The Official Chances Thread!

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Chance me, pls??</p>

<p>UC GPA: 4.33
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.35-4.42</p>

<p>California Resident</p>

<p>ACT scores: 33 (Math: 35, Eng: 31, Science: 35, Reading: 29)
SAT II Scores: Math II 800, Chinese 800, Physics 760, Chemistry 750</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to?
Engineering, EECS</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs:
Research Internship at UC Santa Cruz (~180 hrs)
Hospital Volunteering (~150 hrs)
Red Cross Volunteering (~ 150 hrs)
Tutoring
Badminton Varsity</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:
40-50 community college credit, about 3.3/3.4 gpa</p>

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<p>Transfer
GPA 3.94
52 semester credits (68 after Spring 2013)</p>

<p>Out-Of-State but graduated from a California High School</p>

<p>Never took SAT or ACT</p>

<p>Applying to Letters and Science
I am applying for Economics.</p>

<p>Member of Honor Society Phi Theta Kappa
Recipient of Scholarship for Business Students</p>

<p>Extra Circular:
President of Student Government
Public Relations Secretary for Phi Theta Kappa
Full-time employment as a Sales Associate at At&t</p>

<p>High school grades were pathetic, but like I noted in my essays, I did not take high school seriously. I have since discovered what it means to value an education and I hope that it shows in my GPA. </p>

<p>What do you think?
What I am insecure about is the fact that I have not yet taken Calculus or a Foreign Language. Am I over-thinking it, or is this important?</p>

<p>2013 Spring:
Principles of Managerial Accounting (In Progress)
Biology Non-Science Majors II (In Progress)
Environmental Biology (In Progress)
Principles of Microeconomics (In Progress)
Elementary Statistical Methods (In Progress)</p>

<p>Fall 2012:
Principles of Financial Accounting (A)
General College Biology I (A)<br>
Principles of Macroeconomics (A)<br>
Western Civilization to 1660 (A)
Great Religions of The World (A)</p>

<p>Summer 2012:
Functional Approach to College Algebra (A)
Business Computer Applications (A)
English Composition II (A)
Introduction to Sociology (A)</p>

<p>Spring 2012:
Art Appreciation (A)
Drawing I (A)
United States Government (A)
Intermediate Algebra (A)</p>

<p>Fall 2011: (Withdrawal due to work conflict)
Business Computer Applications (W)
General Geology II (W)
United States Government (W)
Intermediate Algebra (W)*</p>

<p>Summer 2011:
Principles of Management (B)
English Composition II (W)
Beginning Algebra (A)*</p>

<p>Spring 2011:
General Geology I (A)
Concepts of Physical Activity (A)
English Composition I (A)
PreAlgebra (A)*
Business and Professional Communication (A)</p>

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<p>A quick question, but how badly are my chances going to be affected if I am OOS (from an international school but is a US citizen) and don’t fulfill the a-g requirements by 1 unit of history and 1 unit of art? I’m a bit confused because our school doesn’t follow the a-g system. I’ve taken a summer political science course at Cal of 4 units along with extracurricular art classes in order to remedy this situation, but I wasn’t told whether or not this will help because my application told me that I was still missing the two units.</p>

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<p>Anandc, from the UC website:

Hence, don’t worry about your freshman grades.</p>

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<p>@nckureghian14</p>

<p>“I am a California resident that goes to a highly competitive Catholic High School with a cap on AP’s. I would like to major in Electrical Engineering, but will probably apply Undecided in order to increase my chances.”</p>

<p>Applying undecided won’t increase your chances. At Berkeley, both EE and Undecided are equally difficult. In fact, Undecided Engineering might be a tad harder.</p>

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<p>^ have above avg essays and you’re in</p>

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<p>UW GPA: 3.97</p>

<p>Out of state</p>

<p>SAT: 1990
ACT: 29</p>

<p>Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>Civil Air Patrol, Museum volunteer, internships at aerospace companies</p>

<p>I also hold a Private Pilots License, if that counts for anything. Any ideas? I know my scores are on the way low end, and I really don’t expect to get in.</p>

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<p>From what ive seen @CarbonCocoa, UCB is a lot harder to get into if your OOS and given that your scores wont distinguish you, you probably dont stand a great chance. Unless, of course, your 3.97 is in a ridiculously difficult courseload</p>

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<p>I did not get the borderline supplement from either UCB or UCLA… (at least not yet.) </p>

<p>Applied under Computer Science in L&S at Berkeley and Computer Engineering at UCLA.
Am I screwed?</p>

<p>-California Resident</p>

<p>-4.33 UC GPA (4.0 GPA in soph/junior year)</p>

<p>-29 ACT (E: 26, M: 33, R: 31, S: 27)
-720 on Math 2 + 740 on Bio M subject tests</p>

<p>-Competitive/tough high school (47 out of 120ish kids were accepted into Berkeley last year at my school)</p>

<p>-ELC Status</p>

<p>-top 3% of my class</p>

<p>-IB Diploma Recipient, (my Junior + Senior year were all IB classes)</p>

<p>-130 Volunteer Hours / 100 hours on a local Creek Research Project</p>

<p>-President/Founder of a Cards Club ( 3 years, fun/game club)
-Treasurer of Young Democrats (3 years)
-Science Olympiad (3 years) + regional awards
-FBLA ( 1 year) + regional award
-Student Mock Election Team ( for senior year)
-Wrote my essays on my passion for building + aspirations as a engineer.</p>

<p>Thoughts?
Thanks!! :)</p>

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<p>Program Area: Mech Eng
OOS (WA)
GPA:3.77
UCGPA:4.23
Rank: top 10%</p>

<p>SAT:2100
SAT 2: 700 math Level 2, Chemistry 720
AP: Gov(5) Chem (5) Calc BC (5) Bio (5) AP Lang (4) World (4)</p>

<p>ECs included in application:
Knowlage Bowl:4 years
Science Bowl: 4 years
Math Team: 2 years, 1st place regional math comp
Tennis: JV 2 years, Varsity 1
approx 40 hours of tutoring and recycling for community
Internship at research center nearby, and designed websites for 4 nearby companies.</p>

<p>Do I have a chance at getting in? Thinking about applying to an easier major just so I can go to Berkley, its my top school :s</p>

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<p>Hi, Im a Junior (Long Island, NY)
Chance me for UC Berkeley</p>

<p>GPA (/100): 102.50
SAT 1 (first sitting, taking again): CR 720 M750 W 720
SAT II: Chem 750, Taking Math II
Rank: School doesnt rank but Im top 10% and prob 5% (600 in class)
IB: History Higher Level, English Higher Level, Math Higher Level Physics Higher Level, Spanish SL, Science Research
Awards: Intel award for excellence in Computer Science, Speaker @ Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, High School Achievement Award for excellence in community, service, US Department of Energy Quiz Bowl Runner Up</p>

<p>ECs
-Computer Science researcher @ Stony Brook University
-Trivia Quiz Bowl (President, Captain), Physics Olympics, Boys Scholar Athlete Leadership Corps (Secretary), Varsity Chess Team, Computer Science Club (President), bunch of honors societies

  • United States of America Computing Olympiad</p>

<p>Volunteer @ local nursing home</p>

<p>Sports: Tennis, Probably Volleyball</p>

<p>State: NY, Long Island
School Type: Public 2500 kids
Ethnicity: Caucasian, Jewish
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: High</p>

<p>Chance me for UCB EECS!! Thanks alot!!</p>

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<p>Junior (Instate)</p>

<p>UC UW GPA: 3.84 (FFUUU ENGLISH)
UC GPA: Not sure, I fufill some 8 honors max thing
SAT1: Taking it, but average practice tests are around 2100-2150 (M:800, R:650 W:700)
SATII: Math 800, Chem going to take it expecting 750-800
Rank: They say they dont rank us, but I’m like around 45 percentile of my school from what I can gather. (Small competitve school >160 students in grade
Rigor of classes: All classes except for history and english are AP/Honors.</p>

<p>Sports: Soccer for 4 years, have been playing all my life since I was 6</p>

<p>EC’s not much: I took graphic arts/video motion graphics with a bit of compsci projects thrown in there, but overall pretty weak. Planning on getting some kind of tech internship this year. 33 hours of volunteering</p>

<p>Applying to: Anything thats not liberal arts to be honest (And maybe not advanced mathematics, no more multivar calc :<) Most likely engineering</p>

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<p>Currently a junior (New York)
UC GPA: 4.06
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 3.9</p>

<p>Out of state resident</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Scores
650 M//720 CR//730 W
have not taken SAT II tests yet, but will be taking world history and biology</p>

<p>Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
will be applying to the college of letters and science</p>

<p>List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
Youth ambassador to the Help Kenya Project
40+ hours at local hospital
Youth ambassador for cultural non-profit org
200+ research hours in lab for science research manuscript writing
Member of various school clubs
Junior varsity tennis
Employed for 2 years at local health center for functional medicine
Shadowing dr. in office setting for cancer and dialysis
50+ hrs of teaching English to underprivileged students in Iran in language institute</p>

<p>Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
various national language awards, fluent in both English and Persian, will be entering my science research project into the Intel ISEF and STS and hope to get awards for that</p>

<p>I know that I will be able to pull off a very good essay </p>

<p>Other UCs I’m looking at are UCLA, USC, and UC Irvine</p>

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<p>I’m doing A Levels.My subjects are : English (AS) , Maths, Economics, History and Accounting.I have received A* in all subjects and finished at the top of my form.
This are my extra curricular and academic achievements.</p>

<p>IGCSE’s : 6 A*s,1 A.
Accounting and Business Studies 100 UPM.
Economics 97 UPM.
Received Student of Year Award and 5-6 other academic and extra curricular awards.
Top 1% of class.
Vice Head Girl of School
Volunteer at National Blind School since 2009
6 Year diploma in Dance with 1st distinction
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 and participated and won ‘Best Delegate’ in several MUNs.
High School curriculum: Very rigorous.
Also I DONOT want financial aid.
Major: Econ
SAT : 720 Math 660 CR 630 Writing Total- 2010</p>

<p>Please tell me what my chances are. All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! (:</p>

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<p>arzagania: match
alpalpa: high match/low reach
StanfordWannabee: match
tacobff: low reach
anamin: high match
jojo: match</p>

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<p>current junior at above average public school in CA</p>

<p>SAT I: 2200 (CR700/M730/W770)
SAT II: gonna take Math II, Spanish, Chem, and Bio
APs: taking Calc and Psych this year
Senior courseload: 5 APs, 1 regular
Dual Enrollment: Stats, Chemistry, Macroeconomics
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.4
UC W/C GPA: 4.32</p>

<p>4 years varisty basketball (captain)
2 years varsity track
1 year varsity XC
4 years CSF, Unicef, Red Cross (~50 service hours)
4 years Church Leadership group (leadership experience, charity work, ~50 service hours)
taught myself java, going to build an app
summers spent traveling with family, basketball, and community college</p>

<p>Essays: one about basketball, one about teaching myself to program. I’m a good writer.</p>

<p>don’t need aid and am first generation.</p>

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<p>I’m currently a student at UC Berkeley and I’m part of a blogging team for the Undergrad Admissions. If you are interested/planning to apply in the fall, check out our blog about college life at Cal! Get excited about life as a Golden Bear!
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<p>Could you please evaluate my chances for UC admission?
CCC Transfer Applicant
Berkeley: Philosophy
All Other UCS: 1st Choice: Political Science.
Alternate: Philosophy
GPA: 3.27 (3.29 at the end of Winter 2013)
Major GPA: 4.00
TAP/Scholars Certified for UCLA
ECs: Volunteer at public schools. Cleaning Up schools. High School tutor. Logic tutor at my community college. Worked in the Student government at my community college.
Ive worked at Jamba Juice, Abercrombie and Fitch and at a Dental Office
Interned at Merrill Lynch
1st year was bad. I explained it in my PS. Due to family/personal problems.
After 1st year i swtiched my major from business admin to Political Science and Philosophy
Since Summer 2011 to end of fall 2012, I have received 15 A’s and 1 B.
Grade trend is upwards.
UCLA and UCB is unlikely but who knows??? (any realistic chance or no?)
I have a TAG with UCSB
i am IGETC Certified.
I have completed all major pre-reqs for both Political Science and Philosophy.
I am taking 2 philosophy class and 1 poli sci class right now during Spring 2013
I am part of Phi Theta Kappa. Already certified
5 of my political science (2 which can also be considered philosophy classes) are scholars
I applied to UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCD, UCI and UCSC</p>

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<p>School of engineering, out of state resident, asian/pacific islander, female</p>

<p>UC G.P.A (unweighted) : 3.44
UC G.P.A (weighted): 4.4
G.P.A (weighted): 4.2
G.P.A (unweighted): 3.6
ACT: 31
32 (superscore)
Rank: Top 15% of class for both unweighted and weighted in class of 900 students
My grades dropped my sophomore year when I was diagnosed with depression, but I explained it in my application.</p>

<p>I took three honors classes my sophomore year. Three A.P. classes during my junior year and am currently taking four A.P. classes and one honors class.
A.P. Psychology: 3
A.P. Biology: 4
A.P. Calculus: 4
A.P. English Language and Composition: 4
A.P. World History:4</p>

<p>I have been on the high honor roll every semester of my high school career and have received four academic varsity letters.</p>

<p>I have volunteered at three different hospitals over the summer since starting high school and hold a regular volunteer position at my local library. </p>

<p>I have held three different summer jobs since starting high school.</p>

<p>I am involved in the mentoring program at my school, my school’s community service organization, my school’s National Honor Society chapter, my school’s Spanish Honor Society chapter, sign language club, diversity task force, and a member of the executive committee for the statewide diversity conference that is held at my school annually.</p>

<p>I have also run on my schools cross country team, though I wasn’t varsity level, and I dance Indian classical dance.</p>

<p>I also applied to UCSD</p>

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<p>I was also given the A.P. Scholar with Distinction Award by College Board</p>