<p>International from China, Asian, female
SAT: CR-760 M-800 W-770 (Total: 2330)
SATII: MathII-800, Physics - 800
APs: AP Chem-5 AP Calculus BC (Self-study) - 5 AP Physics C - 5 (self-study) - my school does the Chinese curriculum and doesn't offer APs
GPA: UW3.98 (We don’t have weighted GPA)
Class Rank: 2% out of 750
School: Nationally recognized HS, possibly the best – has to be 1% in Beijing to get in
spent an exchange year in a very competitive private school in America and got 4.0 (UW) (entered a highly selective program, that sends students all around the world to go to the best private schools in America on full scholarships) </p>
<p>Most Notable ECs:
- Founded Student Company "New Beatles" and donated the earned money to Hope Project, a project assisting children all over China to acquire proper education
- Organized team project to improve the conditions for children at a local Elem., a special school for kids of underprivileged Migrant Laborers in Beijing
- Chief Editor of Class Major Publication
- Organized a series of workshops on self-discovery and life-planning, won national fame
- The only student Teaching Assistant in school, created Morning English Sessions to improve English teaching, which is now a class tradition
- Directed a English film, and was in charge of its marketing </p>
<p>Awards: a couple of national awards in writing, student-run business, speech and workshop-organizing</p>
<p>Not applying for financial aid. Applying for LSA for economics/applied math. </p>
<p>P.S. I lived for a while around bay area when I was six or seven, and I absolutely LOVE Cal.
Please chance me.
I will chance back if you leave a link.</p>
<p>The 800s and 5s will really help. Make sure you note your ECs on your application. They seem to like writers, editors, presidents and creative people. Last year, they made a big deal about how they turned away some students with perfect GPA and SAT scores.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ve heard that the admission rates for OOS and international students might even go up, as the UC will be looking to pull in a lot more money from them than they could from California students. How true this is, I don’t know, but it just might end up happening.</p>
<p>Don’t make him overconfident. Last year, 14 Berkeley applicants with near to perfect SAT scores were amongst those that have been rejected admissions to Berkeley. Those were just amongst who posted on here. I’m sure that the actual number is much bigger than 14.</p>
<p>We don’t know anything else about the 14 besides that they had good SAT scores. Also, while it may be true academics isn’t everything, you should have read the first post and 1) noticed it’s a “her”, and 2) Her ECs are pretty good.</p>
<p>I know that she is a strong candidate for Berkeley. But to say that she doesn’t even need ECs because of her high SAT scores would make definitely make her application weak. Cal does not really care about SATs as much as they care about the totality of the person. Without a good EC, how can she demonstrate that she’s not a robot after all?</p>
<p>Every university says they care about the totality of the person, but if your GPA/SAT is high enough I think you’ll get into Berkeley. I think private schools look at ECs more than Berkeley does.</p>
<p>indiscreet math:
You mean the tuition will be going up, since i am out-of-country. But i thought the tuition will still be lower than most of the ivies, or am I being too optimistic?
And it seems that the UCs have never been generous with FA, when it comes to OOS and, of course, out-of-country.</p>
<p>anonymousername: I lived in San Francisco for sometime when dad worked in Silicon Valley, the city in general left a great impression. And Cal is very strong in most of the departments. Even though it doesn’t quite show in the USnews rankings, if that’s what you are indicating, I think it’s because of finance problems rather than actual quality of education.
It’s not the only school I am applying to, but definitely among my favs.</p>
<p>how would you explain that a number of applicants with impressive stats were rejected at Cal whilst those with not-so-impressive stats were admitted?</p>
<p>Look at it this way. If Cal is purely ranking system based on numbers like what you’re saying, I guess no one would get in with less than stellar stats. The average SAT scores of the admitted students would probably rival the ivies. But, no Cal admissions don’t operate that way. They look at the HS achievement rank and the totality of the person behind the test scores. This has been explained by Cal plenty of times.</p>
<p>So, I think the OP is a very strong candidate. But there have been plenty of applicants in the past with just as stellar stats but didn’t get in. I surmise their ECs pulled them down. Be careful with your Cal application. Your essay, for example, is the only time that you can sell yourself to the admissions officers why you should be the one that they will admit and not the others.</p>
<p>To answer your question about costs, If the normal tuition is going to be about 30,000 for this year, out-of-state this academic year is going to be around $50,000, edging on private to higher than private college costs.</p>