Please Give an Excellent Student Chances for Berkeley!

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>Here is some information about me:</p>

<p>Graduation Year: 2010
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
State: Oregon</p>

<p>School: Small international school
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
Class rank: 1 out of 20
SAT: 2400, 12 essay
ACT: 35 composite, 8 essay (I think most schools will disregard this in favor of the SAT score?)
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2, Chemistry, Biology (I plan to take these soon)
Courses: IB diploma candidate</p>

<ul>
<li>IB English HL</li>
<li>IB History HL</li>
<li>IB Biology HL</li>
<li>IB Math HL</li>
<li>IB Chemistry SL</li>
<li>IB Mandarin SL (I’ve heard that this makes my application unique… does it?)</li>
<li>(IB) Theory of Knowledge</li>
</ul>

<p>Recommendations: At least good, probably pretty good.</p>

<p>Extracurricular activities:</p>

<ul>
<li>Model United Nations - 4 years - Founder, President/Ambassador all four years</li>
<li>Student Government - 3 years - Founder, Public Relations Officer</li>
<li>Boy Scouts - 7 years - Eagle Scout</li>
<li>Jazz Band - 3 years</li>
<li>School Newspaper - 2 years - Founder, Editor-in-Chief</li>
<li>Interact Club - 1 year - Founder, President</li>
</ul>

<p>Awards:</p>

<ul>
<li>National Honor Society</li>
<li>Eagle Scout</li>
<li>AMC 10/12 school winner - 3 years running</li>
<li>National Merit Semifinalist (projected - PSAT 223)</li>
</ul>

<p>This summer, I will be working at a renewable energy company. I will also be working as an intern at Portland State University, researching solar energy.</p>

<p>Please give me your honest appraisal for my chances for admission at Berkeley. Thank you!</p>

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<p>yes.
i would set your sights higher than berkeley even.</p>

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<p>^^ Well, or set it on Berkeley and really take advantage of it :slight_smile: – if you’re interested mainly in excellent academics, and care little for the other perks of a private school, there is no better place than Berkeley to go in general, though there are equally good places to go, along with some better ones for very specific disciplines.</p>

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<p>Excellent students can never get rejected from Cal. Ever. You are so excellent, it would be stupid to even consider paying $60 to send in an application. They will automatically accept you and demand you enroll with a full scholarship for 4 years because of your excellent excellence. There is no other Indian that can top your excellent status because you are THE excellent student. In fact, I find it insane of you to even consider Cal. Why bother pondering the inevitable acceptance that will be coming your way because of your excellent grades in a large class of 20? You should aim higher, aim for a school where ONLY excellent students attend. Go for Stanford. Excellence is in your blood, it is your passion, it is what you are. </p>

<p>Excellent dude, excellent.</p>

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<p>i think sephorazn18 just came</p>

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<p>I can’t tell what kind of sarcasm he’s using… good or bad? XD</p>

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<p>lol wth is this? ofc you’re going to get into cal.</p>

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<p>why dont you put your stats in <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/379946-official-chances-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/379946-official-chances-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>you know the official chances thread thats pinned at the top of this forum :)</p>

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<p>@k12nxcutie - I did, but I didn’t get nearly as good input as I did here :)</p>

<p>Thanks everyone, by the way!</p>

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<p>Damn. I feel stupid.</p>

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<p>LOL. Santabanta’s comment made me tear up in laughter.</p>

<p>To the OP, it sounds like you can set your goals “higher”, but I’m sure you’ll love it at Berkeley. ;D</p>