Weak GPA....Chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>asian, out of state student
top 50 ranked in nation high school
GPA:
I am a year ahead in math and science
9th Grade:3.57 (did badly) *2 honors classes
10th Grade: 3.925, 3 AP classes, 2 honors classes
11th Grade: 3.925, 4 AP classes
12 Grade: 4.0 * first semester 4 AP classes 2 honors classes</p>

<p>AP classes:
stats, econ, environmental science, calc, world history, physics B, computer science, comp gov, chinese, physics C, psych</p>

<p>Tests:
SAT score: 2120
dont know my SAT II scores yet
planning to take math 2 and physics</p>

<p>ExtraCurriculars and awards:
Girls Swim Team manager (20 hours or 2 months)
Program in which i teach younger kids how to swim for free (2 summers)
Mentor and helper in a chinese leadership community program in which i teach kids about random stuffs (2 summers)
AP scholar with distinction
Computer lessons teacher in senior home *Trying to make it my essay topic talking about the lack of technologies that are usable for seniors and how i have been developing workarounds to make these usable.
peer tutor (2 years)
National honor society (2 years)
9 years of swimming *high school swimming i got top 6 in county and districts. Won 6th, 8th, 12th, 7th place awards in districts and made state team. varsity swimming(9-12)
Microsoft internship over summer
lifeguarding<br>
3 years of key club *secretary, project head of multiple events
2 years of Robotics, Ranked top 3 nationwide. Robotics captain
1 year of high school water polo *3rd in Water polo tournament, went to state
4 years of math club *6th place in state in speed math, varsity math club
over 100 hours of community service</p>

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<p>well, luckily for you, they only count sophomore and junior year gpa into UC gpa</p>

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<p>but they still look at your freshmen gpa right?</p>

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<p>I don’t think you had to list anything from your freshman year except math or language or something. but anyway, your UC gpa might be higher. That was the case for me. I got some B’s in regular classes but did good in AP and those regular classes didn’t count for UCs so my gpa was higher. I ended up getting like a 4.5 UC gpa but 4.1 regular gpa I think. Also, if you have money, your good. They like outta state kids with money. It helps the business, ya know?</p>

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<p>hah well im not gonna say too much but my parents are well over the 150,000$ a year income. Would that help me at all?</p>

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<p>and in my freshmen year i got B’s in math science and english…the only A i got in a core class was history for one semester. I know im ■■■■■■■■ w/e but yea i see what your saying</p>

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<p>Your SAT score does not really correlate with your grades or your extracurriculars. Possible grade inflation?</p>

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<p>if you’re consistent after freshman year then i’ve heard admissions would forgive you and see the freshman year as an adjustment period.</p>

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<p>mehh its more of the fact that im not a very good essay writer
i havent taken a single ap english course for a reason</p>

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<p>I don’t think there’s anything wrong with ur sat score and gpa together. So yeah, if your income is that high, I think that’ll help.</p>

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<p>Your GPA shows an upward trend, which counts in admissions as far as I know. And you have strong extracurriculars. I would say you’re in - make those essays good.</p>

<p>Just wondering, how did you get an internship at Microsoft in high school?</p>

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<p>Long story lol</p>