Another OOS "Chances" Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Ohio State University
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<p>Can anyone update me on my chances? My stats are</p>

<p>• GPA - 3.5 UW, 6.111 W (for some reason my school W # does not seem to match any other school). If you look only at my GPA in my Honors/AP courses it goes up each of my three years to a high of 3.60 UW / 6.636 W in my Junior year.
• Rank – My school ranks only in deciles using their version (unlike anyone else’s) of Weighted so my weighted GPA of 6.111 probably puts me around the top 15% level. However, if you only include my Honors/AP courses, my 3 year weighted GPA jumps to 6.636 which would put me around the top 7% level. Yes, basically I had a tendency to slack off in the “filler” classes.
• Honors / AP – By the end of my Junior Year I had taken 10 Honors courses along with AP Physics (got a 4 on the test). My senior Schedule includes Honors English, AP World History, AP US History, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Calculus
• EC – The run of the mill stuff like most everyone – Volunteer at Senior Citizen Center, 3 years Track (both indoor and outdoor), Robotics Club, Biology Club, etc.
• SAT = 1340/1400 and 1970/2400.
• SAT II – Math II (720), Physics (710), Chemistry (710)
• ACT = Composite of 31 (32 if they super score) on two separate tests with highs of 35 on the Science section and 33 on the Math Section. Lowest score was a 29 on the English section.
• College Courses – Took 5 College courses at a local college between Freshman and Sophomore years (College Algebra - C, US History I - A, Applied Calculus – C, Colonial History - B and Pre-Calculus - B) for a GPA of 2.75
• Essays – Everyone says they will write a “killer essay” so I will say that I’m hoping that my essay is “killer”
• LOR’s – Should be stellar as I will include them from both my high school teachers as well as my College Math Professor.</p>

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<p>Excellent. The 31 on the ACT will more than compensate for being slightly out of the top 10%, particularly if your high school is viewed as highly competitive. If you can manage to climb into the top 10% of your h.s. class, you'd have a strong shot at pre-selection into honors and some merit aid.</p>

<p>What other schools are you considering?</p>

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<p>Univ. of Wisc, Univ. of Ill, McGill, Univ. of Md, Penn State, Cornell (reach reach), Boston Univ., Rutgers, Univ. of Calif - Santa Barbara (reach reach as I am OOS)</p>

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<p>Uh...yeah, I think you're fine</p>

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<p>Thanks for the information</p>