For those who were accepted to UC Berkeley, what did you have to do?

Question

What classes did you take? Did you take all of the honors and AP classes that were offered at your school? Did you do a lot of community service? What was your grade point average? Were you a part of the leadership-type classes? How many other universities were you accepted to? And how did you pay for your tuition?

Sorry about the amount of questions. If you can answer all of these questions it would be a great help! :)

Also, what did you get for SAT I, II and ACT?

(Thanks ultimate_sonic_fan for reminding me and answering. OMG, 400 hours! That is insane. )

Answer 1

Heh, I wonder if I'll be the only one to answer this. Pretty substantial question.

Anyway, friend,

I took all of the A-G required classes.

For math, I started with Geometry in 9th grade, having taken Algebra 1 in 8th grade. Then, Adv. Alg./Trig., Pre-Calculus, and Calculus AP.

English 1, 2, 3, and 4 AP.

Multi-cultural education (graduation requirement), World Cultures, U.S. History AP, and American Gov't AP.

Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics AP.

I took Art 1, Advanced Art, and 2 years of Art of Video Production.

Spanish 1, 2, and 3.

Peer Tutor, and a year of AVID.

Right, and two years of PE.

So my AP classes were U.S. History, Calculus, Physics, American Gov't, and English 4.

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I took most, but not all, of the offered honors and AP courses.

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I did do a lot of community service. Probably 400 hours' worth or more. (Sounds like a lot, but it's over a period of 4 years.) I never actually had to count it all up to graduate.

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My GPA (unweighted) was about 3.9, and weighted, about 4.1.

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I wasn't a part of the official "leadership" class, but I was involved in many other leadership activities.

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I was accepted to two other UCs, Merced and Davis. LA rejected me. I got the tip later that I should have applied undeclared (I didn't), because it has a bearing on whether or not they'll accept you.
I was also accepted to five CSUs, which I forget the names of. Cal Poly rejected me.
Cooper Union also rejected me.

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I got a full academic scholarship to UC Berkeley on account of my overall performance and income.

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Glad to be able to help. And hey, you didn't ask for test scores. Not that I care much for them, but I got 2040 on the SAT and about 24 on the ACT.

May God bless you.

Answer 2

I took 4 AP classes, (Bio, Psych, Calculus, Physics) out of about 8-10 offered. I also took most of the available honors classes.

No community service or "leadership" (at my high school it was a joke, just painting signs) but I was in band, color guard, orchestra, and a couple one hour per week clubs, for a total of around 14-26 hours per week of activities (they ask about hours per week on the application!)

GPA was around 4.28 weighted, SAT 1 was 1460 out of 1600, SAT 2 was 680 writing, 700-something for math 2 and chemistry. I was accepted to UCD, UCB, UCSB, UCSC, and NYU, and rejected from Stanford and Columbia.