Bad GPA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 620
[</em>] SAT Math: 780
[<em>] SAT Writing: 650
[</em>] SAT Total: 2050(Superscore) or 2000
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Chem, Expecting 700+ Math 2
[</em>] AP/Classes: AP Calc AB(5), AP Bio(3), AP Chem(4); Planned Micro, Macro, Calc BC, Physics, US Gov; All honors classes when available.
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.45 :(
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.04 or UC GPA: 3.82
[li] Rank or % estimate: 15%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Decent, kind of a common topic
[</em>] Teacher Recs: They're okay.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I think she likes me.
[</em>] Hook (if any): First generation, immigrant, low income (not sure if that's a good thing these days)</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: F
[li] Important ECs: Marching & Concert band, Wind Ensemble(9-11), FBLA (10-12; Treasurer 11,12), CSF (9-12), KIWINS (9,10,12), Volunteering (12)[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Schools: UCSD, UCD, UCI, UCB, UCLA, USC, NYU(Stern), Boston College(CSOM)</p>

<p>Are all of them reaches? I might apply to a CSU, Cal Poly SLO or Pomona.</p>

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<p>You call that a bad GPA? babo sheki nohm.</p>

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<p>3.45 Unweighed? Yes, I think that’s bad. Especially with all the above average applicants on CC.</p>

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<p>Pomona, UCB, and UCLA are reaches.</p>

<p>UCSD, UCD, UCI, NYU, and BC are matches (but are you sure you want to go so far away from west coast?)</p>

<p>You could also look at University of Washington Seattle, another public ivy that isn’t too far away from California with a more forgiving acceptance rate than UC Berkley.</p>

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<p>I think the only reaches are UCB, UCLA, NYU and UCSD (slight reach).</p>

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<p>Not Pomona?</p>

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<p>Oh, it’s the Cal State Pomona. & Yes, I want to go far far away :). </p>

<p>Should I apply to Cal States, or am I okay with what I have now?</p>

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<p>Dude I swear…half of these CCers are Koreans…includinng moi</p>

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<p>i guess koreans just like talking about college crap…hey! that’s me! -_-</p>

<p>GPA and lack of really really unique ECs will hurt you dramatically.</p>

<p>tough for UCB/UCLA AND UCSD (if you check, the avg gpa is 4.0+) and decent chances for UCI/UCD. for nyu…i guess you have a decent chance of getting in, but they really dont give much financial aid (and even then, it’ll probably be loan-filled) USC’s gonna be tough (marshall school of business is among the top ranked in the nation, along with NYU…i figured since ur doing stern, you’re going for business)</p>

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<p>Depends on your essay… GPA, as you said</p>

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<p>I guess I will apply to Cal Poly SLO just in case.</p>

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<p>wow, how is that a bad GPA!?!?!?!
but its lower than average for other applicants
all you have to do is stand out more.
extracarikz
and a good essay will work out
also go for an interview.</p>