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Old 10-17-2012, 10:47 AM   #1
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Chances for UC Berkeley?????

Hi guys, I'm a Korean (south) junior going to and international school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I've been in that school my entire life. Here are my stats, plz tell me what i should work on in order to get into UC Berkeley as and Econ major (my dream school).

Sophomore GPA on a 4.33 gpa scale; 1st semester :3.71
2nd semester: 3.92
Junior (IB year one) GPA; not out yet.

SAT- scores not out yet, but based on my practice tests, i predict math: 700 CR: 700+ Writing: 750+.

EC: Varsity Soccer-freshman, sophomore, and junior year. Probs captain for senior year
Student Council- junior and prbly running for VP senior year
Habitat for Humanity - freshman, sophomore, junior year, prbly senior year
Mandarin Honor Society- sophomore, junior, senioryear(includes tutoring mandarin)
SEASFIRE- South East Asian Science Foundation for Reef Ecology; we went scuba diving in the Perhentian islands, collected data on coral bleaching, and should publish a magazine or sumthing by the end of the year

Sophomore year i took: Adv integrated math II, Integrated Science, World Studies, Mandarin, English, PE, and Digitech (and introductory comp sci course)

Won PE award this year
Got 3rd place in a local soccer tournament

Junior year i'm doing the full IB Diploma:
IB Mandarin SL
IB Biology SL
IB English Lang/Lit SL
IB Math HL
IB Business/Management HL (They don't have IB econ in my school)
IB Geography HL

I'm also taking two AP courses outside of school: AP Calculus (Probably AB), and AP Macro/Micro Economics

Just tell me what i should work on since the school year has just started, and i feel like i should be doing more to get into UC Berkeley. Thanks guys. Don't be afraid to be harsh
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Old 10-17-2012, 10:49 AM   #2
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Please also give me some advice on what i should be working on and how i could do that. Thanks!
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