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Well berkeley is my #1 choice but ive gotten to the point where i understand that theres gonna be crazy competition and i will most likely not get in. What other schools would you guys recommend?

UW GPA: 3.3.
SAT: 1310.
SAT II: Havent taken yet but they should all be in the 700-750 range.
Prep school with my only B's the last year being •••••••• theology classes which count for UC's
URM.
Average EC's.
Could get good recs if i need them.

Schools im applying to for sure:

Berkeley (just for fun... dont want to regret not applying)
UCSD
UCSC
Tulane

Comments, suggestions... ANYTHING useful is appreciated!

thanks,

culov

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 02:14 am: Edit

youre still a good candidate for berkeley because your SAT 2 scores are very impressive

By Dkm (Dkm) on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 03:43 am: Edit

he said he is going to take them....anyway u have a good chance at berkeley anyway..

By Culovv (Culovv) on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 09:58 am: Edit

Thanks for the motivation

I was losing any reason to continue work.

By Culovv (Culovv) on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 08:59 pm: Edit

any more comments or suggestions? Gotta keep studying for SAT II!

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 07:55 pm: Edit

What do you want to study? One thought: look at Trinity University in San Antonio, good school looking to boost minority enrollment and out of state student body.

By Culovv (Culovv) on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 07:57 pm: Edit

neuroscience or astrophysics. Most likely neuroscience with a minor in physics if possible.

By Becks777 (Becks777) on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 08:16 pm: Edit

yeah...even i thought my sat iis would be in the 700-750 range.....

By Neurobear (Neurobear) on Thursday, November 06, 2003 - 02:15 am: Edit

It's always best to apply to those one or two schools you think is just out of your reach, because you never know...

I graduated from Berkeley in 2002 with a major in "neuroscience." I put that in quotes, because there is no true neuroscience major at Berkeley. It's actually an emphasis of the Molecular and Cell Biology major. Everyone in MCB basically takes the same core classes, but then take more specific ones their senior year. I ended up taking only 5 classes where neuroscience was the topic. I'm sure most colleges have something similar to this, since neuroscience is a relatively new field. I'm actually applying to UCSD for grad school in neuroscience. They have an excellent program.