<p>Hi!
I’m doing CIE A Levels.My subjects are : English, Maths, Economics, History and Accounting.
Predicted Grades(Most Likely)- A<em>A</em>A<em>A</em>a^
IGCSE’s : 6 A*s,1 A.
Accounting and Business Studies 100 UPM.
Economics 97 UPM.
Top 1% of class.
Vice Head Girl of School
Volunteer at National Blind School since 2009(200 hours)
6 Year diploma in Dance with 1st distinction ( 600 hours approx)
Done an internship at a renowned Private Firm.
Done a summer internship as an assistant trainee in the Economics dept of a firm.
Organised 2 Huge Charity drives at school. (Joy of giving)
Volunteer at the local children’s center.I teach them dancing.
Worked for 2 years part time at a charity organization which helps children
in remote parts of India.
Worked on the Editorial Team of The School’s Magazine
Editor of the school Economics Magazine.
President of the Security Council in school MUN.
High School curriculum: Very rigorous.
SAT : 720 Math 660 CR 630 Writing Total- 2010
Please provide some feedback! Thank you in advance! :)</p>
<p>Chance?
-Asian
-Attend elite boarding high school (our teachers hate us taking AP classes) </p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.97
UW GPA: 4.06 - A+ at our school is a 4.3</p>
<p>APs:
Soph - Bio (5), Chinese (5)
Junior - Chem, APUSH, Eng Lang, Macroecon
Senior - BC, Physics C, Euro, Latin</p>
<p>SAT:
690 Reading,760 Math, 720 Writing (2170)
Math II - 800
Chem - 800
Chinese - 800
Bio - 780</p>
<p>Awards:
National Latin Exam Magna Cum Laude (silver) -3 years
US Bio olympiad semifinalist </p>
<p>EC:
Varsity crew/rowing - 2 years
- MVP, lightweight
Model UN - 7 years - officer
New Observer, Chinese weekly newspaper - 2 years - writer
Origami Club - 2 years - founder + co prez
Head Tour Guide - 2 years
International Student Leader
Piano (10 years)
flute (4 years) </p>
<p>Work/volunteering experience:
EXPO Shanghai
Intern at law office
St. Bernard project (rebuilding New Orleans)
Student Chair for Carnival of Community day
Intern at the Grameen Bank, Bangladesh (microcredit)
Child care </p>
<p>I want to study business.</p>
<p>UC GPA:*I worry I’m doing it incorrectly so I will leave this blank for now.
Unweighted GPA: 3.77-3.88
Weighted GPA: 3.9009</p>
<p>Class Rank: Bottom half of the class. The top half all have above 4.00</p>
<p>African American ( I dislike putting my race when I talk about colleges since I hear people rant about how easy it will be for me to get into the colleges I want. I disagree greatly.) </p>
<p>SAT: 2100
SAT II: I don’t think it is required anymore for Berkeley. I will take Bio and USH in November.</p>
<p>AP’s:
-English Lang & Comp.
-U.S. History
-Music Theory
-Stats(senior)
-Government(senior)
-Econ(senior)
Scores have not arrived for me yet but I am confidant I passed all my tests.</p>
<p>College Classes:
-French
-Biology
-Yoga* (summer)
-Sociology* (summer)
-Microbiology*(Senior)
-Geology(Senior)
*My school is very competitive so they do not calculate any extra college courses into the official GPA. </p>
<p>Which college are you applying to?
-Letters & Science
I really want to do biology but I’m worried I’ll get lost with all the other applicants who want to do bio. My other choices would be economics, anthropology, or sociology. I am better at economics but I am more interested in biology. Would like to do some sort of pre-med so that is why I choose bio.</p>
<p>E-C’s:
CSF(Lifetime member)
Academic Decathlon (3 years)
Forensics(2 years)
Film Club-President(1 year)
JSA-(2 years)
Saxophone-5+ years
- If my academics aren’t enough, I was thinking of trying to get a music scholarship. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Volunteering
Few hours here and there. I’ve never really counted.
5 week internship at my doctor
Hospital Volunteer & Trainer</p>
<p>Achievements
National Latin Exam Magna Cum Laude (Sophomore)
Regional Winner in Forensics (JV & V).</p>
<p>The only thing that I see really standing me out is my SAT and E-C’s. I’m also looking at other UC schools (UCI, UCSD, UCLA and UC Davis). Berkeley has been my dream school since sophomore year but I also realize it’s a reach school for me. </p>
<p>It’s all I could think of. Thanks for the feedback</p>
<p>Since no one recently is helping, i guess I will.
Evkeev: for college of chemistry, id say u have a high match/low reach of a chance. Number wise youre good, and ur ecs are okay, but it is just hard in general to get into college of chemistry or engineering, and being out-of-state is still a disadvantage, despite what others say
Jojocircus28:assuming u are applying to college of l&s, u r a med to high match. Ur igcse scores are amazing, but ur sat is just average. Ur ecs are good.
Glasslocketz: it is weird that ur uw gpa is lower than ur uc gpa, which is usually not a good thing. I would say ur a match for college of l&s (pre-business), no matter if ur instate, outofstate, or international. But if u were to get into haas, we have to see two years from now…
Soham33: i agree that berkeley is a reach school for u as it takes gpa as the most important part of the application. Berkeley is race-blind, so dont worry about ur ethnicity. But ur ecs, sats, and difficulty of classes look solid. Does that gpa already inclde junior year? If not, hopefully it will go up by the end of junior year. U still have a chance, id say low to med reach</p>
<p>Thanks, I’ve heard the same about engineering.</p>
<p>Thanks, my GPA does include junior year. I’ll just keep my options open then.</p>
<p>Thank You!
California Resident
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.81</p>
<p>Class Rank: Top 5%</p>
<p>SAT: 2110
SAT II: 690 Bio, 760 US History</p>
<p>AP’s:
-English Lang & Comp.
-U.S. History
-Bio
-Calc AB(senior)
-English Lit(senior)
-Econ(senior)</p>
<p>Which college are you applying to?
-Letters & Science</p>
<p>EC’s
Marching Band (President/High Brass Section Leader)
Founded my own website
Young Democrats Club (President)
National Honors Society (Treasurer)
French National Honors Society (Vice President)
Link Crew Leader
Model United Nations (Under-Secretary General of Fundraising/Committee Chair)
Intern at my parent’s law firm (proofread documents/make copies etc.)<br>
Yale Model United Nations Institute
Columbia Pre-College Program
Phillips Academy Program (High Honors)
School Ambassador
First Chair French Horn in Concert Band </p>
<p>Volunteering
Trinity League Canned Food Drive Board Member
Special Olympics Board Member </p>
<p>Awards
Poetry Award
Commended National Merit (Most likely)
Best Delegate at MUN conference
Outstanding Delegate
Varsity Letter</p>
<p>Hello to all… I am going into my senior year and I plan to go into either a Physics or something else in the field of science. I do not know as of now…
My stats are listed as below…
GPA: UW 3.73 (the highest GPA you can get at my school is a 3.88) On a 4.0 scale my GPA would be a 3.84.
Not sure about my UC GPA… Also my school does not rank.
ACT: 28 composite (English 29, Math 25, Reading 29, Science 30, English/Writing 31, Perfect (12) on my essay)
(Haven’t taken the SAT yet…)
As far as high school rigor goes:
3 IB classes (8th grade year)
All honors classes freshmen year (I used to go to school in Tennessee, but then moved to Philadelphia sophomore year). At my current school only the science classes are considered honors, and no APs are offered.
ECs:
(Co-Founder of the Science Club)
Engineering Club for 3 years
Chess Club for 3 years
Varsity Soccer for 3 years
Wing Chun Kung-Fu for 2 years.
Played Club indoor soccer for YSC sports in Philadelphia.
1st Place Winner in Earth/Space Science in the city wide “George C. Washington Philadelphia Science Fair” sophomore year. I did a project on Terraforming Mars.
Honorable mention in Earth/Space Science for the Delaware Valley Tri-State Science Fair.
Honorable Mention in the city wide “George C. Washington Philadelphia Science Fair” junior year for the category of Physics. I did a project on the Manipulation of Electrons in CRT televisions. (mentored by Stephon Alexander of Haverford University).
Distinguished young scientist of the city of Philadelphia 2010-2011.
Volunteer @ MANNA food packaging service (once a week)
Volunteer @ The Franklin Institute (Big Science Museum in Philly)
I am a member of a five man research team at the Joel Bloom Observatory where we take composite images of the Sun with astronomer Derrick Pitts.
Member of the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society of Philadelphia.
Finalist of the Ableton Live Summer Music Challenge, which was a global contest for producers under the ages of 18. (2010-2011).
URM (African-American male, if that helps at all…)</p>
<p>PLEASE… List other schools with strong physics programs that would be matches, slight reaches. If not strong physics programs, good science schools overall! Thanks!</p>
<p>Background Info:
- High School: Extremely rigorous, top 50 high schools in the nation
- Indian (South Asian)
- Income: 150k</p>
<p>Computer Science Major!</p>
<p>I messed up really bad in high school until junior year. W = weighted, UW, = unweighted
Sophmore year: 3.0 UW (3.167 W), 2.67 UW (2.83W)
Junior Year: 3.67 UW (4.167 W), 3.67 UW (4.167 W)
UC GPA: 3.62</p>
<p>SATs (Barely prepped):
1st attempt: 1850
2nd attempt: 1980</p>
<p>Going to attempt again in October, I’m positive I will get at least a 2100, and possibly a 2200, I’m studying 2 hours daily every weekday over the summer.</p>
<p>ACT:
1st attempt: 32
Going to attempt again in September, aiming for 34 or higher.</p>
<p>SATII: Math (760), Bio (770)</p>
<p>Others:
- 150 hours community service
- DECA (Business Club):
- 3rd in Northern California for Math Marketing
- 4th for presentation, 8th overall for Advertising Campaign in States competition - YouTube Channel on Technology (relates to my major, computer science)
- 2,800 subscribers
- My technology guides and reviews have been watched 1.1 MILLION times - Started an organization this summer to raise money for charity through online gaming. Raised about $700 so far.
- Intro to Computer Science course over the summer, got an A
- Intro to Programming in C course over the summer, got an A</p>
<p>What are my chances of getting in? I’m extremely passionate about technology and would love if I could further develop my knowledge by majoring in Comp Sci at great college.</p>
<p>Yeah, people who are posting their statistics: please be willing to rate someone else before asking to be chanced. </p>
<p>britches: You’re fine. I would try to up the SAT score a few more points just to be safe, but your ECs and GPA should get you in alone.<br>
Razzar: you should be fine. On the issue of scholarships, you need to give more information about your income and class ranking. There are merit based scholarships for Berkeley, but you need to be highly qualified. Since a lot of students have financial issues, I don’t think you’ll be getting much without some serious financial issues.<br>
ahmadiance666: Your scores are a bit low. I would say you still qualify, but your chances are low. If you can raise your SAT to 2200+ and up your GPA to 4.3, your chances will be much higher. I would not submit your SAT2 scores if I were you, math1 maybe, but your chemistry score does not help your chances of getting into an engineering major.<br>
member25: you’re fine.</p>
<p>Female/Hispanic/1st Generation
Out-of-State
Rising Junior</p>
<p>Current GPA: 3.68/4 (school adds 10 points to AP courses)
Extremely rigorous HS - doesn’t report class rank. We’ve 180 students in my grade and I sit between the 1-2 quintiles (30-50 rank)</p>
<p>I have not taken the SAT or ACT yet. I will in the beginning of my junior year
SAT II: Bio (M) and WH. I got mid 600’s, so I will retake them.</p>
<p>College of Chemistry - Chemical Engineering</p>
<p>• Model UN – 3 years. Secretary, vice president
• Robotics – 3 years. All went to the world championship.
• Google Moonbots competition
• Science Olympiad – 3 years. State + national competition. Communications Officer (hopefully)
• Academic WorldQuest – 3 years, 3rd place in state
• Beta – 1 year</p>
<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
• Interned at Emory University Dept. of Chemistry 6 months
• Science fair in school and county level – Chemistry 2 years
• State award for computing aspirations
• Model UN Delegate awards
• Leads afternoon improv group
• 300+ volunteer hours</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule (Projected):
Georgia Tech Calculus II/III OR Differential Equations
AP Chemistry
AP Microeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Computer Science
Senior British Literature
Chinese III</p>
<p>Junior Year Schedule (Will begin in fall):
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP U.S. History
AP European History
AP English Language
Nanotechnology and Materials Science
Chinese II</p>
<p>Sophomore Year Schedule:
AP World History
AP Biology
AP Psychology
Hon. Pre-Calculus
Orchestra
Engineering Applications
Chinese I
Soph. World Lit
Sociology
German I</p>
<p>Freshman Year Schedule:
Hon. Chemistry
Hon. Physics
Spanish III
Intermediate Programming
Engineering Concepts
Fresh. Lang Arts
Hon. Geometry
Health/PE</p>
<p>Sorry for the lengthy post. I am about to become a junior and wish to know what steps to take to increase my chances at UBC</p>
<p>UC GPA - 4.40
Unweighted GPA-4.0
Weighted GPA- 4.03 (My school doesn’t count Honors on a 5.0 scale like Berkeley does, thus the difference between weighted and the UC GPA.)</p>
<p>I am out of state, Michigan if it makes a difference what state it is.</p>
<p>ACT Composite - 32 (English 30, Math 32, Science 32, Reading 34, Writing 11)</p>
<p>Which college are you applying to? I am applying to Letters and Science.</p>
<p>List a few of your most important ECs:
- Band, I have completed over 1800 hours in marching band alone, plus the time I put in for Concert band, and Jazz band.
*I am a member of G-Club, we plan and coordinate school events weekly
*I tutor many kids each week in math and science classes.
*I am NHS Vice President and do tons of volunteering/community service for it. - I student teach with my our schools Physics and Pre-calc/Calc teachers.</p>
<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
I’ve received tons of awards for math and band at our school level.
I’ve been section leader of the Trumpets in band since 9th grade.
Selected as Honor Guard participant/member that helps run Graduations</p>
<p>I’m going into my senior year and my course will be the most rigorous this year. (AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, College Astronomy, College Physics, College Philosophy, College German, and English 12) I also took AP Chemistry junior year and received a 4 on the exam.
I want to major in either Astrophysics, or Biological Engineering / Biotechnology.</p>
<p>UC GPA 4.40
Unweighted GPA 4.00
Weighted GPA 4.40
(being a CA public school, my HS calculates GPA’s under the UC method)</p>
<p>California Resident</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning Scores 2320–780 R, 750 M, 790 W
SAT II Scores (N/A anymore but 800 Math II, 780 USH are my top scores)
AP scores still pending. I took CompSci, Physics B, APUSH, and Calc BC. </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)
I’m keeping it vague, but I have top leadership positions in all of these…
-School Newspaper
-Model United Nations
-Cappies
-Volunteering at the library
Not doing it anymore but piano was a big part of my life until 10th grade when I completed the testing sequence. </p>
<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
Lots of MUN delegate awards
Handful of schoolwide academic awards
PSAT score qualifies for something National Merit</p>
<p>…first time doing a chance me and I feel so inadequate .-.</p>
<p>Jubilee 27: One important fact is that many colleges look at your circumstances in addition to GPA and Scores. I can tell you that I managed to get in (albeit as a spring admit) with less impressive stats and barely any ECs. What matters is whether or not you are doing your absolute best with the resources and circumstances at your disposal. But from an objective stance, I would say your chances are high compared to the average stats of Berkeley freshmen.</p>
<p>chances para mi?</p>
<p>I am a non-traditional student with 150+ units hoping to transfer to UCI, UCLA, UCSD, OR UCB
as a mechanical engineering major. The first 75 units, I earned mediocre or negative grades.
The last 75 units (hard science, math, engr, and cs classes), I have earned a 3.95 GPA. My
cumulative GPA is a 3.4. I have finished or am enrolled in all possible pre-reqs for mechanical engineering at my CC (18 classes). I have completed 50 units in one year alone (20 fall, 21 spring, 9 summer), and am taking 20 units again for fall '13. If I continue this way, that would make it 95 units of 3.9+ GPA. I am TAGing for UCI, but what would you say my chances are with the rest??? Will my past forever haunt me? </p>
<p>Also, I have an opportunity to TA for my Molecular Biology professor. Should I do that in lieu of one of my classes?</p>
<p>Uc gpa: 3.94
school gpa unweighted: 3.5
Act: 30 (taking again hopefully 32)
Soph classes:
Ap micro
Ap gov
Hon geometry
Hon english
Spanish 3
Phil orchestra
Jr classes:
Ap ush
Hon precalc ab
Ap bio
Ap english
Phil orchestra
Spanish 4</p>
<p>Im from illinois and first generation asian(filipino)</p>
<p>For ap tests:
Ap micro 4
Ap ush 5
Ap bio 4
Taking 6 more ap tests senior yr
Extracurriculars:
4 yrs debate, exec board, top 16 nation, won state soph yr
4 yrs model un several awards
3 yrs newspaper editor jr yr
2 yrs newly founded political awareness club VP of philanthropy
Created charity senior yr to directly fund poor schools in philippines for education and oral health
Mu alpha theta
Nhs
4 yrs orch
Job at kumon math and reading center 2 yrs
Volunteered for obama 5 months as part of cook county core team (leader) as a data coordinator</p>
<p>Hey!
I have super low stats…</p>
<p>I have a 2400 sat and 5.0 gpa.
I know there is no way I am going to Harvard but chance me!!!</p>
<p>Prospective Fall 2013 Transfer from a CCC</p>
<p>Major - EECS (CSE) (Don’t tell me about L&S CS, I know the difference and have chosen EECS specifically)</p>
<p>All Pre-reqs completed with a Java Programming, Data Structures, and Electronics class taken (those three non-transferable, but recommended).</p>
<p>My current GPA is 3.73 with one non-transferable class (it’s a prereq for another college)
-I expect this to be in the 3.8-3.9 range by Spring 2013.</p>
<p>ECs:
-Volunteer in Tech Department for a local church for 5 years (700+ hours of community service)
-President Scholar
-MESA member
-Engineering club member
-Job Shadows of engineers from Chevron and Aera</p>
<p>So is this a huge reach? Or do I have a relatively decent shot?</p>
<p>UC GPA : 4.05</p>
<p>ACT: 31</p>
<p>SAT II Math 2: 680
SAT II Bio E: 800
SAT II Chem: 640
SAT II Math 1: 660</p>
<p>AP Biology - 5</p>
<p>EC: </p>
<p>-Won Former Indian President’s Essay Contest
-Intern at a Disability Awareness Organization: 25+ hours
-Interned at Stanford Cancer Center: 28 hours
-Key Club: 12 hours
-Junior National Honor Society: 10 hours</p>