UC Berkeley chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I plan on majoring in computer science</p>

<p>Background:</p>

<p>I am hispanic.</p>

<p>My parents got divorced when i was 8 years old and ever since then I have had to change schools and states every 6 months (should i write about this in my essays?). So i have moved around A LOT during highschool and it was fine freshman year, but sophomore year it was not. For the first semester of sophomore year i went to a block schedule school. The second semester i went to a 6 period school. Since i moved halfway through the year, i was forced to take only semester classes.
Here are my schedules:</p>

<p>Freshman:
1. World history
2. Spanish 1
3. English 9
4. Double honors alg2/trig
5. PE
6. Physical science</p>

<p>1st semester soph (block schedule)-
Pre ap english
Writing/art
Honors geometry
Spanish 2</p>

<p>Second semester soph-
Art
Personal finance
Food and nutrition
Business management
Team sports
Basketball
(I also took a biology class online)</p>

<p>Junior year:
1. CHS pre calc
2. AP language
3. AP statistics
4. AP US History
5. Spanish 3
6. Physics</p>

<p>Senior year:
1. AP Calc AB
2. AP english 12
3. AP european history
4. AP Spanish 450
5. AP physics
6. Contemporary national/world issues (required course)</p>

<p>Will my weak second semester classes during my sophomore year look bad on college applications?</p>

<p>GPA:
UW- 3.94
W- 4.33</p>

<p>ACT- 35C, 36E, 36M, 32R, 36S</p>

<p>AP classes with scores:
Junior year:
Statistics- 5
Language and comp- 5
APUSH- 5</p>

<p>Senior year:
AP Calc AB - ?
AP english 12 - ?
AP european history - ?
AP Spanish 450 - ?
AP physics - ?</p>

<p>SAT 1 - 800M, 770W, 760CR
Total- 2330</p>

<p>SAT subject tests:
Math 1- 800
Math 2- 800
Physics- 800
Biology- 800
US history- 790
World history- 780
Spanish- 780
Literature- 770</p>

<p>Ec's:
Varsity Basketball (2 years)
Varsity Football (2 years)
200+ hours community service
Paid Kumon tutor
FBLA (2 years)
Going to Attend national leadership conference in june<br>
President of Math club (2 years)
Key club (2 years)
NHS (2 years)
Basketball summer camp (2 years)
USAMO
USPHO
Plan to be a National merit finalist
Plan to be a National hispanic scholar
Business Week (2 years)
I'm fluent in three languages:
English- first language
I taught myself french
I learned spanish from school and self-taught</p>

<p>I also started an ACT prep business that earns me about $6,000/year</p>

<p>I also run a smaller online business that generates about $1500 in revenue anually</p>

<p>What are my chances of getting into UC Berkeley?
Which parts of my application are solid and which parts should i work on?
Any advice is greatly appreciated</p>

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<p>Berkeley: Match
Stanford: Reach
CMU: Reach</p>

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<p>I agree with Catria, but I’d say CMU is also a Match. Stanford is a reach for everyone. It’ll really depend on your essay.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1642942-chance-me-for-ut-austin-georgia-tech-cmu-stanford-uc-berkley.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1642942-chance-me-for-ut-austin-georgia-tech-cmu-stanford-uc-berkley.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>CMU wouldn’t be a reach if it wasn’t for CS…</p>

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<p>UCB - High match
CMU - High match/low reach
Stanford - Reach</p>

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<p>UCB - High match
CMU - High match/low reach
Stanford - Reach but trust me you have a chance especially as a URM, with USAMO and USAPHO.</p>

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<p>None of those schools are matches, especially as a CS major. I expect that you’ll get into Berkeley, but CMU and Stanford will also depend on the strength of your essays. However you have a lot going for you (URM, high GPA, test scores, decent ECs) so I wouldn’t be surprised if you got into all of these schools. </p>

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<p>I would be very, very surprised if you didn’t get into Berkeley. CMU is a match and Stanford is a reach (obviously for everyone) but you have a chance.</p>

<p>Chance back <a href=“http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1643775-chance-me-for-columbia-ed-rice-florida-wake-forest.html#latest”>http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1643775-chance-me-for-columbia-ed-rice-florida-wake-forest.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I agree with saif235 completely. None of them are matches for CS but I expect you’ll to get into Berkeley. CMU CS and Stanford have abysmal acceptance rates, but you stand a chance if you can write amazing essays. The people who are telling you that CMU is a match for CS are most likely just looking at the overall acceptance rate of the school and basing their decision off of that. However, the School of Computer Science at CMU has a much lower acceptance rate. Good luck!</p>

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<p>This guy might be ■■■■■■■■. <a href=“http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/AMC/usamo/2014_USAMO_Qualifiers.pdf”>http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/AMC/usamo/2014_USAMO_Qualifiers.pdf&lt;/a&gt; . Could you please provide us with a state( to confirm that ur not ■■■■■■■■).
A basic overview of this list does not have common hispanic names. <a href=“Most Common Hispanic Last Names in the United States”>http://names.mongabay.com/data/hispanic.html&lt;/a&gt;.
<a href=“http://www.aapt.org/physicsteam/2014/upload/2014-Corrected-Semi-Finalists-3-27-2014.pdf”>http://www.aapt.org/physicsteam/2014/upload/2014-Corrected-Semi-Finalists-3-27-2014.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@wcao9311‌ You’re stupid. As simple as that.
Not every single hispanic person has a hispanic name. Why the hell should he tell you where he lives as well as his name. You may as well install a camera in his shower.</p>

<p>Anyways. I’d say Berkeley is a match for you. You even seem a bit above average (amazing SAT 1 and SAT 2) in every aspect. I wouldn’t be too surprised if you got into Stanford either!</p>

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<p>@bluberaptor‌
:)</p>

<p>You can not identify someone who is trolling by the assumption of their name. </p>

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<p>Wow. You have a merely perfect app. Just three tips for applications. </p>

<p>1.) express you’re a minority. It’ll help. </p>

<p>2.) make sure to accentuate that you are a person who does EC’s like basketball. Make it sound like bball is hugeeee to you because you have to have more than just academics for the three schools you’re looking at. </p>

<p>3.) focus a lot on essays. They are way more important than people give them credit for!</p>

<p>GOOD LUCK !!!</p>

<p>Chance back…
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1643813-duke-ed-chances.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1643813-duke-ed-chances.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@bluberaptor What’s why there’s a maybe, because there are few hispanics that make USAMO.</p>

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<p>@wannabefeynman‌ that would be true, if he wasn’t say 100% hispanic , otherwise you could simply check the list of names.</p>

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<p>Thank you guys so much for the advice. </p>

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<p>UCB: high match/
CMU: high match/low reach
Stanford reach
@austin23 answer my question?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1644193-suggest-colleges-for-me.html?new=1”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1644193-suggest-colleges-for-me.html?new=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You have a very solid chance at getting into Cal. Your test scores are incredible. Your ECs show that you are well-rounded. UCB is a match for you. Good luck!
chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1644843-chance-a-dorothy-who-wants-to-go-to-the-coasts-will-chance-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1644843-chance-a-dorothy-who-wants-to-go-to-the-coasts-will-chance-back.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;