Quick question. If I am, lets say, valedictorian (1/300) of a very tough public school (16 to stanford, 33 to berkeley every year, ranked 50th in US) in California, have good SATII’s (790 MathII, 770 Chem), and a SATI >= 2200, and strong EC’s, am I basically in at Berkeley? Is it a match/reach etc?
<p>you should be fine.</p>
<p>Ok thanks. How about for EECS, I hear its just as competitive as the IVY's to get into. Is this true?</p>
<p>Remember that UC Berkeley is a public school and they don't necessarily have to play by the rules; that means, that nothing at the top UC's (UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD) is for sure. You can have a perfect score on the SATs, and the highest GPA at your school, but you still can be rejected from the school (this coming March/April, you'll know what I'm talking about). </p>
<p>Don't take anything forgranted at UC Berkeley or UCLA or UCSD.</p>
<p>Tread cautiously and have a back up.</p>
<p>That being said, you have a good shot of getting in; nonetheless, this is not the final word. UC Berkeley does use Comprehensive Review.</p>
<p>This is the link to their selection process: <a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp?id=56&navid=N%5B/url%5D">http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp?id=56&navid=N</a></p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Edit: And yes, EECS is really competitive. Since Berkeley admits by the college you apply to, you'll be competing with tougher applicants in the College of Engineering compared to those applying to Letters and Sciences.</p>
<p>Here's a link to EECS: <a href="http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Students/ugrad-prosp.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Students/ugrad-prosp.shtml</a></p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Ten characters.</p>
<p>You're basically in (maybe a 1% on the out in case something really strange happens so backup still needed), especially since you're a CA resident. </p>
<p>"Remember that UC Berkeley is a public school and they don't necessarily have to play by the rules; that means, that nothing at the top UC's (UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD) is for sure. You can have a perfect score on the SATs, and the highest GPA at your school, but you still can be rejected from the school (this coming March/April, you'll know what I'm talking about)." - This is very rare, unless your personal statements were duds and you had no awards or ECs (in other words, dead outside of academics), which is hard to do unless you crawled under some rock right after school ended. Take other people's listed stats on this board with a grain of salt. Lots of bitter rejects were quick to make new accounts and post fake stats out of anger. People of your academic quality are usually invited to apply for the regents scholarship. I don't know about other high schools, but at mine, I know for at least the past 3 years the valedictorian and salutatorian were invited to apply at both Cal and UCLA. Don't fret and enjoy your senior year.</p>
<p>Thank you so much waka. I will prepare for the worst and hope for the best! Lol</p>