uc berkely chances!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>i submitted my berkeley app last night. please let me know what you think.</p>

<p>i go to a very competitive hs in illinois. class of 1000+. Caucasian, male.
will not apply for financial aid (don't know if that makes a diff for admissions)
ACT: comp33
Sat2: ushist700, math2 710 (didnt report on uc app: bio 660)
AP: us hist5, english lang&comp4</p>

<p>classes (reported like in uc app format):
freshman
english1 NH aa
geometry NH aa
world hist NH aa
bio NH aa
french2 NH aa
art NH ba
computer multimedia NH aa</p>

<p>soph
english2 HL aa
chemistry HL aa
modern world history HL aa
french3 NH aa
algebra2 NH aa
ceramics NH aa</p>

<p>junior
ap english3 AP aa
ap us hist AP aa
physics HL aa
precalc NH aa
french4 NH aa
sculpture1 NH aa</p>

<p>senior (in progress)
ap calc AP
ap european hist AP
ap bio AP
senior writing HL
sculpture2 NH</p>

<p>One question on uc grade reporting: It said they dont count any Freshman classes at honors level (HL), so i listed them all as NH. But my school consideres many of these HL-so should i have listed them hl?
also- i think i read uc only looks at soph junior grades. Is that true?</p>

<p>Essays: decent</p>

<p>ECs- (i dont have a lot, but was active in the ones i did)
BOY SCOUTs: Eagle scout, senior patrol leader (troop president), asst senior patrol leader, troop guide, patrol leader
VENTURE SCOUTS: president of venture crew, vice president, crew chief on summer backpacking trek (2wks) in NM.
STUDENT MENTOR: (seniors only) studnet teach low level math class. help teacher and mentor/tutor studnets in class.</p>

<p>community service:
planned&led eagle service project-collected equipment for poor kids in needy area (being vague, sorry)-collected 600lbs+, spent 80hrs total
have participated in 2dozen+ other service activities in boy scout toatlling 150 additional hours</p>

<p>For my ECs, do you think this looks ok? i have read that adcoms like to see dedication to a few activites, so is it ok that i didnt do a lot.</p>

<p>Please let me know what you think for berkeley. THANKS!</p>

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<p>i took off my hs weighted gpa b/c it wont be the same as the uc calculated one. Im not sure what they will calcuate it to be.</p>

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<p>oh yeah i also had a job summer 2005.</p>

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<p>buummmmppp</p>

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<p>are those classes really all honors? i know a lot of schools just slap on honors for fun, but honors in california mean that it is significantly harder than normal.</p>

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<p>The UCs only count the sophomore and the junior years. Since you were a perfect 4.0 in those years and took at least four year long honors courses, your UC GPA is 4.3333 (4.0*24=96 +8 grade points=104 divided by 24 courses taken =4.3333).
You took tough courses both in freshmen and senior years, and had good grades in freshmen year to go with your pretty good ECs. </p>

<p>You should have no problem getting into any UC you apply to, even as an out-of-state student, as long as your recommendations are good. This applies, of course, even to UCB which is the toughest UC to get accepted at.</p>

<p>P.S. It's spelled UC Berkeley--which I'm sure you know since you spelled it correctly the second time above.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>uc's dont have essays i think</p>

<p>and u have an excellent chance</p>

<p>i doubt they'll turn u down because i bet u have significantly higher stats than most OOS students applying</p>

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<p>noril07:</p>

<p>UCB: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>

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<p>i hope you're right. (about getting in).<br>
Also- UCs def have essays, but not recs.</p>

<p>and i think my schools honors courses would be considered honors in california.</p>