What are my chances at UC Berkeley?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Cal is my top choice, so tell me what you think about by chances. Be honest, not rude. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>-3.63 unweighted gpa, 3.93 weighted
-Took all the highest/hardest classes except for Physics (took regular instead of honors), and taking AB Calc instead of BC Calc
- taken a bunch of AP and Honors Classes including APUSH (4 on test) AP Bio (4 on test) Spanish 4AP (5 on test). Currently taking AP Chem, AP Economics, AP Econ, AP AB Calculus, Biotechnology, and Art. Took honors math/science/english/history/language all the way through high school
- Been on student government for all 4 years (notable positions include freshman class president/school board representative) and I am am Student Body President this year
- I am President of the Palo Alto Youth Council, an organization of 15 elected teens from around the community that meets/talks/acts on teen issues in the community. Also part of PADACC, Palo Alto Drug and Alcohol Community Collaborative, to address adolescent substance abuse in the community
- volunteered at stanford hospital for 3 years, amassed 100s of comm service hours
- took a molecular biology summer course at UCSD for enrichment
- SAT score: 2160 SAT II Math- 780 SAT II Chem- 730
- Played JV tennis soph year, varsity tennis last year, and varsity again this year
- I've played guitar for 11 years and was in a band for 2.5 years
- received several academic/departmental awards in English, Spanish, and Biology, and a special award for effort/dedication to biology for AP Bio (nominated by AP Bio teacher)
- received President's Service award for 100 hours or more (I got 250) of comm service in one year.
- AP Scholar
- Delegate to California Boys' State </p>

<p>My unweighted GPA may cause a problem, but I'm hoping it might work out because of all my other stuff, and plus I've taken almost all of the toughest classes in the major disciplines. Anyway, let me know. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your GPA is rather low for Cal, but with good essays I would say you have a fairly decent chance.</p>

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<p>If your GPA was a little bit higher I would say your chances would be good but you really need a GPA of greater than 4.0 to be considered a strong candidate for UC Berkeley.</p>

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<p>Are you a URM? Do you know your class rank? Agree, your GPA is a tad low but the SAT scores are actually higher than the typical admit. </p>

<p>My daughter’s HS typically would get 20-25 admits to Cal with another 10-15 getting into other ‘good’ colleges out of a class of 450 or so. Rarely did someone who was not in the top 10% of class rank get admitted to Cal.</p>