<p>Gender: M
Location: Maryland
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Public
High School Type: Ranked top 50 schools in America...</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.65
would be 3.7 w/o middle school grades
GPA - Weighted: 4.35
would be 4.6 w/o middle school grades (!!!!!!!) i hate my school system
Class Size: 450
Took the hardest possible classes.... i think 6 aps, then another 6 next year, BC Calc, etc.</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 700
SAT I Critical Reading: 670
SAT I Writing: 680</p>
<p>Im gonna retake and study this time!!!!</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
mock trial club
track and field (half the year..)
football (year round..)
soccer
Leadership positions: Captain of track and field team
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Football (varsity starter since soph year)
Track & Field (varsity since soph, Captain junior and senior year)
Soccer freshman year
Rookie of theyear award</p>
<p>Will have 8 varsity letters when I graduate...</p>
<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Worked in costa rica building trails (didnt get any official comm service hours because my school is full of bureaucratic a-holes)
various random things, nothing steady
Honors and Awards: Principals honor role (4.0)
scholar athlete award
picked to participate in statewide physics comp
College Summer programs: Worked at Iraqi embassy
UMD-CP Biology Department</p>
<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins University Legacy: Yes
College: University of California - Los Angeles Legacy: No
College: University of Pennsylvania Legacy: Yes
College: Cornell University Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Southern California, Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No
College: Northwestern University Legacy: Yes
College: University of Maryland - College Park Legacy: Yes</p>
<p>Iraqi embassy! that sounds cool. your school seems legit, so your “low” GPA is excusable as you are taking a loaded course. however, if you want to get into the top schools, you need to raise your SAT above 2200, period.</p>
<p>JHU-most likely in
UCLA-in
Penn-reach
UCLA- in
Northwestern–match
Cornell–match
UM-safety</p>
<p>Why? Mainly because the SAT is a little low as it stands (with a better score your chances go up), because being OOS for UCLA means it is very difficult to get in, and because all of these schools are incredibly selective.</p>
<p>Your GPA doesn’t matter so much in comparison to your class ranking. If you are top 10%, increase the percentages I gave you by a lot. If you are top 5%, your chances go waaay up. But if you are top 25% or top 20% I would say most of these schools (other than UMD) are reaches. I do think, though, that you will get into at least one of the schools on your list other than UMD.</p>
<p>Northwestern- hi match
Cornell–reach
UM-match</p>
<p>Your SAT’s need to go up by at least 100 points for a better chance. You should get another safety in there and another match - University of Rochester?</p>
<p>I think you have a good shot at all of your schools, especially since you’re a legacy at a lot of them. I don’t really get what your school does with its grading system, but colleges don’t care about your middle school grades so I’m sure they will factor those out and recalculate your GPA. My advice would also be to try to get more leadership positions and maybe some more academic EC’s.</p>
<p>Anyway:
JHU- match (legacy)
UCLA- low reach (out of state has an impossible acceptance rate)
Penn- high match (penn loves their legacies…)
Cornell- low reach
USC- high match
Northwestern- probably in (legacy)
Maryland- definitely in</p>
<p>thanks i think your chances are a little too generous
no class rank, thank god because my school is ultra competitive and 25% of kids have WGPAs above 4.5</p>
