went to volunteer in Phillipines with doctors and dentists and helped over 1000 patients. Probably what my personal essay is going to be about.
-11-12th grade summer, I’m planning to go to another missions trip with doctors and dentists.

-BTW, my future goal is to become a orthodontist.

11th grade course load(IB Diploma) + predicted
-Chem HL (5-6)
-Bio HL (7)
-English Lit HL(6)
-Math SL(7)
-Geography SL(7)
-Mandarin B SL(5-6)
-TOK+EE(3)
=Around 41/45

12 grade course:Same as 11th grade

College Apps:
-UC Berkeley(Letters&Science)
-UCLA(Biochemistry)
-USC
-Case Western Reserve
-Cornell CAS (ED…any chances if I get around 2150 SAT?)
-NYU
-U Mich
-Tufts
-Duke

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Please help…Will Chance Back!

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Are you Korean? Then you can’t take Korean SAT II. SAT is low but if you can get it to 2150 it’ll be fine(2200+ optimal). ECs are good, award is very impressive.

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ECs are good, also your IB predicted grades plus GPA are great. I think you’ve a fine chance.

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@qpqpqp well it’s kind of complicated. I am ethnically Korean but both my parents are Canadian citizens and I am also Canadian citizen. Will taking the SAT Korean matter?

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it doesn’t really matter

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UC’s are full fees, can you afford the fees?

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Yes, I can afford the fees.

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Your SAT isn’t high enough for Berkeley and LA.

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UC Berkeley-reach
-UCLA(Biochemistry)-reach
-USC: low reach.
-Case Western Reserve: match?
–NYU-match
-U Mich-reach
-Tufts-low reach
-Duke-reach

About your SAT II Korean, it depends. If your 1st language isn’t Korean then that’s totally fine but if not, it may give some minor disadvantage, but hey…everything is harder for int. students. You don’t want anything that may lower your chance, do you?

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Hey, thanks for replying to my thread. I’m sorry, I’m not very familiar with the Canadian education system and IB. Your SAT score is around the average for UC Berkeley (I live about 30 minutes away from there, it’s a beautiful campus by the way!). If you could get it a bit higher, 2100-2200 or more, that would be great. Your EC’s are great too.

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Bump

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I think you have a great chance! Your SAT is average by UC standards, but you stand out in every other way.