mcaldwell145
mcaldwell145,
UC Berkeley
B.A., Astronomy and Astrophysics, , Physics
I went to high school in a small town in Colorado and am now going to UC Berkeley to pursue a double major in physics and astrophysics.
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Background

Hometown Bayfield, Colorado
GenderFemale
EthnicityWhite Non-Hispanic
AdmissionRegular Decision
Class of2019
English First Language Yes
Other Language(s) Spoken Spanish

Results, Essays, and Advice

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  • University of California - Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
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University of California - Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Applied for a B.A. in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: No

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Personal Statement
646 Words
Study/travel abroad
Growing up seems to be a mass of contradictions. It is sudden. It is gradual. It is straightforward. It is complicated. How can anything harmonic come out of something so full of opposites that it seems like it should be an impossible tangle of multicolored yarn? These were my thoughts as my plane landed in Ireland. I was about to step on the ground of a different country, one that would play a part in my odyssey of maturing. Five...
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General Admissions Advice

What I’d change about my application process
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Do not freak out if you don't get into your top choice and...
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High School Performance

Weighted GPA
4.20
 
Rank
Top 5%
 
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Highest ACT
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