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Berkeley admits, what were your SAT scores, your GPA and the ECs/Community Service that you pursued?

By Steveruleworld (Steveruleworld) on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 04:45 pm: Edit

Out of State (DC)
SAT I 700M 730V IIC 750 writing 650 bio 720 ACT 31
GPA UC weighted ~4.5 (Top 10%)
(1 of 2 kids who have ever applied to Cal from my school)

Prev AP Scores
APCS(C++) 5, AP Euro 4, AP Physics B 3, AP Latin:Vergil 3

Courses for senior year
AP Calc BC, AP Physics(only covered C:Mech), AP CS-Java, AP Latin:Catullus Horace, AP Economics(Micro and Macro), social justice/systematic theology, classic literature/crative writing fiction.

EC's
Eagle Scout, remained VERY active in troop since getting eagle between frosh and soph HS years.
Rec Soccer, Rec Swimming - Captain for both teams 3 years in a row.
Parish Outreach - organized food drive for orphanage in Kyrgyzstan, helped out at Missionaries of Charity

Math Team - "A" team 2 years
Computer Programming Team - "A" Team 2 years various competitions at Virginia Tech and UMD
Robotics Squad - Captain, went to MIT for a competition in early May

Also, Navy family, so i've lived all over the country.
I was admitted into College of Engineering, looking to major in Nuclear Engineering.

By Drunksage (Drunksage) on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 06:10 pm: Edit

Look up my name in the "What are my chances?" discussion.

By Esun (Esun) on Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 09:49 pm: Edit

In state
SAT: 800 Math, 720 Verbal
SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 780 Math IIC, 790 Writing
GPA: 4.73 Weighted, 3.93 Unweighted, ranked 7/592 when I applied (top 2%)
AP Scores:

4 AP STATISTICS
4 AP SPAN LANGUAGE
5 AP PHYSICS C E/M
5 AP PHYSICS C MECHANICS
5 AP CALCULUS BC
5 AP ENGLISH COMPOSITION/L
4 AP COMPUTER SCIENCE AB
4 AP BIOLOGY
4 AP US HISTORY
3 AP PHYSICS B
5 AP CALCULUS AB
4 AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
3 AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE

IB Scores:

5 Higher Level Math
5 Higher Level Physics
7 Higher Level English
5 Standard Level Biology
7 Standard Level Spanish
5 Standard Level History

Total 37 (A on Theory of Knowledge, B on Extended Essay)

ECs:

Varsity Tennis Team
2nd Chair 1st Violin in school orchestra
Level 8 Certificate of Merit in the violin
Various clubs

As a bonus, I had something like 45 units from two community colleges in classes like C++/Java/Visual C++/Perl programming, Differential Equations, and other classes I couldn't get at my school.

By Almondjoy (Almondjoy) on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 11:14 pm: Edit

3.75, 760m 700v (only took it once), 800 writ,780 phys, 770 iic. only 5 aps, mostly 4's. a little under 200 service. one main sport, but not recruited or anything. nothing really special, although i think my sat 2's rule, and we all know how number based the ucs are.

By Sbpnoi112 (Sbpnoi112) on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 01:35 am: Edit

wow...how the hell did i get in?

in state, uppermiddleclassegot, 3.95w, 3.80uw, 730verbal, 670math, 740mathIC, 640writing, 710ushistory, ap euro - 3 (the only ap class i ever took), rank 4 out of graduating class of 67 (1 had 4.5, the other 3 had 4.0), some hospital volunteer work, worked at 7eleven for 2 yrs, fixing computer business, tutor, did not make any hs team , personal statement on being a "sinner" - how the hell is that numbers based?

By Drunksage (Drunksage) on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 03:16 am: Edit

Top 10% of graduating class, Sbpnoi112? If you didn't have too many AP's at your school, I'd understand more. Seen people from my old high school get in with smaller SAT's but a decent amount of AP classes.

By Calbears2007 (Calbears2007) on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 04:18 am: Edit

SAT 1500 (780M/720V)
SAT II: Chem 800, Math 2C 750, Writing 720
GPA: i think around a 4.3 weighted (i just let the schools calculate it lol...too lazy to calculate unweighted)
AP:
European History 3
US History 5
Calc BC 5
Chem 5
Bio 5
Physics C Mech 5 / EM 5
Stats 5
Spanish Language 4
EC: orchestra, math team, science bowl, golf, internship at UCLA (junior year), volunteer for neighborhood church

By Liberty (Liberty) on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 02:52 pm: Edit

Instate:

SAT 1250 (670m/580v)
SATII: MathIIC 700, Writing 540, History 670
GPA: 4.49 weighted/4.0 unweighted (so straight A's for four years) Valecdictorian
AP:
US History: 2
Chemistry: 2
English Comp: 3
Calculus: 4
Physics: 2
EC:
Student Government (4 years):
Freshman Class President
Sophomore Class President
Student Body Vice President
Student Body President
Orchestra (4 years):
Concert Master
Track and field (3 years)
Newspaper (3 years):
Layout Editor
... my list of ec's can go on forever

But my point is I got really good grades in high school, but I don't test very well. As long as something shines out (for me a crap load of ec's) you'll be good