US Top 50 · Berkeley, California · Extreme Reach

University of California, Berkeley加州大学伯克利分校

US News 2026 #15 (US News 2026 National Universities)

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At a glance

University of California, Berkeley is a Extreme Reach school on our readiness map — that label describes how demanding the preparation is for international-school applicants, not an admission probability.

Based in Berkeley, California (US Top 50, US News 2026 #15 per US News 2026 National Universities), it reviews both AP and A-Level curricula, so the question is not which system you study but how strong your core-subject evidence is.

The benchmarks and admit-case chart below come from anonymized application records of Chinese international-school students, aggregated with percentile ranges to protect every individual case.

Requirements and next steps

Eligibility pending review. A readiness score does not confirm admission eligibility.

Official sources and scope

UC testing policy ↗

UC first-year admission and scholarships · Current published policy; recheck for your cycle

Checked：2026-09-18
  • SAT/ACT is not considered for admission or scholarships.
  • Course, GPA and English eligibility require separate checks. Test scores in historical cases do not establish an admissions effect.
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Planning targets are advisory. Historical admits are a selected sample, not admission odds. Program availability, costs and eligibility require separate checks.

Where past admits landed

Past admits (whole school, anonymized)GPA and test scores are rounded for anonymity; ACT cases converted to the SAT axis via official concordance
3.43.53.63.73.83.94.012001300140015001600SAT (ACT converted)GPA

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Case benchmarks (anonymized aggregate)

Median GPA3.85P25-P75: 3.30 – 4.03
Median SAT1510P25-P75: 700 – 1600
Median AP count5P25-P75: 1 – 11

Ranges use P25/P75 percentiles instead of extremes so a single outlier cannot skew the picture. These cases are not the full applicant population and cannot estimate admission odds.

Anonymized admit cases

Philosophy; UndeclaredAP

GPA 3.9+ · SAT 1520-1540 · TOEFL 114+ · AP 7+ 门

Comparative LiteratureAP

GPA 3.8-3.89 · SAT 1450-1510 · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 1-2 门

Applied MathematicsAP

GPA 3.9+ · SAT 1450-1510 · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 7+ 门

BS Energy Engineering; BS Society and EnvironmentAP

GPA 3.9+ · SAT 1550+ · TOEFL 114+ · AP 7+ 门

1.Urban Studies 2. Intending a major inMathematics and PhysicalSciences divisionAP

GPA 3.9+ · SAT 1550+ · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 7+ 门

Cases never include student names, school names, teachers, essay text or external application ids.