<p>My high school career has been disappointing so far. Unfortunate personal circumstances has seen me obtain a 2.7 GPA thus far, forcing me to cut back on my Loyola MD aspirations and look in-state for the most part. However, I did pretty well on the PSAT (SAT equivalent is a 1580). My score showed my potential to succeed in AP classes. My current schedule is this:
- Pre-Calculus (doing okay)
- English 3 (doing pretty well)
- Spanish 2 (struggling)
- US History 2 (decent)
- Chemistry 1 (best class)</p>
<p>I'm currently looking at this potential schedule for senior year:
- AP Euro
- AP Psych
- French 1
- Environmental Science
- Discrete Math/Probability of Statistics (both semester courses)</p>
<p>I'm an African-American male planning on being an international business major.</p>
<p>Assuming I do well for the rest of this year, and get a B+ average in my AP classes as well as an A average in everything else as a senior, and get the SAT equivalent of my PSAT score, what are my chances of acceptance into:
- Montclair State
- Pace
- Monmouth University
- Rider University
- Fairleigh Dickinson</p>
<p>I forgot to add ECs:
9th grade: nothing
10th grade: Young Dems, Helping Hands
11th grade: Young Dems, Helping Hands, Support Our Troops, Water for Africa, Gifts of Gold, Smiles For Seniors
12th grade: probably everything already mentioned, might even create a Geography Club as well.</p>
<p>GPA is a little low, but your EC and test scores should help quite a bit for those schools and I think you don’t have anything to worry about. The only one that may be a little bit of a reach is Seton Hall. Good luck!! Thanks for chancing me earlier!</p>
<p>If you didn’t already, write in your essays about your unfortunate earlier circumstances and what you learned from them and how they helped you grow.</p>
<p>@sportsgirl0107 I agree with you on the first post. I think I’ll start my college essays in late June, though. Especially because nine schools is a LOT. Thanks for chancing back! :)</p>
<p>Currently your GPA is considered on the lower end of the spectrum for some of these schools. But I believe a rigorous course load your senior year and impressive first semester grades could make a difference. Unfortunately, senior year grades aren’t factored into the GPA that gets sent to colleges so for right now I would consider these schools a reach. However, some good SAT/ACT scores (SAT: 2000+, ACT: 30+) will get you into these schools. Good luck, and please chance me back!</p>
Thanks for chancing me earlier!</p>