chances at uc berkeley / harvey mudd

whoamg
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:21:18 +0000

to the op:

uc’s go by the numbers and for engineering, your ec’s are looked at more.

here’s a strong match example for ucb eng (in order of importance):
[IN STATE] [OOS add .2 to gpa, 100 to sat, awards to ec’s]
gpa: 4.4
sat: 2200+
math2:800
chem/phys:770+
ec’s: technology-related
essays: one should be engineering-related

you are too ec-based for the uc’s. a 4.0uw/2400/800/800 few-ec kid has a better chance than a 3.5/2000/700/700 one who had loads of ec’s.