The Official Chances Thread!

[CA2006]

coolchoa: Match for engineering. Good luck!

[saeraxD]

UC GPA : 4.48
UW GPA: 3.83
W GPA: 4.476

out of state from IL - a handful of students from my hs go to cal every year.

ACT 34
SAT I 800M 690CR 660W (retaking)
SAT II: BIO M 740; Math IIC 800; Physics 630
APs: calc bc, macro, us gov, bio, physics c, lang
senior year classes: multivariable calculus, ap lit, western lit, international relations, military history, french 5, ap chem, senior foods, floral design

ECs: violin, chicago youth symphony orchestra, a lot of church related stuff.

prospective major: east asian studies

[Castel]

I'm curious to see how your weighted is less than your UC GPA. Riase your SAT I and you shouldn't have too much of a problem.

P.S. How was the SAT II Physics test? Which study guide did you use and was it similar to the real test itself?

[calivla]

Ethnicity: Asian
California resident
Permanent U.S. resident - came to the states when I was 12.

GPA: 3.84(UW) 4.23 (W)
No Rank at my school
SAT I: 2170
CR: 640 M: 780 WR: 750 (11 on essay)
SATII: Math 2C - 800
Bio - 670
Chem - 730
US History - 720
Korean - 780
AP Scores:
Chem - 5
Bio - 4
US - 4

Senior Year Schedule:
AP Government
AP English Literature
AP Spanish
AP Calculus
AP Physics
Orchestra
Bowling

Junior Year Schedule:
AP Chemistry (received poor grade first semester which killed my gpa, but got an A second semester; received a 5 on AP Exam)
AP Biology
AP US History
H Euro Lit
H Spanish 4
H Pre-Calc
Orchestra

second semester w gpa: 4.74
first semester w gpa: 4.29

EC:
1 year particpation in nation wide orchestra
4 year participation in state wide orchestra
Principal position at a locally famous orchestra
Invited by professional orchestra to perform with them
Gave a speech at the opening of the regional performing arts center
Volunteered at local hospital and research/clinic center
Raised more than $3000 for clinical research
Embarked on medical mission to Guatemala for 1 week - distributed thousands of glasses and medications
4 years of medical club at school (2nd year as president)

Recs:
Great rec from teachers
Possible Rec from local research/clinic director and assistant clinical professor

Job experience:
Earned more than $500 teaching music to children

Volunteer:
300+ hours

My majors: undecided / pre-med / music...

Do I have a shot???

[vc08]

is that your UC GPA? if so, I think you're a solid match. Who knows, anything can happen and I know people with your stats who've been denied, but you definitely have a better than average chance. Great scores and solid GPA/ECs. good luck!

[saeraxD]

Castel - Well, if you round my gpa up it's a 4.48, I guess. I think my school's GPA weights like UC's GPA (if that makes sense).

If you took AP Physics B, you should be fine for the physics sat II test. I took AP Physics C which is calculus based, so we don't touch on optics or half of what is on the SAT II test. But if you're "science smart" (unlike me), you should get in the 700's - all my friends in my physics C class got an 800 (the curve is like 15 blank = 800). I would probably borrow Barron's and buy Princeton Review for physics; barron's tends to tell you too many useless things.

[vicissitudes]

saeraxD - I don't see how a UC GPA can go that high since there is an 8-semester cap on AP/honors credit. Unless maybe you took only 5 classes for most semesters, all AP/honors, and got all A's in them...but your UW suggests otherwise. Based on your UW and everything else, I think it's a reach. I'd guess 20-30% chance.

calivla - decent GPA, decent scores. I think you have a 50% chance of getting in.

[saeraxD]

I see, I tried using that calculator thing on the website, I must've done it wrong.

[vicissitudes]

Oh you know what...UCs have a website that tells you which classes from your high school they give extra credit to. But since you're OOS I don't think they cover your high school.

[thethimble]

hi!

UC GPA: 4.29
Unweighted: 3.92
Weighted GPA: 4.40

California Resident

SAT Reasoning Score: 2120
Critical Reading: 680
Math: 770
Writing: 670

SAT II Scores
Math2: 800
Bio: 770

Which college are you applying to?
Engineering (Undeclared/EECS)

List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
4years Varsity Tennis
Johns Hopkins CTY Student
300+ Hours Community Service (Teacher's Assistant, Tennis Team Manager, Medical Clinic, etc.)
Founded Cricket Club, Fantasy Sports Club
Officer Positions in Key Club, JSA
CSF


APs
Bio 5
Chem 5
English 4
Calc AB 5
Stat - Enrolled
Physics - Enrolled
Spanish - Enrolled
Gov - Enrolled
Econ - Enrolled


i *hope* i get in!! berkeley engineering is my dream!!!

[Castel]

Though you have no engineering-oriented EC's, I would say you have nice chance getting in xD.

[pick]

Man, reading this thread makes me feel hopeless ._.

UC GPA: 4.15
Unweighted GPA: 3.90

SAT: 1910: V: 550 -____- M: 740 -_- W: 620 :|
I'm going to retake the SAT I for a 2100+, so lets just pretend that it's 2100 :P

Will take Math IIc (probably a 750+) and SAT II Physics (probably 700+)

grades and stuff (first semester/second semester)

freshman year gpa: 3.5/3.5
sophmore year gpa (no APs): 3.6/4.0

*then I took precalc over summer, got A/A

Junior year grades:
English: A/A
History: A+/A
Japanese 3: A/A
AP Physics C: A/A
AP Calculus AB: A/A
AP Computer Science: A/A

(extreme upward trend XD)

Senior classes:
English, Economics, Computer Game Design (), AP Chemistry, Calculus CD (an honors class offered here that's for students who took AB the previous year), and AP Statistics

AP Scores:
AP Physics C Mechanics: 4
AP Physics C E&M: 5
AP Calculus: 5
AP Computer Science A: 5

EC's (weeaaaak):
Violin since 5th grade, Orchestra from 6th grade to sophmore year
Tennis.... only went to school's summer camp because I didn't make it into the team (my school's tennis team is very competitive)
Took product/transportation design at this supposedly famous art college named Art Center: College of Design in Pasadena.
Proficient knowledge in Flash and animation
Will probably hold a position in magic tricks club this coming year
Volunteered at library, hospital, and some Chinese non-profit thing (Tzu Chi)
CSF

Yeah... I was a huge slacker in the beginning of high school, but I brought myself back up. I go to a competitive public school in California, my family is low income, and I'm looking to apply for pre-business (undeclared?). What are my chances? :|

[vicissitudes]

thethimble - High GPA, good math/science SAT scores. EECS and Engineering undeclared are both tough to get into though. I'd say 65% chance.

pick - Good GPA, SAT I a little low, SAT II scores are good. ECs are weak, dunno how much that will hurt you. Your ECs actually looks like this:

Orchestra
Volunteered at library, hospital

I'm gonna say 30-40% chance. Pull those scores up. Probably too late for you to get involved in ECs now. Upward trend doesn't really help.


Oh by the way, I'm giving out percentages because I think it's more helpful, but it's just personal opinion so take it with a grain of salt. Also I don't think what classes you're taking senior year matters so don't bother listing those (unless you want to).

[pick]

Alright, thanks. I'll try very hard to get my SAT I score as high as possible :\

Probably I'll create a club too >_>

[y7bbb6]

okay this Cal GPA this confuses me so much

basically it means they don't look at freshman GPA? if that's the case, then i have

7 A's
5 B's

And 10 of them were honors courses.....i have no idea how i'm supposed to calculate that, but on a normal 4.0 scale with A= 4.0 and B=3.0, that's like

3.58 unweighted

I'm an out of state applicant, I live in Massachusetts
SAT
780 in all
= 2340 total

SAT II
US H: 760
Math II: 800
Chem: 760

AP:
Bio: 5
US: 5
Eng Lit: 4 (didn't take class)

EC's
300+ volunteer, most of it is at a teacher. went to Yunnan University in China to teach english
Also teach at chinese school

Violin, won a state competition a long time ago,
played in multiple orchestras at the New England Conerservatory and the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras

Varsity Wrestling freshman year

what are my chances boiiiis?