<p>I have a 3.73 gpa cumulative, however this is my trend:</p>
<p>9th: 3.2
10th: 3.8
11th: 4.0</p>
<p>I've taken 9 AP's and 6 honors classes for course rigor, and gotten 5's on most.</p>
<p>ACT: 36 (35 english, 36 math, 35 reading, 36 science)
SAT: 2290 (730 CR, 800 M, 760 W)</p>
<p>SAT II: Math: 800, Physics: 720 (will retake)</p>
<p>Likely National Merit finalist (236 psat)</p>
<p>-Published a short story.
-6th place in northsouth foundation national essay competition
-I've also worked in a pharmaceutical lab for two summers, and in a professional nanotech lab my junior summer. I'm submitting a paper for Intel/Siemens.</p>
<p>My recs/essays should be excellent</p>
<p>I've always been hesitant to try for ivies because of my lackluster gpa. How will this upwards trend affect me, and do you think I have a shot at any ivy league schools?</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>SAT’s are fine but the GPA could be a problem. Ivies are known to let in people sometimes with slightly lower GPA if they have amazing EC’s and display passion in the essays that you write as well as during the interview. It’s very competitive though and I wouldn’t bet on it.</p>
<p>That’s a pretty strong trend. Your ECs are good and ACT is excellent…I’d give it a shot. Which Ivies are you looking at?</p>
<p>It wouldn’t hurt to try. Just show passion in your essays</p>
<p>Im sorry but I would say its a major major reach… sometime they will allow a lower Gpa your freshman year but I’d think that an Ivy would expect top notch grades by the 10th grade. Especially when you have kids that work on their gpa, ECs, and test scores their entire high school career and have extraordinary everything. Your ACTs are extrordinary and honestly if you apply to all ivys you will probably get into one, they cant ignore the fact you got a 36 on your ACTs. Maybe get straight As in all APs your senior year and send them your mid year grades? Good luck!!!
Chance me please?! <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1521305-help-do-i-stand-chance-university-florida.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1521305-help-do-i-stand-chance-university-florida.html</a></p>
<p>Probably engineering or some science like physics chem or bio. I have good leadership too as I was first chair cellist in the highest orchestra since my freshman year, also section leader, etc.</p>
<p>No unfortunately I’m Asian</p>
<p>I think some schools will look at GPA more closely than others. You can google College Data “school name” and the link to College Data will have a list of factors and how much attention the school pays to it. You can see it that helps.</p>
<p>What about Princeton who doesn’t factor in freshman GPA? My school doesn’t rank…will I have a decent shot there?</p>
<p>My brother had a 4.0 UW GPA (with 10 AP courses out of the 13 offered as well as his many honors courses) and a 36 on his ACT and was wait listed at Princeton and Harvard. He had many other great ECs/community service work that made him a great applicant in addition to his numbers and awards.</p>
<p>Now, your ECs are good and your stats are obviously great, so if your essays and recs are as good as you say they will be, then your GPA shouldn’t matter as much. The competition is crazy, but all you should do is focus on what you can do in these upcoming months to make your application as good as it can be! I’ve found that there’s a lot of luck involved in the college application process, so the only way you have no chance is if you don’t even apply! Best of luck!</p>
<p>What do you mean by 5s on most? I think the Ivies and most highly competitive schools place a lot of weight on AP Test scores. I think they consider APs more important than the SAT / ACT or even a GPA.</p>
<p>5’s in calc AB, stats, and physics C
4 in chem</p>
<p>Taking 5 senior year</p>
<p>Personally I think you have a shot, especially if you turn out getting 5s next month.</p>