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I'd really appreciate it if you guys give me any feedback about my chances at Berkeley (out of state, i live in texas):

------------stats:

SAT I: 1480 (math: 780, verbal: 700)
SAT II: Physics 760 Writing 720 Math IIC: 800 World History: 750
GPA: 4.4 W / 4.0 UW
Rank: 5 / 1251 --> top 1%

------------Schedule:

Freshman:

Spanish 1 Honors A+
Web Mastering A+
Chemistry Honors A+
Algebra 2 Honors A+
Geometry Honors A+
Geography Honors A+
English Honors A+
PE A
Keyboarding A


Sophomore:

Spanish 2 Honors A
World History AP A+ (5 on AP)
PreCal Honors A+
Biology Honors A
English Honors A
Med Science A+
Latin 1 A+
PE A+
Health A+
Speech A+


Junior:

Economics IB A+ (7 on IB, 5 on Micro/Macro AP)
Comp Sci IB A+
Spanish 3 IB A
English 3 IB A+ (4 on AP lang)
Physics 1 IB A+ (6 on IB)
Calculus BC AP A (5 on AP)


Senior (next year)

Comp Sci 2 IB
Spanish 4 IB
English 4 IB
Calculus IB
Philosophy IB
Physics C AP
US History (distance learning) A
Music History (distance learning) A
Mutivariable Calculus (Stanford University EPGY)

------Volunteer Work:

-around 50 hours at Teen Court
-around 150 hours at school office
-around 50 hours tutoring elementary school children
-around 30 for a math teacher
-NHS volunteer work

------EC:

-Academic Decathlon 2 years (maximum possible) Team Captain
-FBLA 3 years
-NHS 3 years
-Math Team 3 years
-Spanish Pan American 2 years
-Student Against Drugs
-UT Austin Honors Colloquium Summer Program
-Soccer and tennis during summers (not for school)

-----Awards:
national:
- AP Scholar with Honor
-National Merit Commend Scholar
With AcDec:
-1st place: state economics, regional economics
-2nd place state math, regional interview
-3rd place state social studies, regional social studies, regional math
With FBLA:
-2nd place: business regional, computer regional
school awards:
-Academic achievement awards: AP history, biology, latin, comp sci
-District's Excellence in education award

----Jobs:
-created, updated, and managed the Website for a custom home building company
-i also take care of all other computer related tasks w/ that company
-approximately 3 hours per week for four years


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I immigrated to United States four years ago from Iran. During my freshman and sophomore years i was very busy improving my english by attending after school classes, so i rarely had time for ECs. I hope i at least mitigated the situation by joining AcDec during my junior year! If any of my SAT scores are low, I can also retake them in Nov or Dec. Anyways, thank you so much for reading this. Any comment would be appreciated!

By Kryptic (Kryptic) on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 12:40 am: Edit

What's your major? It sounds like you certainly have a shot, depending upon your goals. L&S would probably be easier than College of Engineering, but you have decent scores. Berkeley cares less about ECs than most private schools, so you may not get dinged too bad there. Good luck!

By Paulhomework (Paulhomework) on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 01:13 am: Edit

thank you Kryptic! My intended major is electrical engineering and computer science; however, I might change it to biomedical.

By Hwtf (Hwtf) on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 01:29 pm: Edit

your scores are certainly good for engineering