Male Asian from NJ (Junior) income: 100k>
Weighted GPA: 3.73 (my weakness)- no class rank
Standardized Tests:
ACT- C-33 E-33 M-33 R-32 S-35 (taking again)
Chemistry: 780
Planning on taking Math 2C and USH
Freshman year: no honors
Sophomore: Chemistry Honors, English 2 Honors, Italian Honors
Junior: English 3 Honors, AP environmental science, AP Physics, Engineering Design Honors, Precalculus Honors, Italian 3 Honors
Senior: taking AP Literature, AP Italian, AP Language and Composition, AP Art History, AP Calculus AB,
Extracurriculurs:
Varsity Debate: 2 years
Varsity Soccer: 3 years (State Sectional champions, county semifinalists)
Church Summer School Volunteer: taught soccer and math/english to younger kids
Columbia pre-college writing program
Soccer Trainer for younger middle school soccer teams
Best chances are at NYU and Tulane-they seem to be low matches. Tulane especially since most Asians wouldn’t think of applying and New Orleans is culturally different.
Any chance of raising the weighted GPA by the end of junior year? You might considering taking another science class senior year.
ACT looks good and is within range for most of your schools. Maybe take 1 more SAT subject test.
CMU and W&M are reaches since they like a high GPA.
Unfortunately, my GPA includes my Junior year GPA of around 4.0/4.1 so far, but I can definitely raise my junior GPA to a 4.2/4.3. I did pretty bad freshman and sophomore year
I’m also planning on taking Math SAT 2 and US History SAT 2
Would you consider BU? That would be a high match. I assume Rutgers is your safety.
Were there any extenuating circumstances for the low GPA? If so your counselor should mention it.
The ACT looks good. I would not plan taking it a second time unless you get at least a 35 composite.
I took the ACT once without studying so I think I can do much better. Also no, my freshamn and sophomore self just didn’t care about school that much