What are my chances of getting into Berkeley

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What are my Chances of Getting into UC Berkeley? I want to apply to Major in Sociology.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: African American / Male
Senior
4.3 Weighted GPA / 3.85 unweighted GPA.
My Community College GPA: 4.0
1710 SAT composite.
Personal Statements: Pretty Good, Describes me and my situation
Ranked 6 out 125
top 5%</p>

<p>Grades for 9th through 11th: Mostly A's and 4 B's</p>

<p>Senior year Courses:
College Algebra- 99 (A+) took at my local community college
Intro to Sociology - 99 (A+) took at local community college
Honors Psychology- 99 (A+) took at local college
Honors English IV- 98 (A+) High School course
Yearbook III- 98 (A+) High School course [elective]
Leadership Development- 100 (A+) Honors Online Course [not offered at my school]
AP English Literature & Composition- 93 (A-) offered at my high school
AP U.S. History- 95 (A) offered at my high school
Spanish II- 99 (A+) honors isn't offered at my high school [would have taken it though]</p>

<p>*My school and city are pretty poor, so our school only offers three AP course, other's you have to find either online or at other schools. I help out my community through church activities and with the Interact Club. I work with what I have and with my out of state endeavors, no one in my entire school could help me apply to the UC's, as they couldn't guide me on the process. I work very hard and I am passionate about what I want to major in and my desire to attend UC Berkeley!</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Sports: baseball, basketball (Captain), Football (Captain): 9th, 10th, 11th 12th. I was selected as for All-Conference and 2nd team All area as a wide receiver for football. I was awarded the "team before self" award in Baseball, and I was voted as best Defensive player in basketball.
-Junior Counselor at a summer camp: 11th, 12th
-Male Chorus Member: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th (Lead Singer)
-Inspirational Choir Member: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
-Interact Club Member: 11th, 12th (Very Active)
-FFA (Historian): 10th, 11th, 12th
-Youth Usher Board (President)- 2001 through 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade.
-Yearbook Editor: 10th, 11th, 12th [I just write the extra's and body copy; I love to write]
*Voted Homecoming King! (senior year)</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<p>Democratic Campaign Volunteer for Local democratic office: 12th
Toys for Tots- 11th, 12th
Thanksgiving food drive- 11th, 12th
Blood Drive with Red Cross Org.- 11th, 12th
Relay for Life- 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th</p>

<p>Summer Enrichment:
North Carolina Page Program for Senate and House of Representatives: 9th Grade</p>

<p>What are my chances of getting these schools: UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University?</p>

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<p>UCSC: Low match
Berkeley: Reach
UNC-CH: Reach
NCSU: Match</p>

<p>Try Bates or another test-optional college on top…</p>

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<p>I would have said that you have a great chance, but your SAT score is very close to the median nation-wide. </p>

<p>There is also something very fishy about your getting 99% in college courses. In the real sociology class I am taking at a decent university, not one person in my class of 300 scored over 96% on either midterm. Maybe this is why there are so many 4.0s in community college.</p>

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<p>hun why do people like you who are quite qualified academically to be in top schools like berk even have anxiety about getting in… YOU WILL GET IN!!! u have tons of ECS lors of Honors. your also african american and berk and other institutions are DESPERATE for people of color who hhave your academic rigor. By admitting students like you it makes the college look good. WIN WIN. I think if you stressed in your application that you have done the best you can do IN SPITE of your circumstances —and clearly you have— then i think you have a great chance at berk… UCLA may be more difficult than Berk but you are still an excellent candidate for that school too relax…you’ve got this!</p>

<p>chance me back? I’m also african american and applying to berkeley :slight_smile: good luck to you!</p>

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<p>Babs - the top schools are not desperate for good African American students because there’s plenty out there and they’re applying, not on race, but on solid academic acheivement. When applying keep in mind (based on 150K black high school graduates) at least 15000 are likely top notch students with both great grades and board scores. The competition among black students is strong and getting stronger.</p>

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<p>For UCSC and Berkeley, race means nothing.</p>

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<p>I respectfully disagree with you both …</p>

<p>race as well as class are very important factors in admission decisions especially at more liberal leaning schools like Ucberkeley. Admissions knows that there is a dearth in terms of people of color and poor people in higher education (Berkeley’s graduate sociology department is RENOWNED for its critical dissections of race, class and gender within American society) That is why it is widely known that berkeley seeks out applicants who are the first in their family to go to college as well as help prep african americans and latino students to enter cal through programs like Berkeley Tap, Experience Berkeley, and Starting Point Membership… Many institutions do not have this intersectional focus (on not only race but class) and seek to only further the racist and classicist elitism of higher education (most ivy league schools)
In conclusion: Berkeley is rad ;-)</p>

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<p>Catria - I would like to tell you that I got accepted at:
UNC Chapel Hill
UC Santa Cruz
North Carolina State University</p>

<p>*Still waiting for Berkeley</p>

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<p>For any public institution in California, race by law is SUPPOSED to not have any weight in the admission process. However, I do agree that socioeconomic status can have some effect.</p>