2.3 GPA! Chance me!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>PERSONAL INFORMATION</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Hispanic American
Gender: Male
Residence: Northern New Jersey
Income: Upper-Lower class.
First in family to attend college: Yes.
Religious Views: I was baptized and raised as a Catholic, though I am personally agnostic.</p>

<p>Major: Computer Science
Minor: Business</p>

<p>SAT SCORES</p>

<p>CR - 500
MATH - 540
WRITING - 460</p>

<p>ACADEMICS</p>

<p>G.P.A- 2.3
Class Rank- Top 50%</p>

<p>CLASSES</p>

<ul>
<li>4 years of English</li>
<li>4 years of Math (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Cal)</li>
<li>4 years of Science (Biology, Advanced Science, Chemistry, Physics)</li>
<li>5 years of Social Studies (World History, US History I, US History II, Economics, Latino Studies)</li>
<li>3 years of Foreign Language</li>
<li>2 years of Computer Science</li>
</ul>

<p>EXTRA CURRICULARS & ETC</p>

<ul>
<li>Key Club</li>
<li>History Club</li>
<li>Several hours of community service</li>
</ul>

<p>COLLEGES I'M GOING TO APPLY TO</p>

<ul>
<li>Montclair State University</li>
<li>University of Arizona</li>
<li>University of Mississippi</li>
</ul>

<p>Two Things. What are my chances to each school? And what are the chances of me not getting accepted to any?</p>

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<p>You’re a reach for all three schools because of your GPA. You’d be in the bottom 5% of applicants at Arizona and Montclair State, and in the bottom 10% at Mississippi (which surprised me). </p>

<p>However, I think there’s a good chance (better than 50%) that you’ll get into at least one. Your scores are in the inerquartile range for all schools, so if you can explain away the GPA that would help (was there an upward trend? family problems cause a low GPA for a semester? Anything like that?). I also noticed that you’re 2.3 is still in the top 50% of students. That’s impressive, and something I would point on in the application. Seems like a difficult school. </p>

<p>But even if you’re rejected across the board, there’s always community college. CC’s are made for people that have somewhat low high school stats, but that are willing to put in the time and effort to do well in college. You go to a CC for a year, get a high GPA, then you can transfer to any of those schools (or many others). Meanwhile, you’ve saved some money for a year.</p>

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<p>you should try Arizona State</p>