Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: n/a
[] ACT: Highest composite: 33 Highest Sections: E-35 M-28 R-36 S-33 W-36
[] UC GPA: 4.8
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Environmental Sci (5), Spanish Language (4), Euro History (4), English Lit (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] College courses? If so, list them.: n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Calculus, AP spanish, AP euro, AP english, Economics, Health, Gym, Latin 4 honors (I wouldn’t have included gym but I actually got my worst grade this year in gym SMH)
[] How were your personal statements? Rate out of 10, including the additional comments section: My personal statements were very strong, I’d rate them 9/10. I worked very hard on them, and thinking about relating my answers back to cal and how I’ve made an impact in my community before I even graduated high school. Both my parents edited for grammar multiple times to ensure there were no mechanical errors.
[] Letters of Recommendation (supplemental)?: Yes. I sent 2 letter of recommendation although they were not requested. Therefore I don’t know if they were taken into consideration, however I can’t imagine they hurt me considering I was the only student admitted from my school out of 4 who applied.
[] 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][ b]Other**[ul]
[]** Intended Major **: Society and Environment (CNR)
[] Freshman, Transfer, Graduate/Professional or Returning?: Freshman
[] EOP?: n/a
[] NCAA?: n/a
[] Are you from California? If not, from what state & county (city)? If so, what county (city)?: Westchester, NY
[] If International, from what country?: n/a
[] School Type: small suburban public school
[] Ethnicity: caucasian
[] Gender: female
[] LGBTQ?: n/a
[] Citizen?: yes
[] Served in military? n/a
[] Married?: single
[] Orphan?: n/a
[] Income Bracket: 150,000
[] # of Family Members: 4 including me
[] Level of Education of Parents/Guardians: grad school
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a
[li] Living on-campus? yes[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, letters of rec, STRONG extracurriculars, strong personal statements, ap scores and challenging courses
[] Weaknesses: I believe I could’ve gotten higher ACT scores if I had studied more and my a few of my senior year grades reflected my terrible case of senioritis however I pulled it together by second semester
[] Are you going to UC Berkeley?: Y E S it’s my dream school! Go Bears!
[] If not, where are you going?: lol
[/ul]General Comments/Additional Information:[list]
Good luck to those applying to Cal this year who are browsing this thread trying to determine their chances. Just work hard and make sure your app reflects that you really want to attend the school.
I was also accepted to: Binghamton, U of Michigan, UT Austin, UCLA, Oberlin, and Barnard
I was deferred and rejected by Columbia and Tulane (unfinished app)