SAT scores for UC Berkeley?

Hey
Does anyone know what kind of SAT scores you need to get for UC Berkeley to stand a good chance....I can't seem to find it anywhere... :frown:

Reply 1

arkbar

How on earth are you going to afford $23,000 a year?
Anyway Princeton Review has it at 1324
http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/generalinfo.asp?listing=1023370&LTID=1

Reply 2

aiman

Anyway Princeton Review has it at 1324

Thats a 1986 on the New SAT; surprisingly low

Reply 3

Bismarck

arkbar

How on earth are you going to afford $23,000 a year?
Anyway Princeton Review has it at 1324
http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/generalinfo.asp?listing=1023370&LTID=1

It's actually $18k a year. I wouldn't be too optimistic about getting much aid though, since it's a state (i.e. controlled in large part by the government) school.

Reply 4

arkbar

I was going via approximation as it's $23,000 at the UC I'm going to attend but, looking slightly more closesly, it does appear to be $18,000. Still a lot of money.

Reply 5

Bismarck

arkbar

I was going via approximation as it's $23,000 at the UC I'm going to attend but, looking slightly more closesly, it does appear to be $18,000. Still a lot of money.

It's a lot of money, but it costs half as much as most other schools with the same prestige.

Reply 6

forpolarbears

On a poster in my counselor's office, the new SAT score was listed in more of the 1950-2050 range (I don't remember the exact).

Reply 7

shady lane

It's not all about SATs though, keep that in mind.

Yeah, public universities in the US aren't like universities in the UK, they don't try to take more people who are out of state or international just to get more money from them.

Reply 8

Bismarck

shady lane

They even rejected yours truly. Since it's a public college and paid for by Cali funds, Cali students don't face the same strict criteria as the rest.

Reply 9

shady lane

^^
My ex boyfriend is from California, he was rejected by UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD but accepted to Stanford and Brown!

Reply 10

dede

UC admissions were really really random this year, a complete crapshoot. SAT scores for UC Berkeley are high enough for in state students, they must be astronomical for out of state. Plus they way over-admitted this year, my friends have gone through hell trying to get classes and sort out accommodation, I have no idea if this will affect next year's admissions. Uh ... not to put you off it or anything.

Reply 11

Bismarck

shady lane

^^
My ex boyfriend is from California, he was rejected by UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD but accepted to Stanford and Brown!

Maybe the private colleges care less about grades?

Reply 12

shady lane

Bismarck

Maybe the private colleges care less about grades?

No, it's because the UCs have some ridiculous system where you can't get into any of the top three UCs unless you are in the top 5-10% of your class at a public (i.e. state) school. My ex went to a magnet school for talented students. Not being in the top 10% didn't mean much, as he still had an excellent GPA. But thanks to UC's admissions process, he didn't make the cut. Makes no sense in my book.