Decision: Accepted - College of Engineering
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2230 (800M, 740R, 690W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] UC GPA: No GPA system, 97% average (Canada)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Literature & Composition (taking this May)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
[] College courses? If so, list them.: N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Functions, Calculus & Vectors, Chemistry, Physics, AP English, Band, French, Computer Science
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: I actually thought they were not that good compared to my other applications, but I’m not sure. I wrote about being a twin (6) and my eye for detail (7). I just put a short paragraph talking about my other EC’s for additional comments.
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: N/A
[] Did you get into Cal during the month of February (you were one of the 2,000 applicants who received an early acceptance)?: No
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[] EC’s: Varsity and club soccer, piano, clarinet (concertmaster of three ensembles), visual art, Math Challenge program, Science Olympics, snowboarding, multicultural club co-president, peer tutoring, guitar
[] Awards: Ranked top 3 in my grade since grade 9, various math/computing/chemistry contest awards, RCM level 10 pianist, etc.
[] Work: Tutor at underprivileged elementary school
[] Volunteer: 150 hours or so, nothing significant
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Electrical Engineering
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] EOP?: No
[] NCAA?: No
[] Are you from California?: No, international
[] If International, from what country?: Canada
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] LGBTQ?: N/A
[] Citizen?: No
[] Served in military? No
[] Married?: No
[] Orphan?: No
[] Income Bracket:
[] # of Family Members: 4
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: Both PhD
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Female?
[li] Living on-campus? Yeah[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, EC’s, leadership, well-rounded
[] Weaknesses: Hardly any AP/IB, essays
[] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: Not sure, depends on whether my family can pay for it.
[] If not, where are you going?: University of Waterloo (it’s in Canada and is a lot more affordable)
[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
My school does not gear towards US applications, as it doesn’t offer any “honors” courses and only has 2 AP courses. Overall I was honestly a little surprised when I got in since Berkeley engineering is supposedly really difficult to get in for internationals, and now I guess my decision is a lot harder haha
I also applied to MIT (rejected) and CMU CS (“priority” waitlisted) in the US.
I applied to UWaterloo (accepted) and UofT (accepted) in Canada.
Congrats to everyone else who got in! 