@ManaManaWegi I’d say you have a solid chance. I was accepted as a freshman applicant (also out of state), and while I had the same ACT score as you, my UW GPA was lower. Your extracurriculars look solid. I’m assuming you’re a junior; if I were you, I’d focus on studying for your subject tests more than anything else, as your ACT score is already very good.
I love the idea of this thread! Thanks so much 
UC GPA: 4.3
Unweighted GPA: 3.97
Weighted GPA: 4.7
California Resident
Intended Major: Political Science
Intended Minor: Public Policy
Letters and Science
ACT: C:31 E:36 W:33 M:27 S:26 (something like that)
SAT: 1980 CR: 640 M: 660 W: 680 (probably won’t send)
SAT II: USH: 690
AP Scores: US History (5), Psychology (5), US History (3), Lang/Comp (5)
Senior Year course load: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Span 4, AP Environmental Science, AP Calc AB, Leadership
List a few of your most important ECs:
- Eagle Scout
- Student Body President
- Congressional Intern (CA-14)
- City Hall Administrative Deputy
- I work for the FBI (SF HQ)
- Golf Captain (4 years), Basketball (2 years)
- President of 2 Clubs, Founded 1 club (NHS, and got our school accreditted)
- School Site Council President
- Published political writer
Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
- California Boy’s State delegate
- Harvard University’s Pre-College Program student (Studied law)
- Taken political science classes at my local JC every summer all of high school
- Freshman class president, ASB VP, in several other clubs)
- Several community service awards/award from mayor
- 800+ hours of community service with Sheriff’s department (politics related)
Notes:
- 1st gen American (Middle Eastern)
- School counselor is a Berkeley Admissions reader, and I am writing some strong essays with her as my college counselor (will also have excellent counselor’s letter)
Pretty much ready to apply at this point, heading into my senior year. Harvard is my #1, with UCB at my #2. Looking froward to an exciting application season!
Hi!!! I really appreciate the existence of this thread because this is amazing
UC GPA: 4.21
Unweighted GPA: 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.23
California Resident
Intended Major:
- Computer Science and Engineering (EECS)
OR
- Double Major in Computer Science and Economics/Cognitive Science (L&S)
ACT: 35 (E:34 M:35 R:36 S:35 W:36)
SAT II: Math 2 (790) Chemistry (800) Lit (Pending)
AP Scores: Comp Sci A (5), Chinese (5), Stat (Pending), Chem (Pending), Art History (Pending)
Senior Year course load: AP English Lit, AP Psych, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Economics
*Majority of APs are only available to juniors and seniors at my school
List a few of your most important ECs:
- FBLA Officer, President of an entrepreneurial club, VP of women in technology club
- Leading a team to design and code a mobile app
- Interned at a robotics startup
- Organized a photography gallery fundraiser (>$900) in support blind children
Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
- Won some awards at a hackathon
- Some minor awards in FBLA (states and regionals)
- National awards for business competition (SAGE)
Notes:
- Asian female; rising senior
- Has a fascination with business, but planning to attain a bachelors in compsci and then a MBA
- Open to the idea of a double major
- Currently debating on applying to the EECs or Letter & Science?? I’m not really sure which one I should apply to
- I’m also interested in UCSD, UCDavis, UCSC, and UCLA
Thank you so much
All applying Freshmen: Apply to a major area that is easier to get into. A significant number of freshmen change their majors anyways.
@Burdened, What are the "major areas that are easier to get into? I would love to know, please
What are my chances for admission into UC Berkeley?
SAT Math: 740
SAT Critical Reading and Writing: 700
SAT II: Not yet taken
ACT: Not yet taken
Unweighted UC GPA: 3.833
Weighted and Capped UC GPA: 4.277
Fully Weighted UC GPA: 4.388
Unweighted GPA: 3.84
Weighted GPA: 4.001
Class Rank: Top 3 out of a class of approximately 30
Residency: OOS
AP Scores:
Human Geography- 5 (FR)
US History- 5 (JR)
English Language and Composition- 5 (JR)
Biology- 3 (JR)
Note: Moved to a new school for sophomore year and wasn’t allowed to take AP that year
Senior Year Schedule:
AP Calculus AB
AP US Government and Politics
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Macroeconomics
Physics
Model United Nations
Contemporary Issues (Model United States Senate)
Conditioning
Sports:
Cross Country
Basketball
Soccer
Clubs and Extracurricular Activities:
Piano (11 years)
Saxophone (4 years)
Marching Band (1 year)
FBLA (2 years)
MUN (1 year)
MUSS (Committee Chair) (1 year)
National Honor Society (1 year)
Debate Club (Founder and President)
Volunteering/Community Involvement:
Homecoming Committee
Prom Committee
Student Council (not an elected member but heavily involved)
Special Circumstances:
Freshman Year- Got accepted into a magnet school for the arts
Sophomore Year- Moved overseas to Germany
Junior Year: Attended the THIMUN Conference in The Hague, Netherlands
I intend to major in International and Area Studies (L&S)
Hello, I have visited UCB before, and I really liked it. My statistics may be low, but I would like to have a realistic viewpoint on what I should aim for, and if possible, see if any other UC’s that would be a good fit.
Incoming senior
UC GPA: 3.8
W GPA: 4.1
UW GPA: 3.7
AP tests: 4’s on AP Bio/AP Lang, 5 in APUSH, taking 5 AP’s next yr
EC’s: Volunteering at St. Jude hospital for over three months, three hours a week plus 12 hours from volunteering at NICU event
active in many clubs,
50 hr reward for Leo Club,
local robotics team as part of outreach team,
have guranteed two letters of rec from Berkeley alumni
SAT: reading: 780, math:660, writing:680, planning on taking ACT this September
Thank you!
Great thread!
Class Rank: 1/~200
UC GPA: -
Unweighted GPA: 3.8 (Educational system works on % basis Grade 11 onwards: 95% Grade 11, CGPA 10.0 Grade 10, CGPA 10.0 Grade 9)
Weighted GPA: -
International applicant from UAE
Intended Major:
Computer Science and Engineering (EECS)
SAT-1: 2200 (640 CR- 800 M- 760 W- 10 E)
SAT-2: Physics (800), Chemistry (800), Math Level 2 (800)
AP Scores: -
Senior year course load: Physics, Chemistry, Math, English, Computer Science (roughly equivalent to: AP Physics C: E and M, AP Physics 2, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science A (coding in C++, not Java))
List a few of your most important ECs:
- Environment Club Events Coordinator. Led school to win ~$10,000 at government contest. Individual prize in government competition in using GIS App to track Energy Wastage in the city
- Student Council Prefect, Vice Captain
- Debate Club president, wins in school debates and elocution competitions, participation in national competitions
- Distinguished Toastmasters member, ~20 wins in city level contests
- Karate- black belt, been learning it for the past seven years, wins at city competitions
- Participation in robotics competitions at national level
Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
- Delegate at the EcoCity World Summit, a bi-annual international summit, school representative at city Eco-summits
- Winner of a national science contest (~15 people win from about 50,000 students)
Notes: - Indian male, rising senior
- Outstanding academic record for the past nine years
- Studying in top Indian school in UAE. Students previously admitted to UCB, UCLA, Cornell, GTech
- I’m also interested in UCSD, UCLA, Cornell, Princeton, UPenn, GTech
Thank you.
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.67
Resident: California
SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT scores:
770 Math
770 Writing
650 Reading
SAT II Scores:
780 Math 2
740 US History
AP Scores:
Calc BC - 5
Computer Science - 5
English Language - 4
European History - 5
Physics C Mechanics - 5
US History - 5
Senior Courseload:
AP Statistics
AP Macroeconomics
AP Government
AP English Literature
AP Environmental Science
AP Psychology
Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.):
Letters and Science. Either Applied Math or Economics
List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed):
Liberty in North Korea Rescue Teams leader at my high school.
Hospital Volunteer (head of volunteer fundraising)
Tennis (3 years)
National Honor Society
CSF
UC GPA: 4.38
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.8044
Rank: 3 out of 480
Out-Of-State
SAT Reasoning Scores (taken twice, but I don’t know if it’s better to send the 800 math one)
Reading: 710
Writing: 700
Math:800
Reading: 720
Writing: 790
Math: 770
ACT scores
Reading: 34
Writing: 35
Math: 36
Science: 36
SAT II Scores
Math II: 800
Chemistry: 760
AP Scores:
Calc AB: 5
Chemistry: 5
Eng Lang: 5
French: 4
Psychology: 5
APUSH: 5
World History: 4
Which college are you applying to? (Letters and Science, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.)
Engineering
List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed)
Math Team (9-present)
Debate Team (9-10)
Volunteered >300 hours (tutoring, working in summer camps)
Piano (2010-present)
VP of Computer Club (10)
Weeklong Materials Engineering programs (summer 2015)
Month-long Chemistry research at UChicago
Robotics team (11-present)
NHS + other honor societies
Science Olympiad (11-present)
Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field
~10 top 5 finishes in local Math Team tournaments
2nd place and 3rd place in local robotics tournaments
4th place robotic arm in Science Olympiad local tourney
MOS Microsoft Excel Expert (difficult to obtain but I don’t know if colleges really care about this lol)
imma be real with yall. if you’re applying to l&s, all you need is like a 1900+ sat score, decent gpa, decent essays, and you’re in.
UC GPA: 4.2
Unweighted GPA: 3.89
Weighted GPA: 4.536
International
(Old) SAT
Math: 680
Reading: 760
Writing: 720
IB Scores
Math SL: 6
French SL: 6
Senior Year Courses:
Physics SL
Chemistry HL
Economics HL
English HL
Applying to Letters and Science
ECs:
Executive of Volunteer Organization
Free the Children
Model UN
Cross Country
Badminton
Piano (2011 - , received honours)
Honour Roll (2013 -)
United Cultures
200+ hours of volunteer service
i got a question.
IS everyone on this forum posting there UW and W gpa from their soph and junior year cuz UC dont look at frosh year. If not, should i be concerned if I had a shit year frosh year but amazing near perfect years for Soph and Junior. (I have a perfect UC gpa, but not like a 3.7 UW and 4.22 Weighted because of a bad frosh year, Should i be worried? I am OOS applying L and S CS (undeclared) with a 2200 SAT as well and good EC’s.
Out-of-state
UC GPA: 4.25
Unweighted GPA: Don’t know, my school doesn’t tell us—they don’t include it on our transcripts or anything, so no clue
Weighted GPA: 4.04
SAT Reasoning Scores (by section) or ACT score: 1540/1600 (760 R 780 M)
SAT II Scores: not taken yet
AP Scores: Chem (4) Physics (3) APUSH (4)
Senior year course load: BC Calculus, AP Physics C, AP Lit, AP Spanish V, history elective
Which college are you applying to? EECS
List a few of your most important ECs (a laundry list of 20+ items is not needed):
Independent Research (10-12, have spent 1000+ hrs in the lab. projects involve coding—taught myself Java)
International Affairs Club (10-12)
Spanish Honor Society (10-12)
Student Council (11-12)
Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:
2 papers published
3rd place in regional ISEF
Gold in National Latin exam
-UC GPA: 4.31
-Unweighted GPA: 3.83
-Weighted GPA: 4.31
- At least top 15% (school does not rank, but got an email from UC For You indicating that I am in top 15%)
In State
Old SAT: 1900
-Math: 570
-Reading: 700
-Writing: 630
New SAT: 1420
AP Scores:
-APUSH - 4
-English Language - 4
Senior Year Courses:
-AP Micro/Macro
-AP Spanish Language
-AP Calc
-AP Lit & Comp
Applying to Letters and Science
ECs:
-Student Government
-help organize service events for school to participate in
-working with big companies to help get donations for a event at our school
-NHS
-CSF
-Club swimming since 7th grade
-Varsity Swimming all 4 years (Team Captain)
Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:
-Excellence in Math
-above 4.0 all 4 years
GPA- 3.96 UW, 4.79 W
UC GPA- 3.92 UW, 4.27 W
SAT- 2280 (800 M 800 W 680 R)
SAT subject tests- 800 M2 800 BioM 790 C
ACT- 34 (35 E 36 M 30 R 33 S 32 W)
APs- 4 in Bio & Chem and 5 in Calc AB, Stats & Physics
Senior year course load- Anatomy/Physiology, AP Spanish Lang, Journalism, College level English, AP Gov/Econ
Awards- NMSC commendation letter, AP scholar with distinction, some math stuff
Major- Biology for pre-med pathway
Extracurricular activities(top 10)
- Volunteer for the American Heart Association (150+ hours)
- President of CSF
- Mentorship with an Indian medical school professor
- Paid-Internship at Kaiser, SJ
- Research with a local university professor (not published)
- Founded a facebook page to inform people about healthy habits (reaches 10000+ users)
- SJ commission of human rights member
- News & Online Editor, school newspaper
- Journalist, Times of India (foreign newspaper)
- Writer for a neighborhood magazine
State- CA
Race- Indian
Hook- Immigrant (came around 9th grade)
General info:
Indian, male, Out of State, public high school, middle class.
Intended Major:
Computer Science L&S
Academics:
UC GPA: 4.07
Rank: 75/870 (8.6%)
ACT: Composite 35, English 36, Math 33, Reading 36, Science 33, Writing 9
SAT II: taking in November—Math II and Bio, have taken World History and got a 760
Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction, Science Olympiad Medals at district, regionals, and invitationals, award won at Hackathon, National Merit Commended (218, cutoff was 220)
AP:
CompSci AP (5), WHAP (5), Chem AP(2), Bio AP(3), EL&C (5), APUSH (4)
Senior courses:
AP English, APES, AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP Gov, AP Macroeco Computer Science 4, and a blow-off honors class.
Leadership:
Computer Club Vice-President, National Technical Honor Society President, Computer Club Secretary
Extracurriculars:
Founded a Tech Startup, Independent App Developer, Technology Consultant for a youth consulting firm, Computer Club (10-12), Went to many hackathons in my city, helped organize a hackathon, Science Olympiad, Indian music (9 years, Have performed many times all around my city as well as at national conventions), NHS, Math NHS, Science NHS, Social Studies NHS, NTHS, 150+ Volunteer hours at my place of worship, Helping create a website for a nonprofit.
Thanks!!
Chance me please! I am applying to Letters and Sciences as UCB
I am a white American female, although I am going to school in the UK and have been for all of high school, therefore I am applying from an international school
4.4 GPA
- no class rank at my school
29 Composite ACT (32 English, 31 Math, 27 Reading and 25 Science) - I’ve taken it a bunch of times and this is my highest score, although it says the UCB’s 25th percentile is a 27 so I feel like it’s acceptable to send
I am doing the full IB diploma, I’m applying from an international school in London (don’t know if that means anything for admissions) - I won’t be sending my IB scores because they don’t come out until July
EC’s: - theatre (lead-roles in every school production since freshman year)
- varsity softball for all four years of high school
- editor-in-chief of the school newspaper
- travelled to Namibia (southern Africa) for a service project, fundraised for this for all of junior year
- national honors society
Working on my supplements now but I think it will be pretty strong, LORs are also strong
My brother just graduated from Berkeley this year and I loved it when I visited – because I’m not a Cali resident, will it put me at a disadvantage?
Any thoughts?
Hi everyone, I am a current junior, and I would really appreciate any insight I can get! I am a bit of a weird case.
School Applying To: College of Chemistry (ikr?)
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering (possibly double major with Nuclear Engineering)
UW GPA: 3.73 (strong upward trend and increase in difficulty of classes)
Weighted GPA: 4.41
UC GPA: 4.25-ish
SAT: 1580 (800 Math, 780 CR+V)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, might take US History but idk, thoughts?
AP Exams: Biology (5), Seminar, Chemistry, Physics 1, Calculus BC, APUSH and Lang this year, senior year below
Senior Year Courseload: Multivariable Calculus Honors, AP Spanish Language, AP Research, P.E, AP Physics 2, Personal Financial Literacy/Bionuclear Chemistry, Technology and Design 2
Awards (top 5):
- 1st place National Brain Bee, 3rd place for International Brain Bee
- US Chemistry Olympiad national camp
- Science Olympiad nationals for Materials Science and Chemistry Lab
- Shell EcoMarathon North America Top 10 gasoline MPG and Best Communications awards
- TSA Prepared Presentation 1st in state, 3rd at nationals
EC’s (top 10):
- Neuroscience Research ~ Published 3 papers on neuroimaging, first author on one of them (getting rec letter from professor) ~ Studied neurological disorders with a different professor one summer (from winning Brain Bee)
- Biotechnology Researchhee ~ Winner of MIT Think competition ~ Published paper regarding topic ~ BioGENEius nationals
- Shell EcoMarathon ~ Designed car with 600+ MPG ~ Communications Award winner ~ Lead engineer and co-captain (next year)
- Chemistry Team/USAChO ~ NJ Chemistry League 2nd place ~ USAChO national camp finalist
- Science Olympiad ~ Top 5 in nation for Materials Science ~ Top 10 in nation for Chemistry Lab
- TSA ~ Club president (10-12), member since 8th grade ~ 1st in state prepared speech 8th grade ~ 1st in state, 3rd in nation prepared presentation ~ 1st in state engineering design
- Student Government ~ 9-10 Class President ~ 11 School Vice President ~ Raised over 10k for my class' prom
- Habitat for Humanity ~ President (2 years), probably going to be something else next year ~ Logged ~150 hours
- Hospital Volunteering ~ Approximately 250 hours
- Tutoring ~ TA for honors chemistry ~ Chemistry Honors (and next year AP) tutor ~ Tutored math (pre-algebra --> precalculus)
Essay: idk yet
LoR: Does Berkeley even read these?
Gender: Male (sigh)
Ethnicity: Indian (sighs louder)
State of Residence: Quaker-ville