The Official Chances Thread!

[palmer69]

What are my chances?( Junior)

UW GPA: 3.92

W GPA: 4.5 (IB GPA, dont know what that translates to)

SAT: pretty low but am just a junior, took once( nbo prep) trying again in May
CR: 640 M: 610 Writing: 600
Course Load: All IB all years except AM History honors this year

Will do dual enrollment and all IB courses next year( GPA will be above 5)

EC'S: JV baseball 9-10
Key club member
300 hours volunteer hospital
Working at tackle shop summers and every sunday
Various other clubs

Out of State: Florida

[compSciBeast]

Added some new information. Would love to know my chances.

Intended Major: EECS (in state applicant)
Weighted GPA: 4.4(for 10th and 11th grade), 4.45 including 7th semester
Unweighted: 3.88
UC GPA: 4.21
Class Rank: Very competitive public high school in CA(API>900), but am somewhere between top 5-8 percent.

SAT: 2270(800 Math, 780 Writing, 690 Critical Reading), 2350 superscore(has a 750 CR score)
Math 2c: 800
Chemistry: 800

EC'S
1) Cross-Country (Captain)
2) Track
3) Robotics
4) Math and Science Peer Tutor
5) Poetry
6) Creative Writing Publishing
7) Piano
8) Speech and Debate
9) Link Crew
10) SAT Tutor: Specialize in SAT Math I, Math II, SAT Writing, Physics, and Chemistry

Awards:
1) National Merit Commended Scholar
2) AP Scholar(5- Calc. BC, 5- Physics B, 5- AP US History)
3) School Community Service Award(150+ hrs Community Service)
4) Nationally-published poet, recipient of several writing awards
5) Placed in top 3 in several local piano tournaments

Current Schedule
AP English Language and Composition
AP Chemistry
AP Computer Science AB
AP Spanish Language
Multivariable Calculus (Local Community College)
AP Statistics
Economics

Essays:
Very strong. I mentioned my early interest in engineering and discussed my visions for my future as well as society's future.

[gekkgad]

Hi, i just wanted to see what are my chances

male filipino-chinese heritage
1st generation immigrant (came to the US 4 years ago)
ranked 12 (out of 693)
UCGPA: about 4.4-4.6
GPA: 4.47
UGPA: 3.933
SAT: CR: 630 Math: 700 Writing: 630, Essay: 10
SAT II: chem: 760 mathII: 730 ush:790

APs
Sophomore: ap art history: 4
Junior: AP psychology - 5, AP chemistry - 5, AP USH - 5
Senior: (tests not schedule) ap lit, physics C mech and E/M, Calc BC, Stats, US Gov, macro, possibly AP Euro, ap comp sci

senior schedule: calc, physics mech, stats, gov/econ, lit

ECs:
president of interact club (treasurer during junior year, member for 3 years)
co-founded school-wide recycling program for bottles and cans (money donated to both international and local charity)
NHS member
Red cross club member
Loc. community volunteer

as you may notice, its not very long, but its partly my fault since i dont keep log of my hours [i enjoy volunteering so much that i beleive that keeping logs of how much i've volunteered defeats the purpose of doing so without rewards ( :]

Essay: uses extended metaphor comparing self to universe

small quirks about myself: very knowledgable with regards to computer diagnosis and repair, basic knowledge of .net and c++ (haven't have time to study), i dont play sports (though i am proficient with badminton), from a family of low-income

and on a side note i got a letter asking to schedule an interview for a regent scholarship, what does that mean for me as i'm confused about this?

[kyledavid80]

fiona_: being an international will make Berkeley a reach, especially since your GPA is weak (assuming you calculated it correctly) and you're applying to engineering, even though your scores are excellent.

palmer69: your GPA is strong, though your SAT isn't. Since you're OOS, I'd say it's a reach.

compSciBeast: strong GPA/SAT, good ECs (though they're a bit spread out), good honors/awards. If you're EECS, I'd say slight reach to high match (~50-60%).

gekkgad: strong GPA, good ECs. Your SAT is slightly weak, but the first-gen, low-income immigrant status will help. I'd say high match. Edit: if you've gotten a Regents' and Chancellor's invite, then you've pretty much been accepted. Congrats! =)

[tcmzueck]

I guess I'm just curious. I'll know in a couple weeks though, but eh!

UC GPA: 4.25 (if I calculated it right)
Unweighted: 3.95
Weighted: 4.38

California resident

9 AP tests taken, four 5's, five 4's
5 community college semesters taken (to see if I'm interested in my major), all A's

Varsity waterpolo and swimming
Some volunteering (youth basketball and water polo), but nothing much.

SAT: 800 Math, 720 Writing, 690 Reading
ACT: 34
SAT II: Physics 700, Literature 700, Math lvl 2 800

I graduated in 2007, worked over the summer, then paid to travel solo to China for 3 and a half months learning Chinese. I'm already solid in Chinese, but I just bought another ticket to go back for another 3 months next month. I think I had a pretty good "experience" essay. I'm hoping this is what puts me over the top. I already heard back from Irvine with Regent's. Should I have a good chance with Berkeley?

Thanks for any feedback you guys, I appreciate it.

[kyledavid80]

tcmzueck: Your situation is fuzzy. Are you a transfer student?

[EKS]

UC GPA: 3.95
Unweighted GPA: 3.73
Weighted GPA: 4.23

California Resident
Act Composite Score: 28
SAT Reasoning: 1900 (V: 620, M: 670, CR: 610)
CHEM SAT II: 680
US HIST SAT II: 680
College: Letters & Science, major: Social Welfare

ECs:

Leadership (9,10,11,12):
Current ASB School Board Member; Former Junior Treasurer, Sophomore Secretary, Freshman Secretary; Served as committee head for Homecoming Float (2 years), Homecoming Song Girls, Adopt-A-Family, Elections, Days of Diversity Lunchtime Activities; Every semester: minimum 20 hours for out of class work, minimum 5 hours of community service

Amnesty International(10,11,12):
Current Co-President (2 years); October 2007: organized Pennies for Play Pumps during Homecoming, raised $2,900+ for PlayPumps.org; organized Camp Darfur to visit CVHS for Days of Diversity; organized and led four Hunger Banquet sessions for Days of Diversity; lunchtime Die-In demonstration; letter-writing for urgent action network; human rights awareness campaigns and demonstrations; organized postcard action week, over 300 postcards signed by students to protest unjust treatment in Miramar and China; organized several weekly fundraisers for club

South Asian Student Association (9,10,11):
Co-President (2 years, 1 semester); former Secretary (1 semester); initiated a school-wide campaign for 2005 Tsunami, raising $7,400+ for victims; organized culture show benefiting Indian orphans, raised $800+; organized two-day fundraiser for Indian-Pakistan border earthquake victims, raised $750

California Association of Student Councils(11,12):
Current Government Operations at Local Levels Assistant; former statewide Marketing Director; updated Student Board Member handbooks; helped organized Student Board Member Symposiums; attended several conferences on educational policy (Student Advisory Board on Education and the Student Advisory Board on Legislation in Education); process of creating studentboardmember.org, online forums and networking site for Student Board Members throughout California

Work Experience:

Couture Cards (1 yr so far)
Co-Founder; applied for $1,000 grant from MTV iThink awards/Youth Venture; create hand-made cards, using Indian fabric as decoration; sell the cards through fundraisers and online at couturecards.org; proceeds are used to lend money to entrepreneurs in developing countries through an online microfinance organization, kiva.org

Teen Columnist for "The Indian American" (3 yrs)
Paid per article written; examined the views that South Asian teens have on controversial topics, while offering analysis on pertinent issues, such as premarital sex, dating, interracial relationships, stereotypes; online blog

HEART Peer Mentor/Educator (2 yrs) at Girls Inc. in San Leandro
Earned minor stipend; provided resources and information about health education (STDs, birth control, pregnancy, puberty, menstrual cycle, etc.) to peers; documented over 100 “contacts” with peers; attended weekly meetings

Awards:

Youth of the Year:
Local, Bay Area) East Bay Leadership Foundation chooses one high school senior from all the Bay Area high schools; nominated by counselors

Rotary Distinguished Student Service Award:
(Local, Castro Valley) Depending on the caliber of students nominated by teachers, usually one or two students are chosen from Castro Valley High School by the Castro Valley Rotary club; I was nominated by two teachers; given to students who demonstrate the Rotary motto, “service above self”

Tomorrow25 Leader:
(International) Students must be nominated (can be from any country); 50 semifinalists are chosen out of hundreds of nominations; 25 students are chosen as the Tomorrow25 Leaders by Bentley College in cooperation with TIME Magazine; group picture in TIME; attend a leadership forum; recognized as the leaders of tomorrow

AP Scholar with Honor:
(National) Awarded to students that receive an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams

Two courses taken at UCB's ATDP: Practice of Law and Writing for College

AP Stat (10th grade): 5
AP Calc (11th): 3
AP Chem (11th): 4
AP US Hist (11th): 4
AP Spanish (11th): 3
AP Lang & Comp (11th): 3

FIRST GENERATION college student
Both parents did NOT graduate high school
First Lang was NOT English

[kyledavid80]

EKS: your ECs are strong, though your GPA and scores are a bit weak. First-gen status may help. I'd say reach, slight reach (50-50) if your essays were great.

[EKS]

can some more people chance me please!

[overture]

California Resident
Asian

Academic:
Rank: 1/487
SAT: 2220 (700 CR 730 M 790 W)
SAT II: Math Level 2 720, Literature 700
W GPA: 4.26
UW GPA: 4.0
Taken only 6 AP classes from junior and senior year, but only around 7/8 are even offered at my school. I was going to take French 4 AP (that would be the maximum AP load), but it was the same period as Statistics so I couldn't; instead I'm taking French 4 independent studies

Senior year schedule:
Wind Ensemble, Statistics AP, English Literature AP, Government/Economics AP, French 4, Physics, Journalism

ECs:
-Wind Ensemble (advanced band, 4 years), first chair flute for three years, section leader for three years. Played piccolo for a year. Also band Vice President
-California Scholarship Federation 100% Life Member (3 years) and currently President
-Literary Society (4 years), currently President. We also make a literary magazine that wins awards from Columbia University and this year I am editor-in-chief of it.
-National Honors Society (2 years), currently Publicity Commissioner
-Drum Line (2 years), first chair mallet percussionist for 2 years as well
-Varsity track and cross-country for my freshman year. Went to CCS in track, and I got two top 10 school records in XC.
-Interact Community service (3 years), ~100 hours from that total
-Key Club (2 years)
-Calculus AP tutor/teacher's aide (~20 hours last year, ~60 this year?)
-Algebra I repeaters program tutor (5 hours a week)
I have other ECs, but these are what I put in the spots on my app so I don't think the rest matter, right :P

I'm majoring in math, so I hope the math tutoring will help me :P We also take California Math League tests (its a competition and they rank us at school) and I've been on the top 5 for that for 3 years, this year I am #1 (yay!). I also got the top nomination for the senior school awards for the best student in math and English.

And also, I recently got that Regent's scholarship from UC Irvine but I don't know if that neccessarily means anything

[kyledavid80]

overture: strong GPA/scores, good ECs, average honors/awards. I'd say high match - match (60-70%).

[b_hand]

White Male, in-state

Economics major
UC GPA: 4.0

Huge upward tend (these grades are not UC GPA)
3.56 Freshman year
3.93 Sophomore year
4.2 Junior Year


SAT Superscore:
2140

Highest Score from one sitting:
760 Math
740 Critical Reading
540 Writing

2040 Total

SAT Subject Tests:
790 Math IIC
760 US History
730 Biology

I wrote one of my essays about how my dad had leukemia twice (as in how he recovered and then had a relapse) and how that completely messed up my family during the beginning of high school. I then talked about how I recovered and got my act together (as seen in my grades) towards the end of high school.

Extracurriculars:

Singing:
I am a very accomplished classical singer, and I have sent a CD of my sing to Berkeley (The only UC that allows me to do so!!)

Bass section leader since Sophomore year
1st Place Olympiad of the Arts, Lynda Fox Vocal Award
Lead Role in an Opera

Running
4 years Cross Country (3 varsity) Team Captain
4 Years Track (3 Varsity)

[kyledavid80]

b_hand: okay GPA/SAT, good SAT IIs, interesting ECs. I'd say slight reach (50-50), depending on your essays and on how they receive your supplemental material.

[tcmzueck]

I'm not a transfer student. Took a gap year.

[kyledavid80]

tcmzueck: your GPA/SAT are strong, though your ECs are not. Your time in China may help. I'd say slight reach (50-50), possibly a reach, depending on your essays (this is assuming that you're applying as a freshman). You'd probably have a better shot as a transfer.