<p>I'm out of state at a very competitive public high school -- average school gpa 2.6. I have a 2.9 gpa on the average college prep track. SAT's 620, 620, 690.
Good but not excellect ec's including President of Cultural Awareness Club, tons of community service, worked since freshman with increasing responsibilities in 2 jobs (parking lot attendant -- manager, disabled-kid helper -- runner of entire program). Great recs</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>Well, the SATs are great, but the GPA is a bit of a "downer".</p>
<p>Has your GPA been improving lately (on an upward track?)--are your Cs all in very tough courses--or just in normal stuff?</p>
<p>I guess the only way to know is to apply. And in your case, you might want to consider sending the optional essay to try and convince the admission committee of your ability and tell them why you think you should be accepted. I have to tell you that the 2.6 GPA doesn't look so great and will probably result in a rejection, although if you had an overall 2.9 GPA with those SATs and some ECs, you would have a good chance and possibly get in, as long as you weren't a business, journalism, or music major.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>A higher gpa with a little lower ACT/SAT is more attractive to IU than the other way around. Unless you're an unrepresented minority, I'm not sure you'll get in, but all you can do is try.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Actually, I didn't express the idea right. I meant that my own GPA is 2.9. (It's actually 3.3 if you don't count freshman year -- major upward trend.) What I meant was that on the school profile, the average gpa of all the students in my school is 2.6, so that I am actually just below the top 3rd in rank. </p>
<p>I guess I was hoping someone would say that IU would notice how even though my GPA doesn't look so great compared to the general population, it is pretty good for my school.</p>
<p>Well, if the GPA is 2.9 and 3.3 not counting freshman year, then like I said above, your chances are probably pretty good--especially with those SAT scores.</p>
<p>Let us know how it goes--and we'll be rooting for you.</p>
<p>Let me clarify my last post.</p>
<p>It was my impression that you are saying that you are 2.9 overall, but 3.3 since sophomore year and that this was an unweighted average, not a weighted average.</p>
<p>If this is a weighted average, then you probably have no chance at Indiana at all (sorry). If, however, this is an unweighted average, and if you have taken quite a few APs or IB courses (you said you had taken a lot of college prep courses), then you would have a pretty good chance at admittance (which was my point) since this would make you about a 3.6 W GPA during your sophomore and junior years (to go with your 1930 SAT score)--and would make you at least a 3.2 or so weighted GPA overall.</p>
<p>Sorry if I was unclear originally--but then your original post of your GPA scores was also unclear.</p>
<p>(To give you an idea of what it takes to get in nowadays--my own son's GPA was 3.27 UW, but 3.63 W, with a 1270/1600 SAT--which is about a 28 SAT. He has since retaken to get a 1350/1600 SAT (1950/2400) (the equivalent of a 30 or 31 ACT)--to go along with his current 3.59 GPA at the school--in order to try and get into some of the advanced programs and to make his application for Kelley and for some of the scholarships look more impressive).</p>
<p>Let me post a correction. My son's original SAT score was 1260/1600. Had it been 1270/1600, he would have been a direct admit to Kelley--which he was not.</p>