What are my chances for UPenn, Berkeley

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a Junior and my PSATs are in about 2 weeks. I'm confident I can make commendable but I'm about 50-70 points from being a semi-finalist</p>

<p>Race: Asian Male
Unweighted GPA: Something very close to 3.9 (maybe 3.92, maybe 3.89)
Weighted GPA: 4.66
Junior Yr academic courses:
-AP Chem
-AP Envt Sci
-Spanish 5
-AP BC Calc
-AP Eng
EC: Pres of South Asian Society, Debate (made top 30 in DC-metro area), member of some other small clubs, been part of a rec basketball team for 5 years straight, part of a county-wide envt group which is affiliated with the Sierra Club</p>

<p>Interned with a non-profit environmental place called Youth Venture.
Hopefully I'll be able to find an enriching/interesting internship for next summer.</p>

<p>Interests: Envt Engineering, Finance, Econ (M&T program would be ideal)</p>

<p>So I was wondering what SAT/PSAT scores I would need in order to get into UPenn (possibly ED) and UC Berkeley.
Also, I realize that my resume isn't stellar -- any ideas as to how I could beef it up?</p>

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<p>I would say at least 2250. But I don't know :( Only a guess.</p>

<p>BTW - no one cares (that much) about PSATs! If you do badly it's okay. If you do great then that's great :)</p>

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<p>my cousin got into yale with a 1880...
my neighbor (in the 90's) got into MIT w/ a B average and 1200 SAT's..
just make urself stand out.. and try your hardest.. they're smart enough to figure you out, good scores is a good advantage.. but i still think you should still distinguish yourself from others in ur field of interest..
do Olympiad.. sicnece fair.. play a sport.. Internships.. so much other there man.. just message me back, I've been through this.</p>

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<p>i would say, get a score on the psat score to qualify for commended. In my state, MDm that's around 221, but in others it can be much lower.</p>

<p>for SAT, you're asian, so to stay competitive I think you must stay in the 2200+ range.</p>

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<p>and where are you from? If your from NJ.. I can recommend somethings</p>

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<p>oh by the way, i meant semi-finalist* not commended.</p>

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<p>I'm from MD and commendable is 200
last time i checked, i got around a 215...hopefully i can bring that up to a 221.</p>

<p>so do i need to get pretty much the same scores in order to get into Berkeley and penn? or is one going to be harder/easier for me</p>