Can I get into Santa Clara University (SCU)?

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Hi,

Santa Clara is my #1 choice and I was wondering if anyone could give me any feedback on my chances of getting in. Right now I am a senior in high school from Massachusetts. Here are my stats:

ACT: 25 (I know low, thats why I am on here)

SAT: 1110 (I might not even send this in, depends on how I do when I re-take them)

GPA: 3.76 weighted + college pre calc class junior year (counts as AP)

Also, I am president of 3 clubs at my school, head of student government, ran track/cross country all 4 years and have a lot of volunteer hours (because I do love volunteering.)

I am being totally serious here. If anyone could help me out that would be great! I just re-took the ACT and got a worse score so I have to send in my 25… also thinking of applying Early Action (66% chance of getting in.)

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Google common dataset and see where you stand in percentiles for SAT/ACT scores and average GPA.

Intended major?

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Thanks for replying! One website says I have a 30% chance but another 50%. . I intent to study biology but will go in undecided. Can my ec’s make up for my test scores?

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Did you check the common dataset to see what they consider important in their admission decisions?
https://www.scu.edu/media/offices/institutional-research/facts-amp-figures/academic/Common-Data-Set-2015-2016-Final-w-Tuition.pdf

Essays/HS Course Rigor and GPA outweigh EC’s/Test Scores.

ACT (25th-75th percentile); 27 - 32 so your ACT is below the 25th percentile
Average UW GPA: 3.67

I would say SCU is a slight Reach unless you can bump up your test scores.