Low gpa, high SATs

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Male/Caucasian
Large Public (~515 students)
MA
Low income
Possible majors: Econ, Computer Science</p>

<p>3.2-3.3 unweighted (2.4 freshman, 3.0 sophomore, 3.7 junior, 4 (term 1) senior) Class rank: top 25%
3.8-3.9 weighted (.75 AP, .5 H, .25 regular)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2370 (800 Math, 800 CR, 770 Writing(11 Essay))
ACT: 36</p>

<p>SAT II: US Hist 2 & Physics & Math II (800 all)</p>

<p>AP Exams:</p>

<p>AP Lang (5)
AP US Hist (5)
AP Macroeconomics (5)
AP Microeconomics (5)
AP Comp Science A (5)
AP Psychology (5)
AP Calc AB (5)
AP Lit (5)
AP Government (5)</p>

<p>EC:</p>

<p>Cross Country Varsity (Junior & Senior)
Indoor Track Varsity (Junior & Senior)
Outdoor Track Varsity (Junior & Senior)
Summer Job at restaurant (Junior entering Senior)
Some volunteering hours (~ 50)</p>

<p>Assuming all Rec’s are good.
Essays will be excellent.</p>

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<p>Low income, out-of-state – have you checked the net price calculator? There will be no financial aid coverage for the $23,000 out-of-state additional tuition.</p>

<p>Other things:</p>

<p>GPA that they will look at will be based on 10th-11th grade course grades, calculated three ways: (a) unweighted, (b) weighed-capped (up to 8 semesters of +1 points for AP courses), © weighted-uncapped.</p>

<p>Recommendations are not used at all.</p>

<p>The application deadline is 11/30.</p>