UCAL Berkeley?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey guys!

So, I’ll be applying to UCAL Berkeley for my pre-med college and was just wondering whether any students or applicants would be willing to give me any feedback!

I’m currently a student of Class of 2016 at TAMS (basically, an early college program situated in Texas), and I got into TAMS after my freshman year of high school, compared to the norm of after sophomore year.

My GPA is 3.75 (out of 4.0), and I’m co-leader of the High School Tutoring Group and secretary of Amnesty International at TAMS. I do swimming and piano after school and over the summer.

I’m also doing research on developmental anatomy and cell differentiation during my senior year.

I took the SAT and ACT+Writing, so here are my stats for both of them.

SAT Total: 2070
Math: 760
Reading: 700
Writing: 610

ACT Composite score: 32
Math: 34
Reading: 29
English: 34
Science: 31
Combined English/ Writing: 33 (Essay score of 10)

I’m also planning to take the SAT 2 in Biology M, Math 2, and Japanese in October!

Being a doctor has been my dream since I was 9 years old, and I haven’t wavered even once. UCAL Berkeley is my goal college, so like I said before: If any students or applicants come across this, I would really appreciate it if you guys gave me some feedback!

And good luck to all college applicants! :slight_smile:

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You look like a competitive applicant, but UCB is a very tough admit. You need to calculate your UC GPA using only AP/IB classes from 10-11th grades for the extra honors points. http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator

Compare your stats to the Freshman class this year and since you are OOS, expect to be at or above the average.
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/berkeley/freshman-profile/index.html

Also, will your family be able to afford the OOS costs at UCB, around $55K+/year with little to no financial aid? Run the NPC to see what your costs will be. Figure on $23K/year OOS fees + your EFC.

Good Luck.

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Agree with @Gumbymom ^^^^^^
Your SAT and ACT, for Berkeley are a little lower than what they normally see in competitive applicants.

You won’t get any financial aid/scholarships as an OOS student, so make sure your parents can afford full fees as noted by @Gumbymom ^^^^^^. This will be very expensive.