Can someone chance me for Cal Poly SLO? Will applying early decision increase my chances of getting accepted?
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II: 590 Biology
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.44, Weighted GPA: 3.7 (5 AP’s, 5 Honors)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History 3, Biology 3, Psychology 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Comparative Government and Politics, Econ, Power Walking, English 12, Honors Anatomy and Physiology, Statistics
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHD State Qualifier, CSF 8 semesters
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHD (vice president), hospital volunteer, job at JCPenney, CSF, 2 years of cross country, Red Cross
[ *] Job/Work Experience: associate at JCPenney
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteer (50 hours), CSF volunteer (50 hours)
[ *] Summer Activities: work, volunteer
[ *] Essays: I plan to write about a personal event with my family during my junior year. We ended up moving across the country and back in a few months which was really distracting for me and it affected my grades.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t plan on reading them, I’m sure they will be good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: n/a yet
[ ] Additional Rec: n/a yet
[ ] Interview: n/a
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: F
My junior grades are the ones that brought my GPA down the most. Would it be better to wait for regular decision to apply and include my first semester senior grades as well or should I apply early decision/early action? Thanks!