Will I get into Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford; major colleges?

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>GPA as a Junior: 3.95 (unweighted)
SAT: 2290
ACT: 28</p>

<p>Clubs:
National Honor Society
California Scholarship Federation
Key Club
Asian Club</p>

<p>Community Service Hours:
1010</p>

<p>AP Classes taken:
5 passed AP exam with all 4 and one 3</p>

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<p>Is that GPA 3.95 unweighted or weighted? If it’s unweighted then your GPA+SAT would make your chances at Cal and UCLA very strong. </p>

<p>Make sure you don’t send in your ACT.</p>

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<p>You need to factor in UCGPA</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/files/berkeley.pdf[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/files/berkeley.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/files/ucla.pdf[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/files/ucla.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Only covers objective measures. Essay, challenges, leadership, also important.</p>

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<p>Most likely UCLA and UCB.</p>

<p>Not sure about Stanford.</p>

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<p>Do you have anything that makes you stand out for Stanford?</p>

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<p>^ lol, why would he need anything that makes him stand out to get into stanford lol. IMO getting into stanford is just random ( and I’m not saying this because i was rejected, I didnt even apply) My school is VERY competitive and a lot of brilliant kids with high SAT/ACT scores and perfect grades applied and no one got in. The only person who got in was a girl who had no EC’s. she wasnt as qualified as many of the people who applied from my school, but my friends and I think that she got in because she comes from a “unique” background.</p>

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<p>“why would he need anything that makes him stand out to get into stanford lol.”</p>

<p>because…</p>

<p>"The only person who got in was a girl who had no EC’s…I think that she got in because she comes from a “unique” background. "</p>

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<p>Stanford admission is indeed…unique, not sure if that is a good thing or not.</p>

<p>If you claim yourself you lived in a Buddist monastery or went to South Pole, your chances might go up.</p>

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<p>I agree that Stanford admission is… unpredictable.</p>

<p>My school’s valedictorian was accepted at Harvard, yet denied at Stanford. Maybe he had too many ECs and not enough of an “unique background.”</p>

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<p>OP: </p>

<p>Stanford: no
Berkeley: 50/50
UCLA: 1 in 3 chance</p>

<p>and the other posts are correct, be unique aka exceptional and Stanford might notice you.</p>

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<p>Your stats seem on par for Berkeley and UCLA, but lacking in the hooks for Stanford. Be sure to have a few safeties.</p>

<p>Your clubs seem very generic, but I the fact that you have 1010 community service hours caught my eye. Is there anything particular about those hours? Why did you do them? You better have a really good reason in your essays or else your chances are relatively low.</p>