Out of state
ACT: 35
W GPA: 4.41
UW GPA: 3.89
Major: economics
6 APs with 4s and 5s and one 3 in euro
NHS, Chairwoman of a committee, government club, class council representative
Currently in 6 APs this year alone
Volunteered in Haiti for 2 summers
2 school academic awards, 1 state academic award, AP Scholar with distinction
SAT: 2120, 760 W, 620 M, 740 CR, 11 Essay
GPA: 4.1 W, UC GPA: 4.27
Rank: Top 4% in HS and in the Top 9% ELC for the UCs
790 on US History SAT
Major: Political Science
10 APs
In-state, Public School
I sent two letters.
Check my post on the Cornell ILR 2020 thread for a more in-depth profile and activities. I’m too lazy to post more to here (oops).
Class rank: 3/450
ACT: 35 (36S,36R,35M,34E,11essay)
GPA:
UC WEIGHTED: 4.4
Unweighted: 4
AP: 10, 5s on 6 tests, 4 on 1
EC:
Blacksmithing
Web development team (manager for two years)
Math team president
Tech theatre (assistant master carpenter)
OOS, Sent in two recs after asked
On phone so shoddy formatting, if you want a more complete profile, I posted in the main what are my chances thread.
no idea about UC GPA, but UW: 3.86 / W: 4.4ish
SAT: 2210 (C: 800 / M: 640 yikes / W: 770) / 2300 super score
AP tests: Euro (4), US History (5), Bio (4), Art History (5), English Lang (5) - AP Scholar w/ Distinction
SAT II: US History (700), Literature (750)
ECs were pretty sparse / weak, but essays were fairly good
in-state, competitive public school
Guys, there is no specific reason UCB asked some people for LORs and not others. It is a pilot study. They are trying to see if LORs make a difference to admissions. You wont figure out anything from comparing your stats.
I disagree that this was random. I think that stats definitely played a large part in the LOR requests.
During summer 2015, I attended an admissions session at UCB with my daughter. This is what my daughter said she was told by the admissions officer when they spoke after the session. If you have more solid information than a hunch, please feel free to share it.
Honestly at this point, speculation won’t do much to change the process.
But for what it’s worth, I can add the fact that the only other person who I know applied to Berkeley at my school has significantly lower stats than mine (I could be considered borderline), and less awards, etc. I received a LOR request but the other student did not. Obviously, the sample size is minuscule, but that’s just what happened at my school. I am OOS. Not sure what other people’s experiences are.
My son was asked to submit letters in January. We are OOS. He has a 32 ACT and 3.8 GPA. It sounds like not everyone was asked to submit letters. Wondering if they are looking for letters from candidates on the fence or from candidates they think have a strong shot.
@Juno1956 If you check out the comments on this thread you’ll notice everyone has different opinions. There’s no real answer, and college confidential is a very skewed sampling of students so no one’s sure what it means.
I received a LOR request and I was notified of an early acceptance today
I too was asked for letters and got in today - I wouldn’t worry too much!
Is the request a good thing? if so, idk why i got it. My stats are pretty below average
GPA: Unweighted- 3.58 UC-3.95
ACT: 31
Extracurriculars: soccer for 10 years, Speech & Debate, KEY Club
Out-of-State Applicant
Majoring in Art
GPA: UW = 3.8 W = 4.5
ACT: 22
AP: Human Geography, U.S. World History, English Language & Comp., English Literature & Comp., Calculus, and Environmental (I bombed them all)
Extracurricular: National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, Volleyball,