<p>Tutoring math from 9-12
Clubs: math lab, gay/straight alliance, environmental club, key club, ca scholastic federation (csf), helping hands club, ap student union (which i founded), etc
Plenty of community service (tutoring all of high school as well as a bunch of more conventional community service such as volunteering at a church and hospital, picking up trash, etc)
I'm also a District V commissioner for the Countywide Youth Commission (12th grade only tho)</p>
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<p>really strong ones.</p>
<p>[plus im rank 6 out of 700 students as of right now, and in the ELC if that helps]</p>
<p>Oh, by the way, I applied to major in Physics (and alternate major in mathematics)</p>
<p>Also, what exactly do you mean by "match" and "reach" ? What is "match" considered percentage-wise, and what is reach considered percentage-wise? Also what does "in the running" mean? (im new to this website)</p>
<p>I really appreciate it you guys! I'm very thankful for the responses. I got into UC Irvine yesterday (but it was really not a big deal since the ELC guaranteed me in) but I'm dying to find out about UC Berkeley. I'm TOTALLY going there if I get in. Oh, btw, i only applied to UCLA, Stanford, and MIT because my father forced me to (just so he can brag if i get in). Thanks guys! =)</p>
<p>Are you an Asian? If so, I think your chances at Berkeley may be a bit slim, but if you're hispanic or black I think your chances may be very good :).</p>
<p>Nah. I'm first-generation American and both of my parents are Lebanese (from Lebanon) so I'm officially middle eastern - american but according to the UC that's classified as "white"... lol... so what can you tell me</p>
<p>Well, you have a better chance than an asian with your stats :), but I would have recommended explaining the first generation american stuff to the ad coms, they may have given you some more leniency. As it is, I think you still have a relatively good chance at Berkeley - your stats are pretty solid, as are your ECs.</p>
<p>one thing im confused about concerning GPA. I know that the UC system does not request mid-year grades. Does that mean that all they look at in determining admission is 10-11? And is it true that they look at 11th grade more?</p>
<p>And, looking at numbers from many sources, last year the average GPA was either 4.15 or 4.24, but is this 10-11 or 10-12 ??? And if it is 10-12, then they do not expect a similar GPA 10-11, right? since honors and AP primarily start at the junior year level (or at least in my school district)</p>
<p>I'm a bit concerned about the exclusion of senior grades, since mine bring up my cumulative GPA up quite a bit. Here is my GPA history:</p>
<p>"They banned affirmative action, but they still manage to have racial considerations, its simply under a different name."</p>
<p>Yes, specifically it's called "Comprehensive Review" which is basically backdoor Affirmative Action though the major supporter of it, UCLA, denies it.</p>
<p>It's rather cheap, they can give preference to a student who has overcome hardships. So they can just say "oh, this URM suffers from hardships because of his race" and go easier on him.</p>
<p>Though UCLA's admissions are random as they are. Some people joke that they throw the applications off a building and admit the people whose applications have flown the furthest, lol.</p>
<p>living in CA, i can almost assure you admission into either UCLA or UCB (if not both). the only thing that makes me think twice is the 660 SAT score, but given that you are ELC, have really strong grades (and marked improvement), I think you have better chances than the vast majority of applicants. Good Luck.
Also, why all this bad speak about affirmative action? Its good that they got rid of it? Good that there are only 38 black kids in the freshman class at Berkeley? 38! in a class of thousands. As a white male coming from an extremely diverse high school, I only wish you could all understand the value of having racial diversity on campus, particularly when there are URM students who are just as qualified intellectually, but were not given the academic opportunities to succeed. Compare, for example, the public school system of San Francicso (which serves predominatly asian and latino immigrants and blacks) with the public school system in the white towns of the bay area... theres no comparison. I know this is off topic from poster's concerns, but really, knock it off.</p>
<p>And one last thing about MIT being a meritocracy, all new england colleges employ affirmative action.. its called "is your daddy a rich white guy" - if yes, here's your acceptance letter. (see george w. bush)</p>