The Official Chances Thread!

[kyledavid80]

seraphinel: weak GPA + OOS = reach for Berkeley, even with good scores + average ECs.

knguyen142: strong GPA and rank, slightly weak scores, average ECs, low-income status -- I'd say slight reach - match. Try to raise those scores, as vicissitudes said.

vicissitudes:

Where did you hear this from?

I'd read it somewhere on the UC site, I think. Makes sense, though, since honors courses have to be approved in order to be weighted, and UC will (probably) only profile CA schools. I suppose it's possible that they'd weight certain honors courses for OOSers.

[zzzisoo2]

UC GPA: 4.12
Unweighted GPA: 3.83
Weighted GPA: 4.30

California Resident permanent residency
10
Eng2 A/A
Chem A/A
Bio H B/B
World hist A/A
Art A/A
Kor4 A/A
Precalc A/A
11
Ap Phys-b A/A
Ap Calc AB A/A
AP Chem A/A
AP USH A/A
H KOR5 A/A
H ENG3 B/C (c killed me;



SAT Reasoning Scores
780 M/600W/600 CR im sure i can get at least 2070+ in OCT


SAT II Scores

Math IIC 800
Kor 800
Chem 790
Bio E 730
Phys 700 (I dun know if i have to write this score on the apps)

AP
3 ush
4 calc bc/bio/phys-b-
5 chem

self-study on bio and calc bc

Which college are you applying to? Business OR electrical/chemical Engineering

ECs

California Scholarship Federation (CSF) (9-12)
Korean Culture Club (10-12)
Unicef (11-12)
Seniorclass council Hisotrian
Free tutoring math/sci in a public high school
Feeding homeless in a church (10-12)
Helpin Handicapped peope/ Praise team technician (10-12)
AMC
Planing on making a math club

[kyledavid80]

zzzisoo2: weak SAT, very slightly weak GPA, good SAT IIs, average ECs that show little passion/focus, and your intended major is very competitive. I'd say Cal's a slight reach - reach as it stands.

[srabiee]

UC GPA: 3.93 (I'm a horrible person)
Unweighted GPA: 3.73
Weighted GPA: 4.5 (my schedule is extremely demanding at a competitive public school)

Out of State

SAT Reasoning Scores: 770W, 660CR, 670M= 2100
SAT II Scores: getting ready to take but I'm busting my ass

Which college are you applying to? Um...

List a few of your most important ECs: Dedicating my summers to working for girl scout resident camp
Quite active in Gay-Straight-Alliance
National Honor Society

Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
I got a 3 in US History AP and a 4 in English Comp

After reading this, I feel like crap.

[srabiee]

oh and I did horrible (half Bs) in my sophomore year which dramatically lowers my UC GPA. Family problems that I don't really want to mention on the app.

[kyledavid80]

srabiee: I'd say Berkeley's a reach, especially since you're OOS. Try to make your essays the best you can -- you just might get in.

[akalboy]

UC GPA: 3.67 (i wasn't sure if i should add in my honors classes since they're not techincally UC-approved, so i only added in my AP classes, if honors classes in my school count, it'd be around a 4.05)
GPA (W): 4.16 out of 4.3 (my school does GPA wierdly, an A in a regular class is a 4.3, but in an AP or Honors class is a 5.0, then they go down .3-.4 each step, so like an A- is a 4.0 i regular and a 4.7 in AP/Honors)
Rank: top 10-15% of a very competitive NJ public school (class size is ~250)
Courseload: One of most rigoress
AP Scores: Bio (3), Chem (4), AB Calc (5)
Senior Year APs: English Literature, BC Calc, Physics C, French

Out of State
Asian Male

SAT: 610 CR 730 M 750 W
SAT2: 740 Math 2, 560 Bio, 640 Chem
ACT: 33 (32 E, 34 M, 31 R, 35 S, 30 E/W, 9 Essay)

Plan on majoring in business, but I'd probably apply to College of Letters and Science since I can't apply to Haas.

Piano for 12 years, Viola for 4 years, babysitting, give piano lessons, volunteer work at Susan G Koman, extensive travel experience

(not sure if this makes a difference because i'm OOS and wouldn't expect any scholarships, but i do not need any sort of scholarship or anything from the school)


if you guys could also chance me for UCLA and UCSD, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[vicissitudes]

Your GPA seems to be below-average. Your SATs are okay but SAT IIs are pretty low. ACT is pretty good though. Unfortunately, what I just said apply to in-state applicants, so as OOS (harder admission) I really don't think you have much of a chance. I'd guess 10% for Berkeley and UCLA, and 15-20% for UCSD.

[calivla]

Ethnicity: Asian
Permanent U.S. Resident
CA Resident

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
AP Biology
AP US History
H Euro Lit
H Spanish 4
H Pre-Calc
Orchestra

EC:
conservatory level activities in music
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 used glasses and medications
4 years of medical club at school (currently president)

Recs:
Great rec from science teachers
Possible Rec from local research/clinic director

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

Volunteer:
300+ hours

[Sheed30]

i say match

[calivla]

any more feed back?

[drsarah]

Live in California
African-American/African/Black (Moroccan..that's the category under the UC app that I fit into)
Muslim (that's what I'm going to write my personal statement about)
Trilingual (French, Arabic, English)

UC Weighted GPA: 3.8
in top 30% of class...school doesn't rank
SAT: 1930 (will take again in October; have been practicing everyday)
SAT2: Biology 570, History 620 (will take both in November again along with French)
ACT: 30 (retook in September...haven't gotten scores yet..felt like score stayed the same)

extras:
Cross-country 2 years
Track 1 year
Volunteered in Morocco orphanage for 1 week in summer
Member of mosque youth club 4 years; public relations officer 2 years
Internship at local newspaper--> had 2 articles published so far
Received scholarship (they chose 30 out of California) for Muslim Leadership Conference
tutor for 3 years at after school academic program
Model UN for 2 years---secretary 1 year
French Club (senior year)
Berkeley NorCal Summer Experience (3 day program that they told me to include)


i don't know if i forgot anything...but please chance me on what i have so far...

[shortduderay]

Here goes...

UC GPA: Should be 3.96 if summer classes at CC after junior year don't count
Unweighted GPA: ~3.6
Weighted GPA: ~3.8

California Resident, Asian Male (Chinese)

SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT scores:
SAT: 580R/660M/550W (1790)
ACT: 33E/35M/33R/30S (33 Composite) (consider this one instead on SAT)

SAT II Scores:
Chinese w/ Listening: 800
World History: 700
Biology M: 620
Will be taking Math II (estimating at least 700-750) and Chemistry (around 650?)

AP Scores:
AP English Language: 4
AP Computer Science A: 4
AP World History: 5

Senior year courses:
AP Physics B
AP Calculus AB
AP Government / Regular Econ
Choir 1
English 4

Junior year courseload:
Chemistry
AP English Language
AP Computer Science
Spanish 3
US History
Algebra 2

Which college are you applying to? Letters and Science, Computer Science (planning to transfer into EECS, since I don't think I'm competitive enough for Engineering. If not, I'll just stay a CS major.)

List a few of your most important ECs: (I have really lame and generic ECs)
Founded Chinese Club
Key Club
CSF
Christian Club
Church GK (youth group leader(s))
Game Development Club officer (will run this year, it's a new club)

Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:
I help my uncle with his company duties, mainly translation work from Chinese to English (he sells computer accessories)

Note: I'm from a single-parent, low income family. I don't know if this will affect me much though... Thanks!

[drsarah]

please chance us...

[vicissitudes]

Sorry guys, I've been busy. Be patient.

calivla: Good GPA, Good SAT scores, good ECs. ~70% chance. Btw, you don't need to send in recs.

drsarah: your GPA is a bit low...so is your SAT I score. You need to get those SAT II scores up. ECs look pretty good though. ~25% chance. By the way, they don't care about your race (feel free to write an essay about it though).

shortduderay: GPA's okay, not great. SATs are pretty bad, but your ACT scores are good enough I think. SAT IIs are decent, ECs are okay. ~60% chance.

Good luck guys.