Chance for L&S CS please!

weepingsilently
Wed, 17 Sep 2014 03:35:30 +0000

Could anyone chance me as well? Sorry for piggybacking this post!! I’m not sure if I want to go L&S or EECS, but I know I really want to attend berkeley!!

Asian male
In-State
School doesn’t rank, but I’m fairly sure I’m top 2% in class of 255–competitive public school (Miramonte HS)

Unweighted 10&11: 4.0, 9-11: 3.93
UC Weighted: 4.50
AP Classes: 5 from sophomore to junior year (Physics C, Chem, Calc AB, Calc BC, USH–all 5’s, took both Mech and E&M for physics)
Senior Year: 5 AP’s: Bio, Lit, Comp Gov, CS A, Latin
SAT: 2350 M:800, W: 790, R: 760
SAT II: Math 2: 800, Chem: 800

EC:
Church Worship Leader–6 years, 400+ volunteer hours
Columnist for thewannabescientist.com–2 years
Christian club pres–2 years
Music Maker’s club VP/co-founder–1 year
Kumon Tutor–2 years
Private Tutor–2 years
Piano–5 years
Guitar–3 years
San Francisco Boy’s Chorus (Don’t know if this applies since it was pre-HS)–6 years, performed at 2008 presidential inauguration, toured around Europe.
intl Chem Olympiad regional finalist–2 years
Public Forum Debate–2 years
CSF
Self taught in Javascript
taking multivariable calc unofficially via MITOpenCourseware

//Summer stuffs:
JHU Engineering Innovation–condensed form of “What is engineering”, a freshman course at JHU. Earned college credit with a B.
SCU Summer Engineering Seminar–1 week residential, free and selective (10-15% of applicants selected), overviews subdisciplines of engineering and “gives a taste of college dorm life”.