I received a letter of recommendation request now what?

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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do i have a chance of getting into UCB?? They sent me a request for a LOR a week or two after I submitted my app

These are my credentials:

Weighted GPA out of 4 at my highschool: 4.26
UC Weighted GPA: 4.03
UC CAPPED GPA: 3.97
UC UNWEIGHTED: 3.72
ACT Composite: 26
Writing: 32
English: 28
Math: 25
Science: 27
Reading: 25
Class rank: 3/105

Senior Course Schedule:
AP BIO
AP CHEMISTRY
AP SPANISH
DUAL CREDIT STATS
DUAL CREDIT ENGLISH
DUAL CREDIT PRE CALC/TRIG
DUAL CREDIT PERSONAL FINANCE

All A’s throughout high school
65+ volunteer hours

Extracurricular:
Volleyball 2 years
Soccer 2 years
National Spanish Honor Society
State Scholar
Math team
FCCLA (Volunteering)
Vice President of Student Body

Volunteering:
nursing home, church, school

Leadership:
led student body retreat
work leader
captain of volleyball team

Plenty of work experience

In my essays I wrote about the passion I have to become a doctor and the struggles of physical illnesses that I overcame. I also discussed my leadership and ability to lead others and help.

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Read this discussion for answers: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1939210-uc-berkeley-letter-of-recommendation-2021.html#latest

Also take a look at this video: https://youtu.be/M-4pi-zlk8g

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UCB separates the applicants into 3 groups: yes, no and maybe. It means that you are in the maybe group. A LOR can only help you. You are probably in the maybe group because your extracurricular activities may be good but your ACT score and your GPA are below the yes group.