<p>I want to go to Howard University. Here are my extra curricular activities:</p>
<p>Varsity Debate Teamm
Academic Decathlon - State Championships
Attorney in Mock Trial
President of SADD
Vice-President of DECA Chapter
Chair of 2009 Talent Show Committee
Chamber Choir
ACT-SO Competitor
Productive Member of the NAACP
Kids Against Hunger International Organization
Productive Member of the Recycling Club
American Cancer Society - High School Chapter
Caring Corps</p>
<p>I know that's low, but my dad died 3 days before my freshman year and I was depressed. Then, my mom remarried in the middle of my sophomore year. What do you guys think my chances are?</p>
<p>Well, though GPA is an important factor in most admissions, I think you definitely have a shot. You’re obviously active in EC’s and very proficient at the ACT. I’d try for excellent recommendations and write the best essays possible if I were you.</p>
<p>you should probably get in. your grades have a definite upward trend, and a parent dying can be tough. also, the 35 act (which is amazing btw, congratz) shows that you are intelligent. also nice job on the 4.3 gpa. great ec’s. i think you have a great shot with a good essay!</p>
<p>Actually your GPA will be 2.04846667 because colleges don’t look at your senior GPA. They only look at the first semester of your senior year. So you would have a little bit more than the 2.05, but if you keep your senior semester grades up, and work really hard on the essay you probably might have a shot.</p>
<p>My GPA was a little higher and my ACT a little lower, but I got in to a lot of schools. Don’t worry about it, you have a good reason and you’re clearly smart.</p>
<p>I don’t know about hbcu’s (because I’m not black) but I got into schools that are better ranked than Howard so I’m sure you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>edit - if you’re a senior, don’t you already know if you got in? Unless you’re planning on taking a year off between then and now, the time to apply has long passed.</p>
<p>Also, looking at your historical posts it seems that you’ve made this same chance thread like 5 times (but your ACT was 30 in all the old ones) and everyone said the same thing, you’ll get in with no problems. Howard is not a terribly choosy school.</p>
<p>Umm…is this for next year? How would you know your senior year grades already (unless they didn’t release decisions yet)? Anyway, you have a unique situation, so it is hard to tell.</p>