The Official Chances Thread!

[ruyi]

1. you're being admitted into l&s undeclared, which...i dunno the statistic. but! it's the one the overwhelming majority of transfer students get into.
2. declaring sociology after that is no problem since it's not capped.
3. it's possible that 23% is because of psychology and social welfare. where did you get that number?

[Torrancecali]

I got the admission rate from website and psychology is in social science division so same 23percent social welfare 32percent...but not going to finish all the pre-req.

[seraphinel]

Chance please?

UC GPA - 3.90
GPA - Unweighted: 3.45
GPA - Weighted: 4.10

Asian + out of State , Applying to CED (College of Environmental Design)

Scores:

SAT I : 2180
Math: 680 CR: 780 Writing: 720
Retaking it so i think math will be over 720

SAT II
Literature: 740 U.S. History: 770 Math Level 2 (IIC): 690

AP Scores :
5's - Literature
4's - Euro History, US History, AB Calculus, Government

Class Schedule - taken all AP/IB classes for all 4 years, only honors/regular classes taken are ..gym, health and programming, woop.
Right now, senior schedule is
AP Stat, AP BC Calculus, IB Art and Design, IB European History, IB English, IB Physics, Theory of Knowledge

Extracurriculars:
Chief of Lighting Crew at Drama Club (Part of Drama Club for 4 years)
Internship at the Smithsonian Museums in DC (generally only for college students)
Chinese Painting Assistant Teacher (Since 8th Grade)
Wushu (Martial Arts) - Green Belt (4 years)
Chinese School - since like kindergarten
Leadership positions: Chief of Lighting Crew at Drama Club, i.e. Head Honcho of Lighting Design
College Summer programs: CTY - Johns Hopkins, Writing, Pop Culture
150+ Hours of Service Work

[vicissitudes]

That seems like a large discrepancy between your unweighted and UC GPA...how did you count those? I would count unweighted as total 10-11 grade GPA, no extra points, and UC GPA as total 10-11 grade GPA with an extra point give to 8 semester's worth of (usually) AP classes.

Anyway, I think your GPA's a little low for OOS. Score are okay. I'd guess 25% chance. Good luck.

[indianbasketball]

Only a junior so prolly not the best time for chance but still
4.0 gpa
4.2 weighted gpa Rank 4/660
Notable classes Freshman year Precalculus- A Chemistry -A CAD1/2-A
Notbale cllasses soph year Ap Calc AB -A/5 Ap Chem A/5
Junior year taking ap physics apush ap lang ap psych and ap calc bc
2050 SAT Frosh year. Took a practice psat a week ago got around 220
7th grade and 8th grade state chess champion. Currently ranked 3rd in state for 11th graders. Varisty high school chess. All league metro chess player and 2007 all state chess award. Got around 2000 dollar off of chess.
Piano for 7 years. 2 time gold cup winner in Oregon musics festival.
Lemelson-MIT Inventeams member. Went to MIT to present project in front of MIT profs and other people.
NHS
Rec basketball team (prolly does not count for much huh?)
Library volunteering
Took an engineering class at JHU
Pc build for charities thru intel
Out of state from oregon
I prolly trie to get an internship at intel this year, once i get my drivers license (requird to get a job at intel)

[indianbasketball]

my bad, i did not mention in the post above i am looking for chances.

[guitarhero5]

Class Rank: 3/345 (our school is not very academically competitive, though)
Unweighted GPA: ~3.95
Weighted GPA 10-12: ~4.41 (hnrs classes count as unweighted at my school)
Family Income: Low Income <25k (hoping for generous financial aid)

SAT Reasoning: 1990 cumulative (CR: 640, M: 680 W: 670)
1st Sitting. Will retake in Nov.; expecting at least a 2050
SAT Subjects: Biology: 690, U.S. Hist: 700 Math IIC: 660.
AP Exams:
AP Euro: 4
AP BIO: 5
AP US: 5
AP Lang:4
EC's:
Eagle Scout from Venture Troop (300+ community service hrs.)
VP of Venture Troop
Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop
Club membership in: CSF, NHS, Kiwin's, American Heart Association, Interact (though I have few hours).

I'm not impressive as most of those that go on here, but would really appreciate comments, especially from those that have already experienced Cal's admission process.

[dontcha]

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

California Resident

SAT Reasoning Scores
650 M/610 W/590 CR (will retake in October)
*ACT scores (consider)
PREDICTED 27 Reading/ 28 Science/ 34 Math/ 33 English/ 10 Essay (about 30-31 composite)

SAT II Scores

Math IIC 710
Spanish w/listening (will take)

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

...thanks

[Castel]

Raise SATs.

[vicissitudes]

indianbasketball: You have a strong GPA and good ECs. Try getting that SAT score up if you can. For now I'd guess 50-60% chance. If you're applying to engineering, your chances would go down a little. Also, it'd help if you organize your post a little in the future.

knguyen142: You have a good GPA but your SAT II and especially SAT I scores could be better. Your ECs are okay. Assuming you're in-state I'd guess 60% chance.

dontcha: Your GPA is definitely good, but your SAT Reasoning is pretty low for Berkeley. Your ECs are decent. I'd guess 35% chance.

[indianbasketball]

Hey thanks for the response. Yeah actually i will be prolly applying to to engineering, so my chances will proly be lower huh? Sry about the unorganized post.

[vicissitudes]

Yeah, engineering and OOS makes it tough for you. Especially if you choose a popular major like EECS, BioE, or Engineering undeclared. Those three are the most popular.

[feuerwerke]

i'm seeing a bunch of nerds here looking for confirmation that they should apply to berkeley. so i'm here to tell you.....(get ready).. me too. :0

---keep in mind that i'm a transfer student from a calif. community college---


gpa: 4.0

major: music (college of L&S)

EC's: college student gov't (2 years)
intern @ rock/pop radio station
jazz/lounge pianist at a restaurant

SATs: (back when i took them there were only 2 parts) math590/eng580


i'm not so much worried about what my gpa and activities are, so much as i am worried about the fact that i'm not confident about my personal statement part of the app. so taking that into consideration too....whadaya you kids think?

[ruyi]

they don't even look at the SAT. you seem like an interesting person, just let it show in your personal statement. but even if it is weak, with the 4.0 and ec's, i wouldn't be worried. (just as long as you've finished, you know, the breadth and major prereq's offered at your jc.)

[feuerwerke]

to ruyi - thanks for the confidence!!

to everyone - lots of good luck to yoooooo!