American/SMU/GWU, any chance?

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<p>Hey, I was sort of interested in American, Southern Methodist, and the George Washington Unversities, with George Washington obviously the highest reach. I attend a very competitive highschool which has made it difficult to maintain a stellar GPA, and because of that I wasn't allowed to take any AP's. With that said, I never put forth quite "stellar" effort either, but I'm hoping to put myself in the best position in college to change that. </p>

<p>Soooo here are some of my stats. Appreciate your time and help. </p>

<p>GPA: 3.0/4.0
SAT: 1970 (710 CR|630 M|630 W)
ACT: 30
(Took both tests only once. I figured with a GPA as low as mine, there's only so much test scores could do to offset it.)
Extracurriculars: Hardly jaw-dropping but I enjoyed them all so that's really what counts to me
-Freshmen year football
-Cross Country/Track Sophmore through Senior year
-District Honor Chorus
-National Merit Commended (205)
-I'm from Louisiana, so I did volunteer work over summers of Jr. and Sr. year with the BP Oil Spill. </p>

<p>Two good recs from teachers as well. My essay is on hearing problem I had Sophmore year which caused me to fail 4/5 of my exams the first semester. Haha fortunately they were able to fix me but it took like a year. Just on a side note, I still have no idea how I was able to recover to a 3.0 gpa that year. </p>

<p>So that's my story. Thanks again.</p>

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<p>bump. Any ideas?</p>

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<p>i don’t know about the other schools, and i hate to chance people (as if i totally know what i’m talking about), but unfortunately, i don’t think you have much of a chance for GWU. your GPA is just too low.</p>

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<p>So so chances, I’d say. Not the best, not the worst. Hmm… Look into George Mason. (:</p>