<p>I am a junior. My unweighted gpa is a 3.5 weighted 3.9. Ive taken the SAT and scored but a 2300, but Im sure I can do better. I've taken four subject tests Math I,II, Bio E, and spanish and I've scored above a 760 in all . Looking at law. No financial boundaries. i am in the top 15% at my highschool .it is very rigourous and we are a blue ribbon school. (according to my guidance counselor) Colleges acknowledge that my school makes it exceptionally difficult for students to succeed, and i do follow an upward trend from freshman to sophomore and the trend shoots up to junior(unw)(3.1->3.2->3.9)</p>
<p>Northwestern
Georgetown
Vanderbilt
Cornell(eding here)
Upenn
McGill
Wustl
Ucb
University of virginia
Gwu</p>
<p>Volunteer:
animal shelter 150 hrs
Oxfam America 150 hours
Redcross 140 hours
Youth literature tutor- 60 hours
I did a thing called La Casa Nueva Vida 100 hours</p>
<p>Leadership
Started DECA and Oxfam clubs at my Hs.
Chief Marketing Officer for a small gaming studio (NaBrO studios)
Volunteer coordinator of the Redcross club at my HS.
Part of youth lead( an organization promoting effective dialogue.) Facilitated Workshops and helped set up conferences around the country
2 years of student council</p>
<p>Ec's
Debate Team
Varsity Cross country
Varsity Tennis
2nd degree black belt in two forms of martial arts</p>
<p>Course Load
Freshman- honors geometry, honors physics 1, honors spanish2, english 1, world history1
sophomore- honors algebra 2, honors chem, honors spanish 3, honors english 2, honors world histroy 2
junior- ap us, honors physics 2, honors english 3, honors bio, honors spanish 4, pre calc and trig
senior- ap ab calc, ap physics c, ap spanish 5, ap bio, ap gov, honors english 4
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<p>Its hard to tell, on one hand your EC’s and test scores are very good, but you GPA is lacking. Your Freshman-Junior schedule, although filled with honors courses, is lacking in AP’s (which doesnt help explain the low GPA). I’d say Vanderbilt and Georgetown are pretty good matches, while UPenn and Cornell would be slightly high reaches. I’d recommend you to improve your GPA as much as humanly possible this year.</p>
<p>I took the hardest course load possible for 9th and 10th. For 11th, I opted not to drop my language for an ap, and maybe 1 kid in the entire frade of 300 takes 2 ap’s junior year.</p>
<p>I am from virginia and applied to UVA last year. You have anywhere from a decent to a pretty good shot at UVA. OOS admission is very tough because of quotas and its holistic admission - assuming you are OOS</p>
<p>You have great test scores but UVA values GPA/class rank/course rigor the most. Last year everyone outside of the top 10% got rejected from my hs including me and most in the top ten got in. I had a 2200 SAT but I was top 20% and got flat out rejected even though I was IS. So if anything get into to the top 10% senior year meaning straight A’s. </p>
<p>Also you only had one AP junior year. That could potentially hurt since top applicants many have 3+ junior year. That being said you have great EC’s and if you write good essays and get good recs, chances look good.</p>
<p>If you took the hardest course possible then there is not much to worry about. Maybe you should make sure to mention that somewhere on your app just in case.</p>
<p>Your SAT’s and your ec’s are good, but like the others have posted, your gpa is a bit lacking. If you can take any classes to raise your gpa up before the deadline for the apps, than do so. Other than that I think that you have a fairly decent chance. Also what you have to remember id that most of the colleges that you have listed up there are known for their holistic evaluation, meaning that sometimes if they like you enough, they will overlook your lacking in one area. I have had friends who have gotten in to Pomona College, Yale, Columbia and Berkely with gpas far behind the normal cutoff line. Don’t lose hope! Overall I would say that you have a fairly good chance though. Chance me back?</p>
<p>Your SAT and SAT IIs are definitely on track with all the schools. However, like many have noted before me, your GPA will be lower than many applicants. Your upward grade trend will be looked upon nicely, though. In addition, colleges are aware of the rigor of the courses the school offers, so they wouldn’t hold it against you. Your ECs and leadership are really good also.</p>
<p>I didn’t comment on the schools I had insufficient knowledge on. Just curious, which schools actually have a pre-law major? Or are you planning on majoring in criminal justice, economics, English, etc during undergrad?</p>
<p>Northwestern - Low Reach
Georgetown - Reach
Cornell(eding here) - Low Reach
Upenn - Reach
Wustl - Reach
Ucb - High Match
University of virginia - High Match
Gwu - Low Match</p>
<p>Cornell ED: Low reach
UVA: Match/High match
GWU: Low mach/Match
Berkeley: Match (can you pay full freight?)
WUSTL: Reach
UPenn: Reach (if you are somehow admitted to UPenn, maintain 3.4+ while at UPenn and score 173+ on the LSAT to get into their accelerated law program)
Georgetown: Reach
NWU: Reach
McGill Arts: Safety (once again you cannot go to law school directly but I assumed you majored in something offered by Arts for undergrad; beware grade deflation)</p>
<p>As for law school itself: get 3.6+ in college, get 170+ on the LSAT (NWU might cut you some GPA slack if you declare a hard major and Berkeley may cut you some LSAT slack if you have a high GPA) and then you have a pick of law schools (outside the top 6). And, as far as McGill Law is concerned, it is recommended that you have a working knowledge of French prior to application.</p>
<p>Top 15% of your class is a bit low for some of the schools but your SATs and ECs are great!</p>
<p>Northwestern- low reach
Georgetown- low reach
Vanderbilt- high match
Cornell(eding here)-reach
Upenn-reach
McGill- safety
Wustl- reach
Ucb- low reach
University of virginia- if you’re in state, high match
Gwu- safety</p>