<p>Will apply Undeclared, but going to UCB would be AWESOME!!!
GPA: 3.85 UW
Rank: 100/810
ACT: 34
206 PSAT
12 APs
AP Scholar and Honor Grad</p>
<p>ECs:
Mu Alpha Theta (3 years)
SNHS (2 years)
Mock Trial - outstanding witness, team captain (regional winners)
School Leadership Team (10 chosen out of class of 810)
Peer Leader (considered prestigious)
Partnership Walk Club - pres.
Amnesty International (Founder, Pres.)
Recipient of Presidents Voluntary Service Award (Gold 250 hrs+) all three years
Religious Community Outreach Group 3 years, team lead
Fencing (Foil) 4 years (won many regional gold medals)
Attended Duke TIP
Attended Summer Institute for the Gifted @ Emory
Attended National Youth Leadership Forum @ Emory
Georgetown Summer Undergraduate Session - International Affairs
Model UN - captain</p>
<p>Indian male from Georgia, Interested in International Relations or Poli Sci.</p>
<p>Is it much much more competitive out of state? Especially since I’m from NY?</p>
<p>Anyways,
2180 SAT (780 M, 680 CR, 720 W)
750 Chem, 750 US History
GPA 3.8 UW, Weighted is over 4.0
9 AP classes total by the end of the year
5’s on AP Stats, AP World, AP US History
200+volunteer hrs at the local hospital, 4 years of varsity tennis & league champions, Lab research over 2 summers & Siemens award, National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar, Gold Level President’s Volunteer Service Award, Art Director of School literary magazine.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, what state would I officially count as? During my high school years, I’ve lived in 2 states, and overall I’ve lived in 4. So when colleges are counting demographics and getting students to represent each area, what state am I considered as?</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch for chancing, everyone. I really appreciate you all taking the time to help!</p>
<p>I don’t really know, I am still waiting to be chanced.</p>
<p>But from looking at the stats of other admitted students from the admitted students of past years threads, you don’t seem to far off in terms of grades and EC’s.</p>
<p>31 ACT
630 Chem, 650 US History
GPA 3.98 UW, Weighted is over 4.0
7 AP classes total by the end of the year
Host my own charity tennis tournament that has raised over $24K; public speaker for community service; gold award; csf scholarship lifetime sealbearer member; girl scout 13 yrs (now ambassador); 500+ community service hours through National Charity League; Varsity tennis- League champ 4 years, CIF 3 years, MVP and coach’s award; nationally ranked open tennis player; cabinet of National Arts Honor Society at school; math club 4 years; rotary interact club 4 years; </p>
<p>I was invited to apply for the Cal Alumni Leadership Scholarship
I have won 2 other leadership awards</p>
<p>In State</p>
<p>accepted: ucsc, ucr, ucm, lmu, usd, cpp
no rejections…yet</p>
<p>With the decisions results coming in less than two weeks, I am really nervous, so I’m hoping that this thread will give me some preparation as to what’s to come, may it be good or bad. I’ve taken my stats from my other posts in Results threads, so pardon the formatting. Please chance me?</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I: 2130 (700CR/760M/670W)
[</em>]SAT II: Math Level 2 (800), Physics (800), Chinese (800)
[<em>]Weighted GPA (out of 4.5): 4.1
[</em>] UC GPA: 3.86 (UW) 4.36-ish (W) (These are a bit blurry as I’ve never gotten the hang of calculating them properly. Our school also has major grade deflation)
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/270
[</em>]AP (self studied): Psychology (5), Computer Science (4), Chinese (5)
[<em>]IB: IB Diploma: English (HL), Computer Science (HL), Physics (HL), Psychology (SL), Math (SL), Chinese (SL)
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult course load offered by our school. The above classes plus Theory of Knowledge
[li]I also took two 4 unit summer courses at UC Berkeley during the summer of 2012: Political Science 2 (received a B) and Cognitive Science 1 (received an A)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Financial Aid: No
[</em>] Major: L&S - Undeclared
[<em>]Extracurriculars: 6 years of competitive air pistol and rapid fire pistol of junior team in Shanghai (2 years as team captain), MUN, Debate (Group leader), School magazine (Science and Technology department leader)
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Had a job for one summer as assistant manager for a child daycare system
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: Personnel manager and salesperson of a charity fundraiser where we sold sunglasses to fund surgeries for the senior citizen population. We raised enough money to fund 100 surgeries.
[</em>]Essays: I’d say pretty strong. For the first essay, I wrote about how moving to China changed my world and how seeing the differences in cultures inspired me to learn about the world around me and to gain new perspectives. I also mention specifically my summer spent at Berkeley and how that helped me realize this inspiration, though I’m not sure if this reference will help me with getting into Cal. My second essay was about overcoming gender biases which exist in China, particularly in the pistolling community, and how becoming team captain had given me the confidence to pursue what I love and not let social norms restrict who I am.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Domestic applicant applying from China
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: East Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $40000 My parents retired early and I’m able to pay for college, so I didn’t apply for financial aid. I’m not sure if this low income bracket will still hurt me.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student
[</em>] Where were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UC Riverside (Accepted with Regents), UC Merced (Accepted with Regents), UC Santa Cruz (Accepted), UC Davis (Accepted), UC Irvine (Accepted), MIT (Rejected), GATech (Rejected, probably because my essays for this school was terrible)[/ul]</p>
<p>^I’d say you have a pretty decent chance. Only issues I can see are your SAT 1 score and the fact that you are out of state, but i still think you have a good chance Fluffin!</p>
<p>ACT: 31 (Math: 34, Science: 30, Reading: 31, English 27, Combined English: 28)
SAT: 1910 superscore
AP Biology - 5
SAT II: Bio E (800), Math II (680)</p>
<p>Senior Schedule: Physics Honors, AP Calc AB, AP French, AP Microeconomics, Brit Lit</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>President of a Philosophy and Philanthropy Club
Interned at Stanford Cancer Center
Interned at a Disability Awareness Organization
Won Indian President’s Contest: A world without trees
*This semester I became the Vice President of a Film Club(Will that help at all if appealing?)</p>
<p>Other Information:</p>
<p>Intended Major: Microbial Biology (College of Natural Resources)
Ethnicity: Indian; South Asian
No hooks</p>
<p>-UC GPA: 4.02
-UW GPA: 3.68
-W GPA: 3.71
-SAT: 2060 (720 M/640 W/700 R)
-ACT: 31
-SAT II: 690 Math II, 740 Lit, 800 Chinese
-Ethnicity: Asian American (Taiwanese)
-Gender: Female
-No APs, but I’ve taken over 15+ community college classes (I’m in an ed op. program that lets me take community college classes full time)</p>
<p>Senior Schedule: Contemp Lit, Government, Economics, Women’s History in America, Humanistic Psychology, Conceptual Physics, Contempory Issues in the Asian American Communities, Intro to C++ Programming
—all taken at the local community college</p>
<p>Major: Computer Science, B.A.
CA Resident
Top 30% of my class, very competitive public high school</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
-Interned at a voting campaign (50+ hours)
-Part of my high school paper (40+ hours)
-Volunteered at the local community center that helps low-income families (30+ hours)
-Volunteered at the children’s branch of the library (400+ hours)
-Worked at a tutoring center, teaching young children English (50+ hours)
-Part of an educational opportunity program that allows high school students to take community college classes full time </p>
<p>Awards:
-Board of Education award
-Community Service Award from local community center</p>
<p>Personal Statements:
my family background, mental illness, and relationship with my mother
intersectional feminism and how it changed my life and led to my recovery </p>
<p>I got a mental health supplement form from Berkeley. Submitted it on time with a letter of rec from my counselor.</p>
<p>I applied to Berkeley as an English major. So nervous for decisions to come out!!!</p>
<p>W GPA: 4.45
UW GPA: not entirely sure, but probably around 3.6
UC GPA: 4.15
AP’s: AP Language and Comp (5), AP US History (5)
Senior course load: AP Spanish, AP Literature and Comp, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP Psychology
SAT: 2220 (Math 700, Critical Reading 730, Writing 790)
SAT Subject Tests: US History 780, Math II 680</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Founded a small painting business, Paint Me A Smile, in which I paint commissioned pieces as donate my proceeds to the art program at a school for special needs (where I volunteer as an art teacher)
Volunteer art teacher at a special needs school. I organized an art show fundraiser for them which was comprised of pieces the students painted. We raised $2000 for the school.
Lead roles in high school plays and musicals
Blogger for my town’s local online newspaper
Member of my high school’s select a capella group
Participated in community service projects in Santa Fe and New Orleans (I worked in a Hispanic elementary school in Santa Fe, and with a Katrina Relief Organization in New Orleans)
I am the Fundraising Coordinator for Habitat for Humanity at my high school</p>
<p>-UC GPA: 3.3
-UW GPA: not sure
-W gpa: not sure
—CC gpa : 3.26
-Ethnicity: african american
-Gender: male</p>
<p>Major: Applied as a theater and performance major (if accepted will declare a double major in sociology)
CA Resident
California Community college student… 10 years at the community college level (i havea documented learning disability)</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
I have worked extensively in theater and music-- during this time— working professionally as an actor, singer and dancer.</p>
<p>*supernumerary actor for sf opera
principal roles in college/community theatre and professional productions.
*sang “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” to congressman George Miller (D) of Pleasant Hill
*performed in numerous school groups including several solos with orchestra (Handel, Messiah, Mozart Requiem, Mozart Regina Coeli,et al )
*participated in every vocal performance group at my school (all 5 for at least 2 years one for 5 years)
*worked as a professional soloist for several churches (Durufle Requiem and assorted choral works)</p>
<p>Awards:
-Irene Ryan nomination for performance at community college
-As a peer advisor in financial aid office received 5 awards for outstanding peer advisor!
-Aspiring Artist award University of the Arts<br>
-Hohmann Vocal Scholarship
-Vocal Performance Scholarship (3x awarded) </p>
<p>Personal Statements:
theater acts as a conduit towards personal agency. To major in theater and performance studies would further not only my educational goals but my sense of value as I seek to create theater thats speaks of my unique cultural experiences as an african american.
spoke of my situation (being a re-entry student and balancing work school, race and being poor) and attempting to make it through school…ITSbeen a struggle… but I have made it !!! ;-)</p>
<p>ALSO:</p>
<p>I am apart of Uc Berkeley’s TAP, Stiles HAll, and Berkeley Experience programs
–so got lots of help on both my transfer essays and they are both quite strong!!! :-)</p>
<p>what do you think are my chances for getting into UC berkeleys Theatre and performance studies degree program?</p>
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