any chance for me ??

<p>okay Udel is my number one school ... and I know it isnt going to be easy getting in and i prolly wont but I just wanted to see what everyone says here ... im not like anyone else on here with these amazing scores, or amazing gpa .. im a average student who comes from a not so great public school .. here are my stats .. please be honest .. you can even tell me how bad I am in pm if you need it haha ....</p>

<ul>
<li>male</li>
<li>white</li>
<li>out-of-state from Udel</li>
</ul>

<p>GPA : 3.0 unweighted
SAT : cr - 530, m - 640, w - 540
(i will be taking the ACT in sept. because SATs were not for me at all)
Class Rank : 30/22 (like top 13%)</p>

<p>the order of our classes go CP, Honors, AP</p>

<p>9th grade:
english 9 CP
algebra 2 H
global studies CP
spanish CP
biology CP
cumulative GPA: 3.2</p>

<p>10th grade:
english 10 CP
geometry H
US history CP
spanish H
chemistry H
cumulative GPA: 2.9</p>

<p>during my 10th grade year, i went through a hard time, hopefully which i am going to explain in my essays to college. my mother went through have a major surgery on her pancreas, and at the same time my father had an undiagnosed illness that lasted over a year .. the doctors thought it was a herniated disk, to a tumor on the brain, but in the end they found out it was MS .. during this time, we had lost everything, my dad not working we lost health insurance for a year, parents in and out of a divorce, still now parents have no insurance and my sister and I have CHIP ... so i didn't do so well in sophomore year ..</p>

<p>11th grade:
english 10 H
pre-calc H
physics CP
anatomy and physiology H
AP gov. and politics
Cumulative GPA: 3.0</p>

<p>12th grade:
AP calc AB
AP biology
English 12 H
Psychology
Sports Medicine
Allied Health (counts as 2 sciences H)</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars:
SADD (students against destructive decisions) 3 years - Vice pres. 10,11,12
TATU (teens against tobacco use) 3 years
Student Government 3 years - Treasurer 11
Student Council 4 years - Homeroom Representative
Rotary Youth Leadership Conference 2008
National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine 2008
Move Ahead Tutoring (elementary kids) 4 years
Jumpstart Youth Mentoring (at-risk children) 1 year
Hospital Volunteer (100+ hours) 2 years
National MS walker/volunteer (50 hours) 1 year
Relay for Life walker/committee 4 years - Captain 2 years
Boys Tennis 4 years - 1 letter
Boys Soccer 2 years
Volunteer Youth Soccer Coach 2 years
Marching Band 1 year
Church Youth Group 4 years
Chester County Futures (college bound students with great financial need) 4 years (scholarship program)</p>

<p>That is about everything I think, Im doing all of this off memory cuz my transcript isnt finished yet... I want to major in nursing because of what happened with my dad .. its what gave me the drive .. i know i have to work on the ACT extremely hard and ive been putting in at LEAST an hour every night ... please be honest and give any advice you can .. also any schools that you think i would match for ... Thanks</p>

<p>Your extracurriculars are quite impressive and your life story might make a difference to the admissions reviewers. Your essays will be really important, so write them thoughtfully, and make them your own. As you already seem to know, your GPA and SAT's are a bit low, but they usually will take into account the honors courses you have taken. Taking the ACT is definitely a good idea. Best of luck to you. My son is a Freshman and having a great experience so far, so I say... Go For It!!!</p>

<p>Nursing is REALLY hard to get into! A couple people I know had better numbers and didn't get in. I agree that your "numbers" are on the iffy side and you should really work hard preparing to take the ACT. It probably wouldn't hurt to contact someone in the nursing program with questions etc to help you along. Being a guy and having a real compelling story will help if you can have a killer essay and recs. Good luck!</p>

<p>Hey guys so i took the ACT and recieved a 28 composite on it .. do you think that will help a little bit more with a pretty good essay .. if anyone would like to read the essay that would be a great help ... let me know !! Thanks !</p>

<p>Yes, that is better than your sat's, just send your ACT's and good luck</p>