Chance at Ga Tech, Emory, UPenn (Low GPA)

Schools: GA Tech, Emory, UPenn, Vanderbilt, UNC CH

East Asian, Female
State: GA (In-State)

UW GPA: 3.5
W GPA: 3.7
UW Percentage: 88.4%
W Percentage: 93.6%
**** I got a C in AP Calc BC , so I’m really worried about how that looks****

SAT: 1440 (720 RW 720 M)
ACT: 32 (34E 31M 34R 29S)
APs: AP Comparative Politics, AP US Government, AP Chemistry, AP World History, AP Seminar, AP Calc BC, AP USH, AP Environment Science, AP Lang, AP CS A

Major: Computer Science

—Extracurriculars— (I don’t feel like expanding, so this is the gist of it)
Dance: 11 years, Assistant Teacher, Multiple Awards
National Honor Society: President, Organized a fundraiser that raised $5K+
Computer Science 4 All Club: Co-Founder, Lead Instructor teach Scrach and Python
Software Engineering Internship in the Summer
Chinese Cultural Club: President

—Awards—
ATL Hackathon Winner
Governors Honors Program Finalist (didn’t attend though)
Presidential Volunteer Service Award
International Skills Diploma
Dance Academy Exemplary Student of the Year

Imo Penn will be extremely tough, almost out of reach. Also Vandy and Emory will be rather difficult too. GTech and UNC will be more attainable for you.

I think all of those schools are reaches for you. Do you have a safety or two?

I already got into my back up school UGA, so I didn’t include any safeties on the list.

Also what could I do to improve my chances, especially for Ga Tech??

Other than write strong essays there isn’t much that you can do in December of your senior year – you are already applying to colleges so your profile in terms of academics, ECs is pretty much complete at this point. The question is do you want to add any schools that fall between the selectivity levels of GaTech and UGA into the mix of where you apply?

not sure if you can do anything about it now, but ga tech really values any involvement with them. whether that be, ga tech math (multivariable calc), summer programs, research you’ve done with professors. try to highlight these if you can.