The Official Chances Thread!

[skier92]

Objective:

* SAT I: (2390 (800M, 800W, 790CR)
* ACT: 35
* SAT II: Math IIC - 780 , Biology E - 770 , Literature - 770 , US History, 780
* Unweighted GPA: 3.97
* Weighted GPA: 4.5
* Rank - 1/756 (Valedictorian)
* AP Tests: US History (5) , Biology (5) , Chemistry (4) , Calculus BC (5) , French (4) ,
World History (5) , Physics C (5) , Psychology (5) , Statistics (3)

Subjective:

Leadership:
* National Honor Society President (Junior and Senior Year)
* Student Body President (Junior and Senior Year)
* President of Community Service Club, (Raised $400,000 for Breast Cancer Awareness)
* Oversee 50 peer volunteers at radiology ward in local hospital.

Academic:
* Presidential Scholar
* National AP Scholar
* National Merit Finalist

Other School Related Activities:
* Model UN Chairman (9-12)
* National Honor Society (11-12)
* French Culinary Club (9-12)
* Publications, Editor-in-Chief, have had work published in the New York Times (9-12)
* Varsity Cross Country, regional record for 5 km. run, (9-12)
* Varsity Fencing (9-12)

* Essays: Great Writer, (Dartmouth Alumni Award for outstanding writing)
* Teacher Recommendations: Very good recommendations (I've done research with both)
* Counselor Rec: Very good recommendation
* Additional Rec: Very good recommendation from state senator whom I was a page for.

Other

* Have traveled to 35 countries
* Have flown over 400,000 miles
* Siemens Westinghouse Semi-Finalist
* School Type: Large sized public school (aprox. 3000)
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Sex: Female
* Languages Spoken: English, French (Spoken at Home)
* Summer Science Program (Summer between Junior and Senior year)
* Summer at Brown Program (Summer between Sophomore and Junior year)
* Organized relief effort charity, raised $200,000 for 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

Intersted In:
* UC Berkeley
* UC Los Angeles

[amarkov]

So you're a bilingual female valedictorian with almost perfect GPA, almost perfect test scores, 9 AP tests, six leadership positions, two varsity sports for 4 years each, who has raised over half a million dollars for charity.

o rly?

[hippiecow]

California Resident
UC GPA: 4.23
Unweighted GPA 3.95
Weighted GPA 4.33

Sophomore:
AP Euro Hist: A/A
Honors Eng.: A/A
Spanish II: A/A
Trig/Math Analysis: A/A
Chemistry: A/A

Summer:
Community College
Psychology: A

Junior:
AP Cal BC: B/A
AP English: A/A
AP Chem: A/A
Spanish III H: A/A
US History: A/A

Summer:
Community College
Physics: A

Senior:
AP English:
AP Stats:
AP Bio:
AP Econ:

SAT Scores: 2220 (780M/690CR/750W)

SAT II Scores:
Literature: 790
Chemistry: 800
Mathematics II: 770

AP Scores:
Calculus BC - 5
Chemistry - 5
English - 5
European History - 4

Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
Letters and Science, Psychology.

EC:
NHS, CSF, 1 year of Varsity LD Speech & Debate, 2 years of Robotics Club, 2 years of Varsity Diving, 2 years of Wind Ensemble

I am also looking at UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, and UCSD. Would UC Santa Cruz make a good safety?

[ZooeyKing]

@skier91 : I'm sorry but I find it so unlikely that you could raise over $400,000. I understand if you have some sort of major contribution from an unknown person looking for a tax write off, but even that is far fetched. If you apply, I suggest you not include those tidbits because it seems nearly impossible. Not to mention that you did it a second time with the relief effort in Sichuan. Second, unless you are some sort of Radiology prodigy, it also seems questionable that a hospital would allow a teenager to watch over 50 people in the department. Seriously? You've had work published in THE NEW YORK TIMES from 9-12 grade? Each year?

You either have absolutely no social life and are some human prodigy OR this is a joke!


I'd say raise your SAT's and maybe you've got a shot at UCSC. Maybe.

[ZooeyKing]

@hippiecow: you've got a great shot. apply!

[Vialpando]

Which is harder to get into EECS or undeclared L&S?

[carryon]

EECS is harder to get into. L&S is the easier college. If you get into L&S but want to become an EECS major later on, you will have to apply to the College of Engineering. (There is also a Computer Science degree in L&S, but it will be a B.A., not a B.S, I think.)

[drpvv]

If Skier92 is real, the LEAST of her problems would be wondering if she could get into UCB.

[deturbanator]

UC GPA: 4.0
Unweighted GPA: 3.67
Weighted GPA: 3.92
(very bad, i know)

+ 2 college courses at local community colleges:
Intermediate Programming in C: A
Intermediate Alg: A

California Resident

SAT Scores (redoing them/not sending in):
Critical Reading 590
Math 800
Writing 600
TOTAL 1990

ACT:
Composite: 31
English 29
Mathematics 34
Reading 30
Science 30
Combined English/Writing 29
Writing (score range 2 to 12) 10

SAT II:
Mathematics Level 2 800
Physics 770

AP Tests:
Physics B : 5
Calc BC : 5
Eng Lang and Comp : 4

Senior Year Classes:
Ap Bio
Ap Chem
Ap Gov
Ap Eng Lit and Comp
Ap Stats

Applying to College of Letters and Science
-Major Physics or Applied Mathematics (cant decide)

ECS:
Martial Arts for 13 years
-Black Belt Taekwondo
-Black Belt Wu Shu
-studied shaolin kungfu, tai chi, kickboxing, kapawara, +++
-Student instructor

3 years Dance/Marching Band - Color Guard/Winter Guard
-Leadership position in marching band and winterguard

100+ hours community service to Abilities United: helping those with developmental challenges

Earned:
AP Scholar Award
Honorary member of California Scholarship Federation

A reply would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance

[myztified]

@ deturbanator: Your gpa is fine. Your test scores are good. The college of letters and sciences won't even look at your intended major. Just write good essays that show you have a personality and passions, and you'll be fine. Your extracurriculars show you have focus. If you're passionate about being a mentor - being a student instructor and volunteering to help those with developmental challenges suggests you do - then that would be a good topic for essay #2.

[deturbanator]

Thanks for the confidence boost. I have written my two essays already. The first one is on my father losing his opportunity to use the master's degree he earned in electrical engineering because he stayed in America after his student visa expired. I talked about him losing his dream and then placing that dream into my hands to be fulfilled.
My second essay focuses on a specific event in my martial arts when sparing a 35 year old when i was only 10 years of age. How the fight with him has taught me about how i need to approach life and school. I must apply and develop my knowledge not just let information collect in my mind.

your essay suggestion does sound good though and i might try an outline to see what ideas arise :]

[drpvv]

Hey! Berkeley has been my dream school for quite some time now, so I'd really appreciate it if anyone can chance me.

• Objective:
• SAT I: 2100 (700M, 750W 12e, 650CR)
• ACT: Scores in 2 weeks! (Projected 30-33)
• SAT II: Math II - 710 , Biology M - 720 , Literature - 650
• Unweighted GPA: 3.95
• Weighted GPA: 4.39
• UC GPA: 4.33
• Rank - 1/346 (Valedictorian)
• ELC Qualified (Got into Davis, Irvine, Santa Barbara, Riverside)
• AP Tests: US History (4) , Biology (5)
  
  Leadership:
• CSF President (Senior Year)- Ran a 4-day trip to SoCal to visit 8 Colleges
• Key Club Vice President + Secretary (Senior Year)
• Eco-Awareness Club Co-Founder + Treasurer (Senior Year)
  
  Other School Related Activities:
• CSF (10-12)
• Key Club (10-12) -170hrs of community service
• Eco Club (12)
• Varsity Track (11-12)
• Varsity Cross Country (12)
  
  Other:
• Rotary Youth Leadership Award
• Outdoor School Camp Counselor
• Third Place in Local Rotary Speech Contest
• Rotary Local High School Student of the Month
• Took Intro to Psychology and American Government at a community college (got A's in both)
• (9th Grade) Best Student in English + Honors Biology, (10th Grade) Best Student in Algebra II + Honors Chemistry, (11th Grade) Best Student in AP Biology
• Male, Asian Indian, Small Town, Rarely Sends Grads to Top Schools
  
  Intersted In:
• Applying to College of Letters & Science

[confusedjunior23]

hi i was wondering if it's even worth the money to apply. I was gonna apply to the business program or chemistry.

stats-
white female from tx
ranked 3/500 something
taken all honors/ap classes
gpa: weighted: 5.68/6.0
unweighted: 4.0/4.0
act: composite 32 -->just retook waiting on scores, expecting 33-34+
sat: 640 cr, 640 math, 610 writing -->retaking this week, definitely weakest point
sat 2s: 690 literature, 700 us history, 720 chem
aps: chem (5), apush (4), english lang. (4), spanish lang. (4)
currently taking ap bio, literature, calculus bc, gov't/macroecomics, computer science pre-ap, and special chem 3 course in organic chemistry

ecs- dance team(9-12, captain 12)-march w/band and general contests; extremely!!! time consuming
-studio dance group (9-11)-ballet performing group, worked w/nursing homes
-spanish nhs (10-12, treasurer 10-11)
-spanish club (9-12, historian 9)
-chemistry club (12, historian)-founded last month
-nhs (11-12)
-freshman transition program (11)
-church group (9-10)
community service: -completed over 100 hrs, weak point as many are events not commitments because of dance team rehearsals,
-tutored last summer
-various nhs/snhs hours
awards:
-academic excellence (9-11)
-dance varsity letter (11-12)
-division 1 dance solo rating (11)
-ap scholar w/honor
-dancer of the year (11)
-who's who in foreign language (11)
work:-babysit weekly for families (9-12)

[papu26]

Hello,

I am an international student from an asian country(Singapore). Applying for admission fall 2010 to ut austin, texas A&M and purdue uni college of engineering.

I have taken the GCE O level exams and scored 8 As and a couple of Bs.

I have a 2120 sat score(800 math, 680 writing, 640 critical read)

My high school doesnt compute gpa.

I also have 800 for sat 2 math. 710 for sat 2 phy.

I have done a lot of community service, been in 2 sports. Tennis , Cricket.

I also took the toefl and scored 113/120 on the ibt.

May i know my chances of getting in?

Thanks

[scotto3394]

UC GPA: 4.17???
weighted: 4.29
class rank: 15/742

California Resident

SAT Reasoning Scores
Total: 2120
Math: 800
CR: 640
Writing: 680
I plan on retaking this saturday so hopefully it goes up...
ACT scores
comp: 35
english: 33
reading: 33
math: 36
science: 36
writing: 8
SAT II Scores
math 2: 800
physics: 800
chem: 770
Ap Scores
Calc AB: 5
Macroeconomics: 5
European History: 5

Which college are you applying to?
Letters and Science, math major

List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
...I really don't have much of anything for ECs >.<
Key Club, 2 years
Science Club, 2 years
Band, 1 year
ARML, 1 year
Math Tutoring, 2 years
and err...i've played piano for about 10 years? though i haven't gotten certification of merit...

Classes:
[Sophomore]
Hnrs. Spanish 3 A/B
P.E. A/A
AP Euro A/A
Hnrs. Pre-Calc A/A
Hnrs. Chemistry A/A
Hnrs. World Lit A/B
Ap Macroeconomics (Outside School) A
Mathematical Logic (Outside School) A

[Senior]
Reg. US History
Ap Chemistry
Ap Physics B
Ap Calc BC
Ap Microeconomics
Ap Government
Ap Lit
Theater Arts 1/2

Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
well... the only other thing is that I'm going to graduate at the age of 16. Will this help me at all?