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Latin American (Nicaraguan) Male
Household Income < $100,000
I want to be an engineer
GPA: 3.96 Unweighted
4.78 `Weighted
Taking Hardest Courses Possible
SAT 1: Math 800
Writing 770
Reading 690
(First try. Should I retake in October?)
SAT IIs: Math IIC 800
Chemistry 790
English Literature 770
Biology E/M 660
AP:
World History 5
U.S. History 5
Chemistry 5
Biology 4
Spanish 5
Calculus BC 5
Extra Curriculars:
Competed in National Spelling Bee at age 12 (should this count?)
Got a circuit system patented
Key Club District Lietenant 2 Years
CSF Vice President 2 Years
CSF President 1 Year
Robotics Club (Co-Founder)
Varsity Football 4 Years
Team Captain 2 Years
Varsity Track and Field 2 Years
Competitive Piano since age 5
Certificate of Merit Level Advanced
Honor Orchestra since 6th grade
Violin since age 8
Chemistry Club
Do I have a chance for Berkeley? it's my dream school =]
I say you have a great chance, i'm pretty sure you're a URM and you have a great GPA and decent test scores (try and pull up that reading score though). Don't worry about that Bio SAT II.
I think nearly 50,000 people applied to Berkeley this year so even though it's your dream school, it's a lot of other people's dreams school too
Just gotta show on your essay how unique you are and play on your strengths, I'd say you have a great chance of getting in
Assuming that you're in state, I think you're guaranteed for Berkeley. IMO you should consider Stanford/Ivy league/MIT, you'll probably get into a few of those schools with a nice financial aid package thrown in on top. Berkeley's a great school, but I don't think you should limit yourself to it. People with weaker stats than yours have gotten into Harvard!
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