The Official Chances Thread!

[suprneb]

whats the average SAT score for berkeley engineering?

[Sheed30]

high .

[guitarhero5]

2005 - http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/labnotes/0905/dean.html

"Speaking of our Engineering students, I'm happy to report that this year we admitted almost 600 freshmen to the College -- the largest freshman class since 1988 -- and one that certainly continues Berkeley 's tradition of excellence. Our freshmen have an average GPA of 4.35 and average SAT score of over 1400."

[dontcha]

where's v-dawg?

[stupidme]

i have almost the same stats as stupidkid...

Originally Posted by 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

Although my extracurriculars are on the weak side: only a few clubs. I am, however, a CA resident (ELC).

unweighted 4.0
My capped UC-GPA is 4.4.. (10-11)
uncapped 4.9 (10-11)

What are my chances?

[kyledavid80]

^^ Are you in-state? If so, then I'd say Berkeley's a match. If out-of-state, I'd say you have a good shot. The weak ECs might hurt your chances, though.

[stupidme]

yes I'm instate. What exactly is a match? 50%?

[misterreach]

match means ur most likely to get in unless cal nitpicks on something or you write terrible essays.

[kyledavid80]

match means ur most likely to get in unless cal nitpicks on something or you write terrible essays.

I think that's closer to a safety (many people confuse the definitions of the two).

A match is 60-70%. Safe match would be about 80%, and safety would be 90+%.

[Sheed30]

Nice Kyle...got to the 4000 post mark already

[vicissitudes]

By the way guys, if you retook your SATs, there's no need to ask for chances again. I have a simple formula for you.

~50 point gain on SAT I: doesn't affect your chances.
~100-200 point gain on SAT I: added 5-10% to your chances
~50-100 point total gain on highest 2-3 SAT IIs: doesn't affect your chances
~100-200 point total gain on highest 2-3 SAT IIs: add 5% to your chances

[Puddly]

Can someone chance me please?

- Asian female
- Top 7th public school in California (In-state)

UC GPA: 3.85, UC Weighted: 4.16, Fully Weighted: 4.52
SAT I: 2230, Reading: 760, Math: 740, Writing: 730
SAT II: 770 (Chinese), 700-something (US)
Rank: Top 5% of class

Incentive Awards Program nominee (still in process of decision)

Senior schedule:
AP English Literature
AP Calculus AB
AP Government
AP Economics
Teacher's Assistant

HL/APs taken:
AP United States History - 4
AP Psychology - 5
AP English Language - 5
AP Chinese - 5
AP World History - 4
HL Chinese
HL Physics
HL Pre-Calculus

Currently taking:
AP English Literature
AP Calculus AB
AP Government
AP Economics

ECs:
California Scholarship Federation (10, 11, 12)
Shield and Scroll (11, 12)
Secretary in 11th and 12th grade
Make a Difference (10, 11, 12)
Forensics - Congress (9, 10, 11, 12)
Model United Nations (9, 10, 11, 12)
Secretary in 12th grade
Varsity Fencing Team (10, 11, 12)
and other random clubs of little significance... :/

Awards:
Fencing - AAA Competition 2nd Place
Congress - 5th Place Speaker
Congress - 1st Place Speaker
Congress - Best Presiding Officer

Internships/Jobs/Volunteer:
Personal Assistant to Realtor (summer leading up to senior year)
Intern at Team Newsom (Mayoral Campaign) (senior year)
California Pacific Medical Center volunteer (summer leading up to junior year)

Misc:
Took Intro to Law with ATDP at UC Berkeley over the summer
AP Scholar with Distinction by end of junior year

Thank you, all!

[calivla]

chance me?

sat: 2170
satII: math800, chem750, bio720, us720, korean780
aps: chem5, bio4, us4
gpa: 4.21 weighted, 3.79 unweighted
ec: conservatory level music; invited by professional orchestra to perform; played solos with orchestras numerous times; cd recordings... and... worked as medical assitant at local hospital for over 5 years...500 hours+...raised 3000 dollars for clinical research with the staff; president of a medical club at school for last two years...
major: chem and music performance?? undecided??? pre-med??

[kyledavid80]

Puddly: Strong GPA/scores, good ECs/awards. I'd say match.

calivla: Same as Puddly. (By the way, you don't major in pre-med. You'd probably put either undecided or one of your possible majors.)

[AznPwyd]

Out-Of-State
First Generation college student

UC GPA 4.17
Unweighted GPA 3.94
Weighted GPA 4.33
Rank: 2/266

PSAT: 209
SAT Reasoning Scores: 2140 (780M, 640CR, 720W)
SAT II Scores: 800 Math II, 770 Chemistry, 760 Physics

AP Classes finished by graduation:
AP Chemistry (Junior) - 4
AP Physics (Junior) - 5
AP US History (Junior)
AP Calculus AB (Junior) - 4
AP Statistics (Junior) - 5
AP Biology (Senior)
AP Physics C: Mechanics (Senior)
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (Senior)
AP US History (2nd year of 2 year course) (Senior)
AP European History (Senior)
AP Calculus BC (Senior)
AP Macroeconomics (Senior)
AP Microeconomics (Senior)
Spanish 5 (Senior)

Which college are you applying to? Letters and Sciences

Awards:
National Honors Society
Spanish National Honors Society
AP Scholar w/ Honor
National Merit Commended
2nd place in individual for regional math competition
2nd place in team for regional math competition
Qualified to State math competition

Extracurriculars
Math Club President
Multicultural Club VP
Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association - leadership position
Member of 2 different Lion Dance Groups - coleader of one
Vietnamese School
Volunteering 5 hours/week
Work 10 hours/week