The Official Chances Thread!

[rainauraash]

8parks11- yeah... i didnt put those on my application

But thank you for everyone that replied.
I guess my chances really comes down to, luck. :/

And yes vicissitudes- my school (which is a distinguished school) has some very very smart people with extremely high GPA's and SAT scores, bummer...

[sunflower1]

UC GPA: 3.2 (i know its low, but i have included reason for that in my app)

Out of State

ACT scores
Comp - 31
English - 32
Math - 33
Reading - 31
Science - 32

SAT Score:
Math- 710
Writing- 660
Crit Reading- 650

SAT II Scores
-Math II: 670
-Bio: 680

AP's:
Bio-5
Physics b-4
Calc AB-4
US History- 3
Gov-taking
Mircroecon-taking
English Lit and Comp-taking

Major: Neuroscience

List a few of your most important ECs
-Summer internship in Genetics
-Neuroscience Internship at local university
-Lab Assistant in Plant Genomics Lab
-Science Olympiad
-Tennis
-Orchestra

College Classes:
Calc I
Calc II
Differential Equations
Intro to Proofs- will take
Intro to Bio I & 2
Intro to Chem- will take
Calc based Physics
Calc based Econ

[tkd2009]

vicissitudes: I am taking 4 AP classes this year with one weighted honors class, and Berkeley is now taking all weighted classes, so max possible is 4.8, I am thinking I will get around 4.67 though.

[battleidiot]

Asian Male In-state
I'm applying to CoE BioE <--might transfer to EECS(yaright) or ME/BME if thats possible...
Competitive 50/400 high school. (I heard UC's do not take rank into consideration)
GPA: 3.8
WGPA: 4.2 <--rough estimate
UCGPA: 4.16
SAT1 M650/CR580/W710, E10. 1940
SAT2 Math2c 800, BioE 710
ACT C31/E33/M35/R31/S26 <--LMFAO

AP Tests
Calculus AB-5
Biology AP-4
US History AP-4
Calculus BC- planned
Chemistry AP-plannned
MacroEconomics AP- planned

Decent awards and EC's. (assume so)
Solid Essay. If anyone wants to read and back me up...


Thanks in advance! d(^_^d)

[battleidiot]

^ BTW took Dec SAT1 and would assume it is about 2150.

Maybe.. M700/CR700/W750 E10?

[Senluck]

Asian Male
in-state
Public High School in Calif.

UC GPA: 4.29
UC Rank: 6/470
UC ELC? Yes

Intended Major: Chemical biology

I took all the AP's my school is offering except two. Almost hardest classes possible.

SAT Reasoning Tests:
Oct 07 - CR 690 / M 800 / W 610 (2100; 3rd time)

SAT Subject Tests:
Chemistry................770 (retook 690)
Math 2 ...................800
Korean w/ Listening...800

EC's/Awards/Job exp.:
Chamber Orchestra + Club (4 yrs)
Church Services - Cello (4 yrs)
Jr. Aux (Volunteer) in hospital - ECRMC (4 yrs; 16 hrs a month continuously) (about 500 hrs)
Key Club (3 yrs)
Boys Tennis (4 yrs; JV/Varsity)
ECKC Youth Group - 06/07 Secretary; 07/08 President (religious group)
Computer Techincian in ECKC (OHP, sound system, mikes, etc. control at services)
Mission at Chiapas, Mexico (summer of 05)
Various awards in cello (solo, quartet, SCSBOA, etc.)
AP Scholar with Honor
Math tutor (3 hrs/week)
Cello teacher at ECKS (1 hr a week)
Gig - various weddings, mall, etc.
blah blah rest are not that important to mention.

Essay:
First one I rushed a little bit, but it's not bad. Second one I had it done ever since.

[tkd2009]

I took all the AP's my school is offering except two. Almost hardest classes possible.

Riding off of that, I too am wondering how the difficulty of classes would be taken into consideration.

[Castel]

What do you mean by that tkd2009?

[tkd2009]

because gpa's can also differ if one person took AP Human Geography, AP Psychology, AP Statistics vs AP English AP Chemistry AP Bio

[vicissitudes]

Photography Club- one year
Asian Club- One year
French club- One year, secretary

these won't count and might even hurt you.

What are you talking about?

vicissitudes: I am taking 4 AP classes this year with one weighted honors class, and Berkeley is now taking all weighted classes, so max possible is 4.8, I am thinking I will get around 4.67 though.

Okay. Just keep in mind that UCGPA will cap you, and that's what UCs generally look at. Also, good luck with that schedule, geez.


sunflower1: your scores are pretty good but not amazing. I don't see you getting in with that GPA and coming from OOS. Unless you have some really amazing reason...I just don't see it.


battleidiot: your GPA is pretty good, SAT score is a bit low though...BioE and EECS are both tough to get in. I think you have a ~20% for those two majors.


Senluck: your GPA and SAT II scores are awesome. SAT I score is good too. ECs also look solid. I'm thinking 80% chance for you. I'd be pretty surprised if you don't get in.

[aboutblank]

Asian Male In-state
Intended Major: Chemical Biology

Rank 17/398 @ competitive high school
UW GPA: 3.9+
W GPA: uh.. 4.0+?
UC GPA: 4.318

SAT1: 1960 [M710-CR590-W660; E10]
SAT2: Math2c 730 (retook in Dec. est. 800), Bio-M 650
ACT: 29 [E31-M36-R21-S28]

AP Tests
Calculus BC-5
US History AP-4
Biology AP-3
Chemistry AP-plannned

Decent/average awards and EC's
Solid Essays

Thanks in advance! d(^_^d)

[Heerad]

aboutblank: GPA/rank is really, really good. SAT/ACT is... decent, but that 36M and predicted 800 2c kind of offset that. I wish you could elaborate on your ECs more so I could evaluate you more accurately. Anyway, assuming you have notable EC's I'd say high match-low reach.

[vicissitudes]

aboutblank: Good GPA, SAT is a little low, having another SAT II over 700 would help. I'd say ~50-60% chance.

[mrhenryyy]

Gender: Male
Ethnicty: Korean
School: Public, Located in Southern California

Academics:
AVERAGE GPA: 4.58
UC GPA: 4.25
Rank: 10 out of 510 (Top 4% ELC)

Scores:
SAT: 2090 (MATH 800, WRITING 630, READING 660) TOOK it once only.
SAT2: MATH2C 760, KOREAN 730, US HIST. 710

AP SCORES
AP EURO 4
AP STATS 4
AP LANG 3
AP JAP 3
AP US 3

Classes + Grades:
Sophomore Year
AP EUROPEAN HIST A/A
HONORS CHEMISTRY A/A
JAPANESE 3 A/A
HONORS LIT/COMP. 2 B/A
ALGEBRA 2 A/A
PHOTOGRAPHY 1 A/A
WGPA: 4.333

Junior Year
AP LANGUAGE B/A
AP US HIST. A/A
AP STATS A/A
AP JAPANESE A/A
HONORS PHYSICS A/A
PRE-CALCULUS A/A
WGPA: 5.0

Senior Year
AP ECONOMICS MICRO/MACRO
AP GOVERNMENT
AP CALC A/B
ENGLISH
AP PHYSICS C

Extracurriculars:
JSA (9,10,11,12)
-- Treasurer for 2 years, Member
California Scholarship Federation (9,10,11,12)
-- Member
Math Club (10,11,12)
-- President since Junior year and established math team
Key Club (9,10,11,12)
-- Publicist junior year, member
National Honors Society (11,12)
--member, selected few based on academic as well as extra curricular activities.
Tennis (9,10,11,12)
-- JV2 freshmen, JV sophomore, Varsity during Junior and Senior

Volunteer:
Junior High Tutoring (9,10,11) 2 hrs/week, 7 weeks/year
-- tutored for homework and studying
Hospitality Saturday (10,11,12) 5 hrs/week, 17 weeks/year
-- volunteered to feed the homeless Saturday mornings

Awards:
AP Scholar With Honor
--received grades of 3 or higher on 4 or more AP exams
City Mayor’s Youth Award
--Over 120 volunteer service within Brea
Century League Scholar Athlete
--Recognition in academics and athletics
Letter of Commendation
--Placing among the top 50,000 students out of 1.4 million during 2006 PSAT

[vin]

mr. henry i'd say you have pretty good chances