Stats:
GPA- 4.2 weighted, 3.8 unweighted
ACT- 36
PSAT- 1510 (out of 1520)
SAT- averaging a 1540
Subject tests: Math 2 (790) World History (780) Japanese (800)
AP Tests: Physics 1 (4) AP World (5) Japanese (5) Chemistry (3)
Currently taking- AP Calc BC, Biology, US History, English Language
Current IB Diploma candidate, on track for around a 36-40/45
ECs:
Varsity tennis 4 years, Captain
3x All City titles, 2x city runner up, 1x city championships
13 years at Japanese school, winner of schoolwide speech contest 4 times
Counselor at summer camp (350 hours)
Started two science bowl teams at middle schools (400 hours)
Planning to apply as electrical engineering
You have three strikes against you already for going into Stanford - Asian, male, and in tech.
You have a decent shot at Berkeley but EECS is incredibly difficult to get into and people with perfect ACT scores routinely don’t get in. I personally know of 2 in the last 2 years just at my kid’s school, and one OOS kid.
Good stats just open the door, but it can’t get you though. You need to put forth a compelling application.
Your chances are lousy :). Stanford has a 5% acceptance rate and Berkeley has a 15% acceptance rate. It’s lousy for everyone.
Maybe for Berkeley play your cards as wanting to be a Japanese Lit or language major if they have one, then switch majors in Letters and Sciences once you are in.
Berkeley’s EECS acceptance rate is probably closer to 5%. Overall the CoE acceptance rate I believe is 9%.
You are a competitive applicant. Your stats and ECs are great. Write good essays and you could get accepted to any of these schools