I know this is the last thing u want to see, but... - chances!

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Do I have shot to get into Berkeley? thanks a lot!</p>

<p>Gender: F (asian - subcontinent)
Location: NY
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA - Unweighted: 3.86
Class Rank: top 5%
Class Size: 496</p>

<p>Took all the highest level classes that my school offers. Taking 4 AP’s next year - Chem, BC Calc, Lit, Public Policy</p>

<p>AP’s
US History - 5
Euro History - 5
Economics (Micro) - 3 (self-studied)
Human Geo - 3 (self-studied)
Physics b - 4 (self-studied)
COmp Sci - 4 (self-studied)
English Lang - 5
Psychology - 5 (self-studied)</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 750
SAT I Writing: 740
SATII total - 2200 <- will retake in October for 2300+</p>

<p>SAT II Biology - E: 710
SAT II Physics: 730 <- will retake for an 800
SAT II Chemistry: 800
SATII US History: 720
SAT MATHII: 740 <- will retake for a definite 800</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:

  • classical dance (10,11,12)
  • Bharatnatyam shows
  • Chinese Ribbon Dance
  • Indian drums (10,11,12)
  • International Club (9 - 12) - VP in 11th grade
  • Math League (10,11,12) - VP in 12th grade
  • NHS (12) - officer
  • Head of Ethnic Items, Fundraiser for Inter. Club
  • secretary of a consulting firm (make $1000/month)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work

  • taught math to 8th graders - 100+ hours
  • LIbrary hours - 20+
  • Cultural Fair - 60+
  • Temple - 20+</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:

  • Board of Education award
  • JAVA professional certificate
  • Service hours award from Temple
  • Math Department awards
  • AP scholar with distinction</p>

<p>I am not a legacy, can speak 3 languages, immigrant - US resident…</p>

<p>****i couldn’t do sports or anything special because i had to take care of my mentally ill mother…(i think this will be one of my essays)</p>

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<p>ap public policy?</p>

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<p>Just so you know, there’s an official chances thread that was recently started over here:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=379946[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=379946&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yeah that made me wonder too. AP Public Policy? :P. If you have a 4.2 UC GPA then you are in the running for Berkeley. Your SATs and Subject scores are fine.</p>

<p>P.S. How was the SAT II Physics test? Which study guide did you use and how did the practice test compare with the real one?</p>

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<p>did you superscore your sat?</p>

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<p>The UCs will only look at single sitting SAT scores.</p>

<p>By AP Public Policy do you mean the AP US and Comparative Government tests?</p>

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<p>By AP public policy I do mean AP US and COmp. Gov, that’s just what they call it in my school :o</p>

<p>and that was my SAT in my first sitting, I am going to retake it though…</p>

<p>and for the PHYSics SATII, I used PR…</p>

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<p>bump, anyone else???</p>

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<p>you have better SAT/sat2s than I had, similiar gpa, a few more APs, better EC’s, and I’m typing this from a berkeley dorm room. so, I’m guessing you have a good chance =p</p>

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<p>thanks a lot!!!</p>

<p>Glue - were you an instate?</p>

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<p>You’re a competitive applicant for OOS, so I’d say a good shot. (I won’t say reach/match though, because OOS admission is difficult to predict.)</p>

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<p>Sorry for the late reply – but nope, wasn’t counted as an instate.</p>

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<p>okay thanks then :D:D</p>