The Official Chances Thread!

[shortduderay]

Rechance me! (new SATII scores)
Asian Chinese Male, single parent + low income, goes to semi-competitive public school in CA (API 815? somewhere around there)

UC GPA: 3.96
10th-11th unweighted: 3.68
9th-11th unweighted:3.56
Class rank: Around 112 / 600 (our district doesn't weigh GPA's for class rank)

Courses this year:
AP Physics B
AP Calculus AB
AP Government/Regular Econ (One semester of each)
English 4
Choir 1

AP Scores:
AP World History: 5
AP Computer Science: 4
AP English: 4

SAT Subject Tests:
Chinese: 800
Math II: 780 (NEW!)
Chemistry: 740 (NEW!)
World History: 700
Biology M: 620

ACT:
Composite: 33
English: 33
Math: 35
Reading: 33
Science: 30
Essay: 11

Award(s):
National Merit Commendation
AP Scholar

Spent 5 years in Taiwan at a regular public school (not an American school)

Extracirricular:
Chinese Club (one of the founders): 9th/10th grades
CSF: 11th grade
Key Club: 11th grade
Christian Club: 10th/11th grades
Church tutoring helper: 10th grade
Church worship team: 11th grade
Church GK (youth leader): 12th grade
NYLF Tech Forum: Summer after 10th grade
Piano (5 years, never had time to take CM examinations though)
Activities director for a new Game Development club.

Works for uncle's company unofficially (computer accesories compnay), does translation and grammatical checking (his company is based in Taiwan)

Thanks mucho!

[drsarah]

anyone else want to chance me please?

[dianmarch2005]

SAT I: 1930
SAT II: Math II: 760 Chemistry: 780
GPA: 4.3 weighted Unweighted (not include 9th Grade): 4.0
Rank: 2/220

Volunteer in Hospital: 350hr Swimming Coach: 30hr
Swimming Team (11th, 12th)
Science Research Club President
Engineering Club Secretary
Chinese Club vice president
Go Club: secretary

School Science Olympiad 1st
AP Scholar with Distinction
Swimming Summer League 1st
Math Olympiad 1st

AP Calculus AB: 5
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Chinese: 5
AP Biology: 5
AP Physics C Mechanic: 4
AP Physics C E 4

Major: EECS

[misterreach]

shortduderay: give me some more info. cali resident? but i think from that a reach but not too far.

dianmarch2005:are you kidding me? good stuff. good stats all over except for sat 1. work on that and other than that i think its a match.

[shortduderay]

More info? In what areas?

[drsarah]

what about me misterreach? please someone chance me thanks

[MiqueMaus]

Can someone chance me please? Post is on last page. (I'll repost it here so you don't have to scroll) Thanks in advance.

-Major: Undeclared L&S
-California resident
-7th ranked Public High School in California
-Low Income (Fee Waiver will be used)

UW GPA (I know these are low but I will attempt to explain this in my notes)
3.41
UC GPA
3.77
W GPA
4.05


SAT I
2330 (800 Reading, 770 Writing, 760 Math)


SAT IIs
790 US History
740 Math IIC (Will be taking again in December and hopefully I won't be sick again)

APs Scores:
-5: AP European History
-5: AP US History
-5: AP English Language
-5: AP Psychology


UC Approved AP/HL Classes:
-AP Calculus AB*
-AP Economics*
-AP Government/Politics*
-AP US History
-AP European History
-AP English Literature*
-AP English Language
-AP Psychology
-HL Physics
-HL Chemistry

* - Senior Year stuff

Extracurriculars:
-Leader at youth-run organization in local community which removes grafitti/trash in the community, provides childcare for local residents, and also has activities for seniors. (This is in one of the most densely populated places in the United States so the services are needed. I will be writing on my experiences with this program.)
-200+ hours at Non-Profit Org. that helps homebound HIV victims and such
-Bunch of random volunteering clubs and such (pretty meaningless so I won't elaborate


Notes:
-My father runs a souvenir shop and I spend a lot of time there on both weekdays and weekends helping to keep it running (Doesn't make enough to make hiring an employee reasonable). Consequently, my grades have suffered quite a bit. I will be writing essay #1 on how growing up in a souvenir shop has affected me.

[kyledavid80]

MiqueMaus: it's difficult to say for you. On the one hand, your GPA is weak for Berkeley. On the other, you have a great SAT score and you attend a rigorous high school. So your app is a bit lopsided. Your ECs are okay, though. I'd say reach, since I've seen more than a few students who had subpar GPAs but who attended very rigorous high schools and had high SATs get rejected. It's difficult to tell, though.

[Nice_try09]

Is a 2000 on the SAT good enough to get into Berkeley? (Not considering ECs and other things)

[stupidkid]

Out of state and looking for scholarship.

Race: Asian Male
SAT: 2350 - 770 CR, 780 W, 800 M (2nd try)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 780 Physics
GPA: 3.957 unweighted
Rank: Should be top 5% of class of 1000
Course load: 9 APs so far six 5's and 3 4's

Extracurriculars:
Math Research 9,10,11,12
Math Club - President 9,10,11,12
Academic Club - Captain 9,10,11,12
Science Olympiad 9,10,11,12
Orchestra 9,10,11,12
Tutor people in math 11,12

Distinctions:
USAMO qualifier - 11
USNCO qualifier - 11
2006 Siemens Regional - 11
2007 Siemens Semi - 12
ARML team high scorer - 10,11
USAMTS Silver - 10
National Merit Semi - 12
National AP Scholar - 11

Recommendations:
Should be decent, I got one from my research mentor

Thanks.

[kyledavid80]

stupidkid: strong GPA, great scores, good ECs, and great honors/awards. You definitely have a good shot at Berkeley OOS, though scholarship, not so much. (It's more difficult for OOSers to get a good scholarship.)

[stupidkid]

So what type of students get scholarships to berkeley?

[kyledavid80]

So what type of students get scholarships to berkeley?

Really great ones. =)

[vicissitudes]

h4x24: Good GPA, good SAT IIs. SAT is a little low for EECS. ECs are okay. I think 50-60% chance.


MigueMaus: your GPA's low, but you have high SATs and SAT IIs. Good AP scores too but I don't know how much that will help you. ECs are a little scarce. I think 20-30%.


dontcha: your GPA is really good. Kinda strange that your UCGPA is higher than weighted GPA. SAT is average, but it looks like you have some good ECs. I'll say 70% chance.


shortduderay: GPA slightly below average, but really good ACT scores and SAT II scores. ECs are decent too. I think 70% chance.


dianmarch2005: you have a really good GPA and SAT IIs. Your ECs also look really good. That SAT score will hurt you though. I still think you have a decent shot at EECS. I'll say 60-70% chance.


stupidkid: wow, great GPA, great SAT, great SAT IIs, great ECs. I'm gonna go on a limb and say 80-90% chance for you and a good shot at a scholarship too. I think Berkeley would be a stupidkid to not let you in. By the way, I don't think recommendations are needed.

[dontcha]

Updated Scores!!

UC GPA: 4.29
Unweighted GPA: 3.97
Weighted GPA: 4.25

California Resident
White male

SAT Reasoning Scores

620CR/700M/720W (10 Essay) [2040 <--190 pt improvement]

ACT - 29 Comp. (33M/27R/28S/28E)
Retook yesterday - Math will be worse, everything else will be better

SAT II Scores

Math IIC 710 (retaking in December for 750+)
Spanish w/listening (will take)
Might take U.S. or World History

Which college are you applying to? Letters and Science

ECs (can't determine most important)

California Scholarship Federation (CSF) (10,11,12)
National Honor Society (NHS) (11,12)
Spanish Honor Society (11,12)
American Red Cross Club (11,12)
Science Buddies (11)

Spanish Honor Society Officer
Track and Field - JV Captain

Track and Field - 2 years JV and 2 years V
Competitive Soccer
Recreational Basketball

Mexico Mission 2007 <built houses w/church> (11)
Administrative Work at Medical Center
Yachting Company in France (Summer '06, '07)
Freshman Orientation Volunteer

Principal's Honor Roll
Biology Departmental Award
CSF Lifetime Member