The Official Chances Thread!

<p>UC GPA: 3.75 (Spent a long time calculating it =| but still think its wrong)
Unweighted GPA: 3.56 =[
Weighted GPA: 4.12</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT:
Math: 710
Critical Reading: 680
Writing: 650</p>

<p>SAT II Scores:
Spanish (w/listening): 750
Math level 2: 700
Physics: (took after i sent in scores, so it doesnt count…i think…): 610</p>

<p>AP Classes:
-AP World History (4)
-AP English Language (3)
-AP Physics B (2<em>cough</em>)
-AP Sanish Language (5)
-AP U.S. History (4)
-AP Spanish Literature(not taken yet)
-AP English Literature(not taken yet)
-AP Environmental Science(not taken yet)</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to?
Engineering (undecided)</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs:
Varsity Swim 4 years
Varsity Water Polo 3 years
Spanish Honors Society
Private Guitar Lessons for 10+ years (also play bass and drums informally)
Music Recording
Several clubs in school (no leadership): New Global Citizens, Spanish Honors Society, etc
Fly to Spain every other year to visit family
*Was born in Spain, but I don’t think UC’s take URM’s into consideration…</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:
-Built a successful Bedini Motor =|</p>

<p>I’m a rising senior, and my current list of colleges include UC Berkeley, Harvey Mudd, UCLA, UCSD, Caltech, and Brown. If someone wanted to help me calculate my weighted, capped, and unweigted GPA, that would be really nice (:</p>

<p>SAT:
2250C: 780M, 790W, 680CR (will retake October senior year)
650 SAT math level 1 (definitely not sending that though lol)
730 Chem
760 Math level 2 (retaking)
taking bio, physics, and math 2 in may/june of this year.</p>

<p>GPA (Top 4% in class of 500+)
Freshman year: 4.0 UW, three honors</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
Spanish 2 A/A
AP European History A/A
Precal Honors A/A
AP Chem B/B
Honors English A/A
PE A/A</p>

<p>Junior year (predicted):
APUSH B/B
AP Physics B A/A
AP Biology A/A
Spanish 3 A/A
AP Calculus BC B/A
AP English Lang B/A</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Environmental, AP Stats, AP Government, AP Economics, AP English Lit, 2-D animation(that would be my art), Digital Engineering</p>

<p>Does it help to say that I’m the first student at my school to take AP Chem as a sophomore without Honors Chem and to take AP Physics as a junior without Honors Physics? Also, Digital Engineering is the third year engineering course on the “Pathway to Engineering,” and I’m technically skipping classes there too.</p>

<p>AP’s (biggest weakness!)
AP Euro (2)
AP Chem (3)
MUST DO BETTER THIS YEAR! i’m studying forreal this time, though(:</p>

<p>Sports:
1 year JV swim team
2 years JV water polo
1 year varsity water polo (hopefully, next year)
2 years stage crew/set design for school musicals (i realize this is not a sport)</p>

<p>Awards:
2009-1st place in Science Olympiad State Competition, event: Compute This!
Elementary School – 1st place in grade level Science Fair Competitions
2007-2009 – Poems and Essays published in prestigious collections
2007 – 2nd Highest Cumulative Score in school Math Olympiad team of 100+ students</p>

<p>Yeah, I realize how ridiculously weak this is =(</p>

<p>Leadership:</p>

<p>Served as Fundraising Commissioner (2010-2011) for Reach Out Club, Lower Grade Rep (2010-2011), Vice President (2011-2012), and President(2012-2013) for the Health and Medicine Club, Web Designer (2010-2011) and Activities Coordinator (2011-2012) for the Spanish Club, and Treasurer (2011-2012) for the Crafts and Baking Club at my high school.</p>

<p>This summer, I’m going to Economics for Leaders at UC Berkeley.
I MIGHT make the Bank of America Student Leaders program, but I’m not sure about that.</p>

<p>Volunteering: (all ongoing)
Galaxy Explorer (basically exhibit explainer) at Chabot Space and Science Center (4 years)
IBM EXITE camp counselor (they only let you do a max of 1 year)
Kidpower volunteer at library (6 years)
Math tutor to students in school (2 years)
Indian Community Center Camp Counseling (1 summer)
Be the Match “Save Sanjana” Bone Marrow Campaign (encouraging marrow donation) -(multiple events over the last 2 years)</p>

<p>I’m honestly not sure how strong my application would be. I’d assume I’d get pretty good letters of rec and decent essays though. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Female, Chicago, top private school, URM (hispanic)
Applying to L & S</p>

<p>GPA UW: 3.7
My school doesn’t rank or calculate weighted GPAs
ACT: 33 composite (I’m retaking in June)
–English: 31
–Math: 30 (ughhh)
–Reading: 34
–Science: 36
–Writing: still waiting, probably >10
SAT II Math II: Will take
SAT II Physics: Will take
APCS: 4
AP Psych (self study): 4
AP Enviro Sci (self study): Will take
AP Physics B: Will take</p>

<p>Schedule for next year:
English 4
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP Bio
AP Stats
AP Econ
Independent Study in CS</p>

<p>ECs:
Debate team - 4 yrs, captain, national circuit debater
Science team - 4 yrs
Envirothon - 4 yrs, team leader
Gay straight alliance - 4 yrs
Community Theatre - 4 yrs
Tech focus group - 2 yrs
Tea club - 2 yrs (lol, I know…)</p>

<p>Work/volunteering:
Model/Actress with a talent agency - 4 yrs
Food service for HIV+ people - 3 yrs, >70 hrs
Computer science tutor and teaching assistant - 2 yrs
Summer camp counselor - 2 yrs
Some sort of internship related to CS…not quite sure yet.</p>

<p>Misc:
NCWIT National Runner Up
NCWIT Illinois Award Winner
Various policy debate speaking awards/tournaments</p>

<p>What do y’all think? Berkeley is my top choice, but I’m also planning to apply to UCLA, USC, UT at Austin, UMich, Northwestern, and U of I.</p>

<p>Update (because I’m not sure how to edit posts)</p>

<p>Received an 11 on ACT Writing, creating a combined writing score of 31.</p>

<p>Also had an essay published by the NPR This I Believe segment about the impact of the community aspect of debate in competition.
Also a member of the Chicago Council of Global Affairs, for all 4 years. Approximately twice a month I attend lectures on global issues and events.</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.60
Unweighted GPA: 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.61<br>
Canadian Student, From Taiwan
SAT Reasoning Scores
740 M//740 CR//700 W
SAT II Scores
700 Chem
740 Math II</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
Operation Research and Management Science</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
Sports:

  • Badminton (Captain, 2 yrs)
  • Basketball (point guard, 2 yrs)
    Music:
  • Community Symphonic Band (1st flute, 4 yrs)
    Work Experience:
  • Market/ Design Director in Defi Company (3 yrs)
    Club:
  • Battery Recycling (founder, 2 yrs, made it on the news)</p>

<p>Volunteer:

  • West Vancouver Museum ( Educational Assistant, 6 yrs)
  • Vancouver Art Gallery (Marketing Assistant, 5 years)
  • Harmony Festival (Assistant, 6 yrs)
  • Summer Art Camp (leader, 5 yrs)</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field

  • 4th in Badminton Open
  • Region Champion in Badminton
  • Provincial player in Badminton
  • Won Top all round Award
  • Principal of Merit every year
  • Athletes of the year</p>

<p>Other UCs I’m looking at are UCLA, UCSD, and UC Davis.</p>

<p>I have gotten a 3.9 or higher every year except for sophmore, when I got a 3.0 … will berkeley see this as a fluke thing? I was going to write about how I was verging on anorexic that year… Here are my stats:
SAT math 700
reading 750
writing 750
I haven’t taken the subject tests yet…
Extra Curriculars
Peer Counselor 11th & 12th
Community College classes Summer of 11th and 12th
SCDC (body building) 9th and 10th
Key Club 9th, 10th,11th
Internship at (UCSD) NCMIR-developed the user interface for the first ever mapping of the neuron’s of the brain… all summer 11th and three weeks during the year of 11th
Editor of SMART team (11th and 12th)
Simmiens scholar semi-finalist (hopefully, haven’t entered yet but really good abstract!!!)
Ran food blog- summer of tenth, eleventh, and twelfth…
Tutor-11th
Varsity larp-12th</p>

<p>Weighted UC GPA= 3.92 (My school only offers honors classes for juniors and seniors and no APs)
-First Generation immigrant (Ireland)
-First Generation College Graduate
-From High Tech High North County (A college prepratory, project based charter school)… hopefully the odditty of this school’s style will help me in terms of GPA.
-I have a team of english majors reviewing my essays.
-fluent in Java, Spanish, and Gaelic… </p>

<p>Do I have any chance of getting in AT ALL… I know it’s a reach though</p>

<p>Oh, and I’m applying to letters and science… but I don’t think I have a chance…</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA(10-11): 4.61</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
800 M//720 CR//710 W
SAT II Scores
710 Math II
730 Physics</p>

<p>35 Composite Act (may only send this and not sat scores) </p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science)</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
President at Volunteering Club
Member of JSA
Volunteering (~200+ hrs) @ Enviromental Center and Homeless Shelter</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Internship at local business over the summer</p>

<p>Also involvement in sports freshman and sophmore year</p>

<p>A relatively high number of people in my school get into Berkeley, maybe it’s because we’re only a ten minute drive away XD, and I’m pretty confident I fall into the category that does. I’d really appreciate some tips on making my chances solid however.</p>

<p>UC GPA (How do I calculate my UC GPA?): 4.56
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.29</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores (by section): 2250 (730 CR, 760 M, 760W Essay 10)
SAT II Scores: 760 Chinese listening :(, 790 Chemistry, more scores pending</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.): EECS (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
Lincoln Douglas Debate- Won a couple of awards
Model United Nations (Secretary)- won a couple of awards
Art Club (Founder and President)</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
Internship in Berkeley NanoLab program
Couple of miscellaneous art and other program awards</p>

<p>I think you’re fine for Berkeley, might want to retake the SAT I and some more SAT IIs to get a slightly higher score.</p>

<p>Rickfoop, I think you’re fine as well. I’d just send the ACT score if I were you; it looks much better and I know at least 2 or 3 people who only took the ACT this year and got into Cal with lower scores.</p>

<p>Out of state</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.37
UW: 3.5
W: 4
(grades on a significant upward trend, highest gpa on 2nd semester junior year)
(All AP and honors)</p>

<p>SAT score 2220(720CR/790M/710W/Essay 10)</p>

<p>Applying to Letters and science </p>

<p>Played soccer and tennis (2 years)
Boy Scout
math team
Highly involved in drama department
National Honor Society
Tutoring
Working</p>

<p>Also taking a very intensive senior year course load, all AP classes and an college English class(getting college hours from community college).</p>

<p>Gotten 4 and 5 on both of my AP test scores that I’ve gotten back(Human Geo and World History)</p>

<p>If it matters my high school is ranked in the top ten of the state.</p>

<p>Cokelly, you must be stoned to think that you don’t have a chance at Berkeley. Seriously…</p>

<p>Your thoughts please…
(I would also like to know what you think of Berkeley)</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.4 (or something…)
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.48</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT scores:
CR 750 M 800 W 680 (I’m not a fan of retakes but the 680 is annoying)
SAT II Scores: Math II 800 French 720</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to?
Letters and Science, or Environmental Design (architecture), or Engineering (Materials Science, Maritime Architecture)</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs
Music- play 8+ instruments, 3 ensembles, volunteer concerts, musicianship awards, section leader
Art-art classes, art club, art contests, have sold works
Track and Field-3 years varsity, mvp field, varsity jumps captain, coach underclassmen and middle school students, invitational medals, league championships
and other assorted stuff</p>

<p>I want to study the arts as well as math.
I need a lot of financial aid…
I’m a bit worried about the crowdedness and budget problems…
(I don’t know where to look for lots of options but fewer people)
Does anyone have recommendations for other colleges I might want to look at? (like Carnegie Mellon, for example)</p>

<p>im applying to rose hulman institute of technology in indiana, a small engineering school. </p>

<p>im wondering if i am going to get in bc the sample size of applicants is limited. </p>

<p>so here are the basics abt me:</p>

<p>UW gpa: 3.7
W gpa: 4.0</p>

<p>sat M: 690
sat CR: 610
sat W: 660</p>

<p>sat2math1: 750
sat2ush: 750
sat2chem:640</p>

<p>aps: mostly 4s</p>

<p>ECs: resident of the enviornmental club. president of cultural unity club, secretary of NHS. varsity cross country</p>

<p>so im going to be retaking some of my standardized tests but this is what i have for now…</p>

<p>what are my chances??</p>

<p>thanks a bunch everyone and if someone has extra info about rose hulman plz let me know… thanks :)</p>

<p>UC gpa: 4.3
Unweighted gpa: 3.9
Weighted gpa: 4.4</p>

<p>California resident</p>

<p>Sat: 800 m, 730 w, 690 cr (2220 total)
Sat II: 800 math 2, 800 physics, 770 us history
AP: us history (5), physics b (5), physics c mech(5), physics c em(5), calc bc (5), chem (5), comp sci (5), eng lang (5)</p>

<p>My dream is to major in eecs at Berkeley.</p>

<p>ECs:
Interned at NASA’s jet propulsion lab in caltech
Qualified for the u.s. physics team
3 years of varsity basketball (captain senior year)
Engineering club (treasurer junior year, president senior year)
Volunteering (100+ hours) for chess club, homeless shelter, and various projects</p>

<p>Other:
Qualified for aime
National ap scholar
National merit scholar</p>

<p>I would really appreciate anyone’s thoughts. Berkeley eecs is my number one choice. Thanks</p>

<p>im pretty sure u’ll get in member25. your scores are amazing. dont act chaky, write good essays and supplementals. i kno tons of kids just like you who got rejected everywhere bc they thought their scores would speak for themselves.</p>

<p>Thanks for replying. Yeah, I will try to make my essays as solid as possible.</p>

<p>I’d just like to see if my app is decent for Berkeley chemical engineering
UC GPA: 4.50
UW GPA: 4.0
SAT 1:
Total: 2210
CR: 730
Math: 800
Writing: 680
Sat 2’s:
Math 2: 800
Physics: 780
As for course load, I have taken every AP/DC course offered to me thus far. I also took Calc BC and Physics C as a junior and did well. Probably getting 5’s on the 5 tests I took this year
I’m ranked 30 out of ~710 people in a decently competitive school.
EC’s:
I’ve been in marching band 4 years, jazz band 2, and symphony orchestra 2, playing solos in the top ensembles. I’m in NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, Science NHS, and Science Olympiad (President). In Science Olympiad I got 1st place in an event this year at state, and placed in others. I went to Texas Boys State a few weeks ago, it’s a national leadership and citizenship program. Im going to be recognized as a Commended Scholar and a National Hispanic Scholar in september for psat scores. I have had a job as a math tutor for about a year, working even during marching season, tutoring people in everything from basic math to Calc 2.
If this matters, I’m white (although part Hispanic), male, live in Houston, and my family makes in the vicinity of 100-130K a year (although my parents divorced in April).
Thanks for reading this, any advice/input,criticism would be greatly appreciated.</p>