how i got into Berkeley as an average student | stats and tips
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- HeY, how are you??
I forgot to introduce myself! I'm Marcos, a current student-athlete studying EECS at Berkeley!
In this video, I talk about my scores/application that got me into Berkeley. Here's a quick summary + extra links if you're interested:
SAT - 1360
ACT - Didn't take it (honestly probs should have)
GPA - 3.9 u.w. (conversion from IB scores)
IB - 42 predicted, 36 actual (out of 45)
TOEFL - 110
OTHER - Junior Spanish champion swimming, executive school international club + co-founder ping-pong club, second chair civic orchestra and string ensemble (etc.)
ESSAYS - docs.google.com/document/d/1Y...
Other links if you're interested in knowing more about...
IB - www.ibo.org/
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WEEK IN THE LIFE @ BERK - • A Week in my Life at U...
DAY IN THE LIFE OF ONLINE SCHOOL (BERK) - • Day in my life at UC B...
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Love Marcos ;)
Don't worry about the process, everything's gonna work out in the end! School's are just looking for the best fit
did you struggle in the EECS program? my child just made it to UCB EECS. you are accepted to this program because of your extracurriculars, not your academic success. 2.9 gpa and 1360 sat, that is weak against good competition but you are a swimming champ. my child scored 780/800 SAT math and 680/800 English for a total of 1460/1600 SAT at age 11 to be qualified as gifted kid under Duke TIPS and Johns Hopkins CTY. he took like 16 courses in Computer Science (senior level CS like pattern/AI) and Math (cal I, II, III, differential equations, linear algebra, discrete, math for CS) in university. he competed in college cybersecurity (National Cybersecurity League, Cybersecurity penetration, etc) and finished in top 1% of about 6000+ competitors. 7 AP exams (ap calculus, physics, CS) with all 5s, perfect GPA, 1540 SAT score, IPPF debate top 8 for 2 years,
He got rejected at Stanford and MIT tho. Carnegie Mellon and Cornell, still pending. EECS is very competitive according to UCB with lower than 5% acceptance rate. If you are in my child's class, he will kill you for sure 🤣 as he never got a lower than 96% in all of his 16 university math/cs courses.
Marcos - I am so impressed with your abilities and even more with your determination.
Fantastic!
p.s. Comedy at the end - Nice!
Thank you!!
Nice video! You seem chill. Hope your semester is starting off well!
Thanks!! You too! :)
Hey Marcos, where have you applied and where have you been accepted? Why did you choose Berkeley over those schools?
So I applied (and got rejected) from Columbia early decision after talking with their swimming coach for a while. Apart from that I only applied to Berkeley because I was garanteed admission (because of swimming). I chose Berkeley over the other schools i was talking to because they have an amazing (well #1) swim program as well as world class education, especially in computer science which was what I wanted to major in
hi Rico, I recently found you through your NYC software engerneer vlog, you are very inspiring and funny. Today I visit some of your oldest video and I am suprised that you are not an American born. Your archivements are impressive, I am very proud of you.
you have gone through much and did good and you were able to get in to Berkeley
Hey Marcos, binge watching ur videos right now!! :) I m kinda curious about when and how u started contacting the coaches at cal? Should you wait for ur junior or senior year? (Loving ur videos good luck at trials💪💪💪)
Hi Marcos , I am a mom and my daughter is also doing her IB DP in Michigan currently Junior and will be applying to all UCs. I want to ask when you select IB in application , do they give you credit in the system for honors or do we have to add and enter the grades for 10 th (MYP) and 11 th ( DP1).
Hi! Thanks for reaching out. When I applied, I added my grades from 10th grade and the predicted grades from 11th (or DP1). I'm not sure if that answers your question, feel free to reach out if you have any more!
Great channel.
I had 1510 sat national achievements an 44 ib still I did not get selected it sucks
Hey Marcos, watching all of your videos right now. But curious, you said you are from Spain, with asian parents. So, I wonder if you speak other languages other than English! Loving your content
Just Spanish :) thanks for watching!
Eyyy I took the IB as well!!
Hahaa really? I think I even saw you in class ;)
Ayo? I'm a swimmer and in IB as well. Dear god please let this be a sign im gonna make Berekley
I'm sure you will! Lmk if I can help in any way!
@@marcosricopeng did ur IB school give final level grades for courses? (1-7)
The final grades are given by IB not the school if that's what you're asking
@@marcosricopeng ah what I meant was whether you received a grade level of 1-7 for your courses. I’m in Canada so our marks are all percentages so I’m a bit unsure of how that gets converted.
Ohhh yeah all grades in the 1-7 format. Huh, not sure, I guess it depends on the school
3.9 GPA and 1360 SAT is an "average student"??
Asian Parents, im dying of laughter cause it's so true. i feel ya
Hahahaha it is what is it
Hey Marcos! I have a question and I’ll be very glad if you respond me. I’m also an international student who wanna apply to us universities (USC and Berkeley are my dream schools btw). The problem is that I come from a third-world country where there is no high school extracurricular activities and where it’s very difficult to find the good people ... Do you know if the admissions officer consider the fact that you came from a poor-intellectual country? ( I mean where they don’t give any importance to talent or passions, only grades matter). I searched for clubs or associations where I can exerce my passions, but no results :( .At this point, I don’t know what to do...
Also if you’re asking my EC’s are:
-Soccer (titular at the local team before the pandemic)
-Game design at home. (I’m planning to create a soccer video game)
-Beat-making at home
-Imma start a UA-cam channel this summer where I’m gonna talk about science, biology, hip hop, soccer, robotics...
-Imma publish a book about my country’s culture
Few awards I have:
- National semi finalist in a French language competition (top 0.06%)(I was 12 btw #flexing)
-Won an online biology competition
-Won one gold medal and one silver in soccer competitions
Sorry for exposing my life and bothering you but I’m very stressed and worried about my future!!!
Hey! I'll try my best to give you my thoughts based on personal experience and stories from others, but in no way is this reliable nor truthful. But answering your main question, college admissions officers DEFINITELY take into account your background and accesible resources. Not everyone has the chance/opportunity to get involved and the admission officers know that. What they're trying to see is if you can make the most of what you DO have. So as long as you're exploiting the opportunities given to you in your area, they'll definitely notice. Now talking about your EC's, I've noticed that you tend to use a lot of "I will" instead of "I have". In that sense, I think the admissions officers want to know what you have done not what you will do as they don't know how reliable your word is (anybody can say they will do something but those who actually do it are few). For example, instead of waiting until the summer to start your youtube channel, why don't you start this winter break? Also, what are you planning on studying in college? You don't have to specifically know that now but if you do it's a good idea to work on stuff related to that field, it shows you're really passionate about that. From what you've told me it sounds like you're really interested in biology and soccer, maybe there's a way to get more involved in those areas? Furthermore, grades are also a big portion of the application, you want to make sure those are impeccable.
All in all I think your main concern was wether they would notice you come from a place where there aren't many resources and to answer that question, they definitely do! But don't let that stop you from pursuing what you can and staying on top of your academics. Good luck and lmk if you need anything else!
@@marcosricopeng Thank you A LOT for you respond. Also the reason why I don’t start a UA-cam channel right now, it’s because of my time. Online classes homeworks, school projects... It take all my time (REALLY all my time, I already studied 10 hours one day last month, no exaggeration/Also,I’m not a lazy or procrastinator student)but I’ll try in all cases!! Btw I’m gonna apply in biomedical engineering major but you already notice my interest to science and biology!! (Ps: i don’t have a large winter break because I live in a Muslim country, only 1st January)
Oh haha damn, whenever you have time though try and do something productive! Expand and pursuit your interest and passions and it'll show on your application. I'm sure you'll do well! Keep grinding and work hard, you've got this!
Wonder how many EECS student-athletes are at Cal
I know there are two other eecs swimmers on our team. As for other sports, not sure, but i would guess at least a few more!
Did you do your high school in US? If so where?
Only sophomore year of high school and that was in Pennsylvania!
1320 is 92nd percentile.
Yes, however almost every student applying to such prestigious and selective schools such as UCBerkely, ucla, or ivy leagues will have a near perfect score of
First comment!!!
Congrats!!
dang op
;)
Yay you chose mac miller
Yep!
bruh can I do IB too lmfao
Edit: bc I'm a slow learner, taking 6 classes over the course of 2 years sounds really good for me.
Hahaha it is 2 years for a class but it's two years of content and an exam that tests a whole two years of work!
It makes me worthless seeing him calling himself 'average' with these stats LOL