Hey Guys:) I’m currently enrolled in a normal public high school in California and I am a junior this year, which means I’m gonna apply for the college in the coming fall semester. I’m planning to apply for UCB (STEM Majors, specifically), however, I don’t know if there is a chance for me to go there. I asked my counselor and he said that my case was pretty rare in this school and he’s not sure about it, too.
I had my tenth grade in China. Then, I came to America last summer and this year is the first year for me to attend in a school in the US. And as I’m a new student, my counselor didn’t give me a lot of honored courses. Therefore, I got Regular English, PE, AP Calc AB, Regular Chemistry, Intro Art and Regular US History. Among these classes, I got a B in English and A in all other classes. This semester I switched Regular Chem to Honors Chem.
Therefore, I will have an weighted GPA of 4.1 (and 3.8 non-weighted) by the end of junior year. My class rank should be 50-70 out of 450.
I took the new SAT and got 600 on English and 790 on Maths.
I took the SAT Subject and got 800 on Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.
My counselor looked at my SAT score and said that if I kept on track it would be promising for me to get in to UC.
However, since UC Berkeley is one of the most selective universities in this nation, I’m still not confident about it. Is there a chance for me to get into UC Berkeley?
If not, what about UCLA and UC San Diego?
I wish someone could help me, thank you!