I'm a Sophomore & I want to know if I can get into UC Berkeley with these grades? Plz answer,... thanx!!?

Question

* = weighted

Freshman Year:
Gym - A, A
Algebra - A, A
Biology - B, A
Concert Band - A, A
PreAP English - B, A
Journalism - A, A

Sophomore:
AP European History* - C, A (in progress)
Journalism - A, A (in progress)
PreAP English - A, A (in progress)
Concert Band - A, A (in progress)
Geometry - B, B (in progress)
Honors Chemistry* - C, B (in progress
Concert Band II

And the next to years i plan to take

Junior:
AP US History*
Newspaper (adv. journalism)
AP English*
Wind Ensemble (adv. band)
Honors Algebra II*
Honors Physics*
Spanish II (Spanish I in Summer School)
Concert Band II
AP Chemistry*


Senior:
AP American Government*
Newspaper
AP English*
Wind Ensemble
AP Statistics*
AP Biology*

The sencod semester grades this year will go up, they have plenty of time.

I was also wondering what other things I need to do, to get into UC Berkeley!?

Thanks All of You!!

Answer 1

To prepare for Berkeley and other UC schools, you should complete the a-g requirements (ask your counselor for the approved courses at your high school or check online at http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/ ), study and do well in your high school courses and standard tests (SAT and/or ACT, and SAT II), take as many honors and/or AP courses as you can handle, and commit to one or two extracurricular activities in which you develop leadership skills (more is not better, quality is better than quantity).

UCs (including Berkeley) will weigh the following components of your application (in the order of importance): 1) your essay (Berkeley publishes a guideline on how to write your personal statement at: http://students.berkeley.edu/files/Admissions/Personal_State_07.pdf ) about your academic achievement, talent or extracurricular activities that highlight your motivation, dedication, and/or initiative to achieve, your potential to contribute to the university, and any special circumstances like hardship; 2) your grades and any grade trends (improvements are better than just maintaining a high GPA); 3) your test scores, including SAT and/or ACT, SAT II; and 4) number of AP courses completed compared to the number of AP courses offered at your high school. Other factors are taken into consideration, but to a lesser extent.

Answer 2

Your grades look great so far, keep up the good work. While your grades are good they actually play a very small part on getting into any college. Just about every college uses the SAT scores as the main criteria bof being elegible. You would normally take these in your junior year. Did you, and what were your scores?

Other things that matter are ;
A handwriten essay.
Police record
age
race
alumni status (did your parents go there)
recommendation from teachers

Every school is different. You could contact them direct through their website and ask for yourself.

Answer 3

They look at things other than grades. Contact them, and get a list of courses they recommend--I would think another year of Spanish wouldn't hurt. (And, if you don't get in, try going to a community college for a couple of years, again getting really high marks like you do now, and then apply for a transfer.)