Chances at UC Berkeley?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>First Generation White/Hispanic Male, my school is on the poorer side. California Resident
UC GPA: 4.18</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
French 1 - A/A
Algebra 2 H - B/B
Biology H - A/A
English 9 H - A/A
PE - A/A
Intro to Engineering and Design - A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
French 2 - A/A
AP Euro - A/A
Trig/Precal H - A/A
English 10 H - A/A
Digital Electronics - A/A
Athletic PE - -/A
PE 10 A/-
Summer: Chemistry H B/A</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Chemistry - B/B
AP Calc AB - A/B
AP English Language and Composition - A/A
AP US History - A/A
French 3H - A/A
Civil Engineering and Architecture - A/A
Summer: Economics H - A/A</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Physics 1
AP US Government
AP English Literature
AP French Language and Culture
AP Calculus BC
AP Macro Economics
Engineering Design and Development</p>

<p>Clubs/Teams/Awards
Robotics Team – 2011-Ongoing

  • CAD Team Leader – 2013-Ongoing
  • Club Photographer – 2012-Ongoing
  • 2013 Regional Finalists
    Chemistry Club – 2013-Ongoing
  • Founder
  • President 2013-Ongoing
    Key Club – 2012-Ongoing - 300+ Volunteer hours
  • Club Journalist – 2012-2014
  • Club Photographer – 2013-2014
  • Division Photographer – 2013-2014
  • Division Carwash Coordinator – 2013-Ongoing
  • Division Lieutenant Governor Candidate 2014 (Not sure if I will put on application)
  • Division Member of the Month – April 2014
  • Division Main Pediatric Trauma Program Fundraising Coordinator June 2014 – Ongoing
  • Key Club International Convention 2014 Club Delegate
  • Club Member of the Year for 2013-2014 Term
  • Club Most Service Hours Award 2013-2014 Term
  • CNH District Silver Member Award
    National Honors Society – 2013-Ongoing - 50+ Volunteer hours
  • Vice-President – 2014-Ongoing
  • Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 Tutor – 2013-Ongoing
    California Scholarship Federation – 2012-Ongoing
  • President – 2014-Ongoing
    Advanced Placement Club – 2012-Ongoing
    WASC Visit Preparation Committee, Curriculum – 2012
  • Student Member
    Philosophy Club – 2012-2013
    Golf Team – 2012-Ongoing
    School Graduation Ivy Chain Holder
    Golden Conquest Awards: French 2 Class Award, AP European History Class Award, AP Chemistry Class Award, AP English 11 Class Award, Foreign Language Department School Finalist Award
    AP Scholar with Distinction Award</p>

<p>AP Scores:
AP Euro - 3
AP Chemistry - 3
AP Calc AB - 4
AP French - 4 (Semi self study)
AP English Language - 5
AP US History - 5</p>

<p>SAT Scores:
Writing: 590
Math: 650
English: 670
Retaking in October
Will also be taking SAT US History, French with listening, and Math II.</p>

<p>ACT Scores:
31 English
30 Reading
28 Science
26 Math
30 English/Writing
29 Overall
Retaking due to not having a calculator for my own mistake of not checking the calculator policy until the night before and finding out that the TI-89 Titanium was banned.</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Summer Intern at a Fiber Optics Company 2014, 90 hours total.</p>

<p>Will not be applying to an engineering major because I have found out that after four years in my school’s engineering academy that engineering is not for me.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>You can only list five extracurriculars on your UC application. Your stats are on the low side for Berkeley. What’s your intended major?</p>

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<p>Are you in the top 9% of your class, and therefore qualified for UC admission under “local context” policy? What is your UC-weighted GPA? I suspect it’s pretty high. Berkeley might be a stretch, but you should have no difficulty getting into some UCs.</p>

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<p>I definitely know which five I will be listing, I just pasted in everything I had on my internship resume. My intended major is political science, I am in the top 9% of my class, top 1% specifically. If I calculated it right my UC GPA is 4.18. </p>

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<p>Your test stats are too low for Berkeley and remember that Berkeley is super competitive, so your scores have to be up there- 2200+ and ACT over 32. For the Key Club, just list Key Club. They know what it is-it’s “padding” if you list every little position. Same thing for CSF and NHS. (All of the California kids have these honor clubs in their resume. Honor chain is common too) Emphasize the things that make you stand out from the traditional “academic” clubs like sports and work.
The UC’s don’t use affirmative action so listing Hispanic ain’t gonna help. </p>

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Actual result: Admitted to Cal, UCLA, and USC without following advice in this thread.