<p>I go to one of America's most difficult public schools.</p>
<p>My 3 year GPA is a 2.88 unweighted with my lowest grades being C+s in honors and advanced classes. My school does not offer APs so they were not an option.</p>
<p>Currently I am getting straight As in my first quarter senior year.</p>
<p>I got a 2040 on my SAT.</p>
<p>I have taken only honors math classes since 8th grade and have been in all advanced classes besides English and Social Studies where there are no advanced classes.</p>
<p>I have a lot of ECs and have a pretty important position in a huge international youth organization.</p>
<p>I have played sports all 3 seasons every year. I have done a lot of volunteer work. I started a club at my school.</p>
<p>I have really good letters of recommendation.</p>
<p>What is your weighted GPA? What scale does your school grade on (is a 90 an A, or a 93-94?) What is the breakdown of your SAT by category, you need at LEAST a 600 on the Math and CR if not more to counteract the low GPA.</p>
<p>In terms of ECs do you have leadership roles in any? Have you been involved in any for a long period of time?</p>
<p>What state are you from (IS/OOS) what is your gender & ethnicity. What are you applying into (A&S, SSOE, Nursing, etc.)</p>
<p>The two main factors are GPA and SAT, followed by some of the other ones (IS/OOS, Gender/ethnicity, school, etc.) Unfortunately even with a rigorous courseload, your GPA is pretty low. The average GPA for a Pitt freshman last year was near 3.93 weighted (so my guess is around 3.5-3.6 UW). You fall way below that mark.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, how is your HS so rigorous? Traditionally, a rigorous HS is one that consists of advanced classes (AP, IB, etc.) which you mentioned your school doesn’t provide. Is it well known for being rigorous for some other reason?</p>
<p>My school doesn’t weigh GPA so I don’t know but a 90 is an A and it’s on a 4.0 scale. On the SAT I got 740 math 600 CR and 690 writing. I also just took the SAT again and think I did much better on reading. I have incredibly strong leadership roles in my ECs and I’ve been involved in them all since freshman year. I’m a white girl from New York at a public school that all colleges know is extremely rigorous. I believe I applied undeclared to Arts and Sciences. The school teaches to very strict standards and my school has AT classes (advanced topics) but the course options for those are very limited. Speaking to reps from various colleges they said my GPA would turn into at least a 3.2 when they take into account all my honors and advanced classes and probably a 3.3 because of my high school’s course rigor. Also my GPA is poor due to low grades in the beginning of junior year but my grades have risen severely and I have straight As so far in first quarter senior year.</p>
<p>ski, awesome is a student at Pitt who of course knows other kids so I’d say her advice is the best you can get on your question. I’d offer by 2 bits but i’d only be guessing. good luck</p>
<p>Your SAT is good, I’m assuming you’re retaking to increase the CR score, which is fine at 600, but you may want to bump it up a bit just to offset the GPA more.</p>
<p>If you have around a 3.2 or 3.3 UW I think the GPA is still a little low. Again it comes down to rigor of courses, regardless of how strict the teachers are. I could understand a bit more leniency if the actual grading scale were different (for example, at my HS an A started at 94, a 90-93 was a B+, which significantly changes our GPA). </p>
<p>The fact that your grades are rising is good. Applying declared is also good. Being a white girl from NY won’t help in terms of diversity too much, NY is a relatively popular state for Pitt Students (along with OH, PA, NJ, MD, and VA I would say, although MD/NJ/VA to a slightly less effect). The ECs is key.</p>
<p>I would focus on a few things- three great, strong LoRs, a killer resume/list of activities, and keeping your senior year grades as high as possible. Did you already apply? The sooner the better, I would not wait much past mid-December or so to apply.</p>
<p>I know you didn’t mention it, but I should say that most likely there will be no scholarship money for you. Not sure if that would be a factor or not.</p>
<p>I applied on October 19th. Many students from my school apply so the admissions office works closely with my school’s deans to figure how to compare my school’s grades to those of other schools</p>