Chances into UCB?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Ethnicity: Chinese (Cantonese 1st generation immigrant-- does this dramatically lower my chances? >_>)
UC GPA: 4.0
School GPA (W/ freshman year): 3.7
SATI: 1880 (690 Math 620 CR 570 WR)
SAT II: 570 MII 660 USH 510 Lit (:()
Classes:
AP Physics B
Honors USH
Pre-Calc</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP CALC B
AP BIO
AP Literature
AP Statistics</p>

<p>EC:
Varsity Captain of Fencing (2 Years)
Member of Varsity Fencing Team (4 years)
President of Club: Community Service (2 years)
Member of Bridge club (2 Years)
SNBC Youth Leadership Council Member (2 Years)
Member of private Out-of-school Muay Thai Club (2 Years)
Member of outside-of-school fencing club (4 years)
~200 Community Service/Volunteer Hours</p>

<p>Awards/Honors
2nd Place All-State (08’)
Community Service Award
Service Leader Award
Peer Resources Award

  • more that I need to find buried in my room</p>

<p>EDIT: Work Experience:
Part time job as a clerk at a law firm</p>

<h2>6-week internship at a differnet law firm over the summer</h2>

<p>My grades aren’t stellar, SAT scores suck, but have a big pool of EC. Does that count for anything?
I’m trying to apply for the Business Administration major, without a doubt, one of the most competitive ones there :(</p>

<p>Schools I’m planning on applying to:
UCB (Early Action)
Stanford
UCSB
UCSD
UCD
UCLA</p>

<h2>UCSC (just in case)</h2>

<p>Still looking for East-Coast schools.</p>

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<p>definitely a good shot
my friend got in last year with a 1930 but he had a lot of AP’s and a great gpa
however, he had hardly any ec’s</p>

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<p>Thanks, that’s very reassuring to hear!</p>

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<p>Any other people want to chime in?</p>

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<p>Berkeley has no early action application. Assuming that you are in state, I think that your gpa and sat scores are on the lower end of Berkeley applicants. It’s not impossible to gain admissions, but based on your gpa + sats alone, it will be tougher. Also, being Chinese doesn’t lower you chances as Berkeley doesn’t factor in race for admissions; it might even help if you are a first generation college student. As a result, I’d wager that it’s a Reach/Slight Reach.</p>

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<p>UCB–Slight Reach
Stanford–Reach
UCSB–Match
UCSD–Match to Slight Reach
UCD–Match
UCLA–Slight Reach
UCSC–Safety</p>

<p>1st generation helps you at UCB and UCLA–and might get you in, but unlikely–especially if a declared business major (along with engineering, one of the toughest majors)</p>

<p>Consider the Economics major at UCSD–it’s a really strong program</p>