UC Berkeley Chance Thread Class of 2020

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Unweighted GPA 3.8
Weighted GPA 4.0 ~ (will be higher at the end of next semester)

California Resident

SAT Reasoning Scores (by section)
Math 660
CR 700
Writing 720

ACT scores (highest)
Comp 33
English 36
Reading 36
Math 29
Science 33
Writing 31

Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
Engineering (Biomedical or Electrical)

List a few of your most important ECs (a list of 20+ items is not needed)
Marching Band (Section Leader/in charge of social media 2 years)
Jazz Band (Lead saxophone/in charge of social media 1 year)
Academic Talent Search participation through middle school and freshman year
Academic Decathlon (highest scoring alternate regional, most work completed (in club), likely a member of competing team this year)
CSF/Key Club Member
Not an EC, but I skipped a year (7th grade)

APs
World 4
Bio 3
USH 5 (self study)
Lang 5
Lit
Environmental
Microecon
Macroeconomic
Calc AB

Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field

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Unweighted gpa: 3.3
weighted gpa: 3.58
UC GPA: 3.78

sat - 2100
740m
630cr
730wr

math2 - 800
physics - 790

out of state( New Jersey)

Ap classes taken

AP Calculus AB- (junior)
AP computer science- (junior)
AP physics c- (senior)
multi-variable calculus- (senior)
advanced topics in AP computer science- (senior)

in my school, they allow you to jump from AP Calculus ab to multi at your own discretion

extracurriculars:

developed 2 Iphone applications
Software internship during summer after junior year( developed an Iphone app that over 300 doctors use)
4 years track and field(3 JV, 1 V)
2 years cross country(1 JV, 1 V)
Tutoring during junior and half of senior year

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UC GPA: 3.88
Unweighted GPA: 3.64
Weighted GPA: 3.72
( I know this is pretty low :\ )

International // US Citizen

Courses: Most Rigorous (IB diploma)
11th & 12th grade: HL Chemistry, HL Biology, HL English, SL Math, SL French, SL History, IB Theory of Knowledge

ACT Composite: 33
SAT Subject Tests: Bio & Math 2 taking in November

Which college are you applying to? Letters & Science

ECs:

  • Swim team for all 4 years, JV in 9-10th, Varsity in 11-12th, Varsity captain this year
  • Leader & dedicated member of service club where we educate underprivileged children (4 years)
  • Created several educational videos in 2 languages and distributed to underprivileged children NGOs
  • Attended climate reality training conference led by Al Gore
  • Helped raise over $4000 to help rebuild a school broken down in floods
  • Taught children swimming and swim skills (paid, 3 years)
  • American Red Cross Lifeguard
  • Community service: club where we interact with children and teach them computer, art, etc (2 years)
  • School newspaper 2 years, school yearbook 2 years
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is any1 actually getting chanced here?

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UC GPA: I’m not sure, OOS (mostly A’s though, and two B’s freshman year)
Unweighted GPA: ~3.7/8 (my school doesn’t give unweighted, calculated myself)
Weighted GPA: 4.02

Out-Of-State (NJ)

ACT scores: 36 (E 36 M 35 R 35 S 36 W 26 {new writing section from Sep. 2015})
SAT II Scores: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 730 Bio E (idk if i sent this to them tho)

Which college are you applying to? Letters and Science

List a few of your most important ECs (a list of 20+ items is not needed)
JV Debater and Judge 9th and 10th
V Debater 11th and 12th
Newspaper writer 9th-12th
Literary Mag. Poetry Editor 11th, Editor in Chief 12th (staff member since 10th)
National Honor Society
volunteering in major hospitals, observership w/ a doc
work with town Environmental Commission
Independent Research Proj. (w/ school faculty, no research program at my school)
worked at a tutoring center 10th and 11th

Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
National Spanish Exam Honorable Mention 3 years running
PSAT Commended Scholar
i think that’s it…
I would appreciate any feedback!

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Anyone else get Berkeley’s email saying that they want a letter of rec?

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Yes I got an email today! Do they send it to everyone or people on the fence?

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How soon after you submitted your application did you receive the request for recs?

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@tigerbookmark I got the request today around 10am EST. I submitted my app on Saturday.

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@Iamsixtyone Thanks. I haven’t submitted my application yet, but will do so tonight or tomorrow.

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I got one 5 days after

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“Berkeley retreated partly for this fall and probably will invite letters from just 20% or so of this year’s applicants, mainly those whose prospects are between certain acceptance and rejection, according to Papadopoulos, a mechanical engineering professor”–got this from an article. Does it mean that letters of recs from berkeley are given to students who fall in the middle range?

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UC W GPA: 4.22
UC UW GPA: 3.93
HS Weighted GPA: 4.247

California Resident, Out-Of-State, or International: CA Resident

SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT scores: 770 CR, 740 Math, 760 Writing (superscored:770 780 760)
SAT II Scores: Math II 800, Bio M 730 (retaking next week)
ACT: 35 Composite (36 English, 34 M, 34 R, 34 S)
APs: 5 Calc BC, 5 APUSH, 4 APCS, 4 APEURO, 4 APLang

Taking Advanced Computer Programming: Data Structures and Linear Algebra this year (each are 1 semester)

Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.): Letters and Science CS

List a few of your most important ECs (a list of 20+ items is not needed):
2nd degree black belt in Taekwondo, went to tons of tournaments, assisted classes 3 days/week as member of Special Team of Role Models, on Demo Team, and much more
Secretary/Treasurer of Interact, which I’ve been in for all 4 years
Treasurer of Healing Humanity
Secretary of Investment Club
3 month internship at JibaSoft Inc. (a startup) as a tester of their software
Played on school basketball team in 10th and 11th, was starter/co-captain in 11th
National Merit Commended Scholar
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Youth Leadership Forum: Medicine (summer after 10th grade)
Went to Punjabi school at temple for 6 years

Thank you!

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UC GPA : 4.32

Unweighted GPA: 4.0

Weighted GPA: 4.55

California Resident, Out-Of-State, or International: Out of State (Virginia)

SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT scores: 2290 (780- CR, 760- Math, 750-Writing)

SAT II Scores: 770-Math II, 730-Chemistry

AP’s: AP World History, AP BC Calculus, AP Lang, AP Chemistry
Senior Courseload: AP Biology, AP Physics-C, AP Lit, AP French, Multivariable Calculus (taken as a course at UIUC)

Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
College of Chemistry (Chemical Engineering)

List a few of your most important ECs (a list of 20+ items is not needed)

-International Collaboration Research Project with a high school in South Korea (it was on properties of nanoparticles)
-Internship at a chemistry lab at a university in South Korea
-Internship at a Technology solutions company for marketing research
-Leader of a STEM club that focuses on teaching elementary school students on research, coding, cryptography, etc. and entering them into Math Olympiads (some won medals!)
-Q?rius volunteer at National Museum of Natural History
-Principal cellist at orchestra (outside of school)
-Officer of Science National Honor Society
-Picked to be House of Rep. for VA Girlsstate
-President of French Club

Can someone Chance me please?

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All of the students on this thread should not fret. Although getting into Cal is a total crap shoot there is always hope. My daughter received a spring admission with a 4.3 GPA weighted, 3.9 unweighted, and an SAT score of 1680. Lots of extra curriculars including many awards for her given activity. I read somewhere the “key” is to have an impact on your school and community of which she did.

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UC GPA: 4.3
Unweighted GPA: 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.6

California Resident, Out-Of-State, or International: California Resident

SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT scores: Reading: 610, Math: 650, Writing: 710

SAT II Scores: N/A

AP Scores: Calculus AB: 5, Environmental Science: 4, Language and Composition: 3, Calculus BC: 5, US Government and Politics: 3, Biology: 3

Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.): Letters and Science

List a few of your most important ECs (a list of 20+ items is not needed)
Senior Class Secretary
Student Voices Commissioner (Junior Year)
Link Crew Leader (2 years)
California Scholarship Federation Treasurer (1 year)
Golf Team (4 years)
Basketball Team (2 years)

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Hey, so I just applied for the class of 2020 at UC Berkeley. I’m waiting for decision which won’t come out until March 24, 2016. I’m just biting my nails because I am probably on the lower end of their applicants.

UC GPA: i’m still unsure as to how to calculate this
Unweighted: 3.87
Weighted: 4.19

Out of State

SAT: 2070
Reading: 630
Math:800
Writing: 640

ACT: 34
Reading:33
Math: 35
Science: 34
Writing: 33

SAT Subject Tests
Math 1: 800
Math 2: 780
Physics: 740

Applying to Letters and Science, majoring in Physics

2 years of JV tennis
4 years of Varsity debate (did LD, CX, and FX) state qualified for LD twice, CX once, FX once
VP of HOSA junior year, President of HOSA senior year, placed 3rd in state in biomedical debate
NHS
Mu Alpha Theta
Both worked and volunteered as a math tutor at Kumon
Private tutor for middle school debate students

Number of AP classes per year:
Freshman 1 (Human Geography),
Sophomore 1 (World History),
Junior 5 (Physics 1, Biology, English Language, Stats, US History) ,
Senior 7 (Chemistry, Physics C, Calc BC, English Lit, Music Theory, US Gov, Macro)

AP Classes at my school offered but not taken: Art History, Psych, Environment Science, Calc AB, and the 4th year of any language at my school is AP)

Demographics:
Public School in Texas
Male, primarily Indian, some African descent
one parent has grad degree, other has bachelors

I don’t know, I’m really hoping I have a chance for Berkeley.
Let me know what you guys think

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Also, I just got asked for rec letters and sent them in. Is that a good or bad sign?

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since letter of rec can only be submitted “electronically”, does that mean it is okay to submit them through naviance?

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Chance Please

In state

Major: Business Administration.
Major GPA: 4.0 UC Transfer GPA: 3.91
Major Prep: Finishing Major Prep Spring 2016 (Macro/Managerial Acct/Intro Business/Calc2)
IGETC: Finished Fall 2015
7 Course Breadth: 5 Done. Completing Philosophy and International Studies Summer 2016

CS/ECs/Honors: Chem Undergraduate Research UCI - School Volleyball - PTK - Microbrewery Club - Volunteer at a boarding care facility for Alzheimers patients. - Deans List

Job: run import export company based out of Japan and US

First Gen College student
Chicano

Note: I have a lot of science EC - I used to be a Chem Major and got accepted to 4 UC last year - UCI/UCSD/UCSB/UCD (Brewing Science Program).

Applied 2016 UCLA (BUS ECON)-UCB (BUS ADM)-UCSD (ECON)-UCI (BUS ADM)