<p>I am a white, female senior majoring in Electrical Engineering (with a minor in Spanish) at the University of Florida.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.97
Upper Division GPA: 3.96</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Served as Secretary junior year, and President this year of Eta Kappa Nu (electrical engineering honor society)
Active member of Tau Beta Pi (engineering honor society)
Active member of WECE (Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Elected as the student representative of my department’s Curriculum Committee this year
IEEE Robot Team member junior year
Subjugator (Autonomous Submarine) Team member junior year</p>
<p>Honors/Awards:
Dean’s List
Anderson Scholar
In UF’s Honors Program</p>
<p>Experience:
Worked a summer internship after sophomore year
Carried out two separate research projects, one with a professor in Spring 2011 and with another professor this past semester (Fall 2011)
Did a research internship abroad at the University of Freiburg in Germany this past summer</p>
<p>Any ideas what my chances would be at Berkeley Grad for EECS? I applied to the PhD program for Fall 2012.</p>
<p>Firstly, I hope that d high gpa is not bcos of ur minor bcos berkeley aint interested in how much spanish u know.So if u messed up on ur core EE courses and passed the spanish courses,then u r out of berkeley.If hopefully, u wrote a wonderful SoP, detailing ur previous research experience and how it has influenced ur reason to do a phd and why their school is the best match for you then u r good to go.I also hope u got stellar recommendations from your professors explaining how proactive hardworking and research oriented u r,coz dats too important far more than the 3.96.Anyways, if u did everything right(SoP,Recomendation), then u r good to go.Good Luck</p>
<p>As in the Chem-E thread, I’ll say I do not know the specifics of the field, but I can definitely say that your research experience will matter the most after your GPA is proved to be excellent. </p>
<p>You do not come from one of the absolute biggest names (which is fine) in terms of undergrad school, so it’s good that your GPA is super high, so as not to call in question anything.</p>
<p>Having those research experiences you posted is great, but as you know, we do not know the details of those experiences. I’m sure there are plenty of people with a near perfect GPA and some research experience who get rejected from a top 5 graduate school in EECS, one of the most competitive fields. </p>
<p>See if there is someone on this forum who can help you decide how strong your research background is by actually explaining your projects to that individual. Assuming you get letters from professors who are of repute, and that you show great potential with what you’ve done, you’ll have a fair chance.</p>