<p>SAT I: 2250 (690 CR, 770 M, 790 W (11))
SAT II: Math 2C (790), Bio (750), USH (760)</p>
<p>APs: AP Bio, AP Lang, APUSH, and AP Psych (probably all 4s or 5s)</p>
<p>Weak ECs; only one leadership position (Vice President of marketing and sales), and a few other things</p>
<p>OOS NY: going to pay full-tuition
Hook (?): Lived in 4 different countries, 2 different high schools, and had a hell of an immigration experience (in a bad way)</p>
<p>Assuming my essays are stellar, will paying full tuition improve my chances? If so, then how do I stack up? Reach? Match? thanks.</p>
<p>I’m going to differ with alamemom. The UC system has been hurting for money, and getting OOS students to pay full tuition is one of the ways they’re trying to make up for the shortfall.</p>
<p>Ability to pay will not affect your chances of admission. Being OOS may help because UCB has increased the percentage of OOS admits, but they are not selected based on ability to pay.</p>
<p>If accepted, ability to pay will affect your chances of attending because you will not receive need-based aid to cover the OOS tuition regardless of need.</p>
<p>I’d be a little worried about the UC system if pay affected your chances of admission. This is a meritocracy, not a plutocracy (unlike Stanford). If we admitted people based on wealth, Berkeley would be filled with wealthy white men instead of African Americans and Asian Americans and middle to lower class Americans. </p>
<p>To get into Berkeley, you just have to work hard, whether it’s scoring the final point in the basket, or acing an exam you studied hard for. </p>