<p>Applying to UMaine Orono and University of Southern Maine for a Political Science major. I know they aren't schools this board is used to seeing, but I was a bad HS student. Anyway, here we go:</p>
<p>GPA: 2.5 UW, not sure what it is weighted because my school doesn't send out weighted grades (it's probably around 2.7). I had a ~D+ average for the first two years of school, B average junior year, an A average so far this year.</p>
<p>SAT: 1870</p>
<p>ECs: Job for 3 years (15-20 hours / week during school, 20-40 hours / week during summer)
1 Year of jv football and 1 year of varsity football (quit to work more)
Boy scouts from K-9th grade</p>
<p>Recommendations: Recommendation from my AP Euro/AP US teacher, recommendation from my AP Computer Science teacher</p>
<p>First generation college student in my family.</p>
<p>I hate to bump, but bump.</p>
<p>Continue working hard, and you'll be golden with the A average this year. </p>
<p>Do you know their acceptance rate, SAT median, average GPA? That might help us decide whether you're a match.</p>
<p>For University of Maine at Orono:</p>
<pre><code> Critical Reading Middle 50%: 480 - 580 (I have a 620)
Math Middle 50%: 480 - 600 (I have a 570)
Writing Middle 50%: 470 - 570 (I have a 680)
</code></pre>
<p>Average High School GPA: 3.12</p>
<p>For University of Southern Maine:</p>
<pre><code> Critical Reading Middle 50%: 440 - 550
Math Middle 50%: 430 - 540
Writing Middle 50%: 440 - 540
</code></pre>
<p>Average High School GPA: 2.8</p>
<p>I think USM is a match (safety maybe). Orono may be a bit of a reach.</p>
<p>Oh... well I'm sure you're in at both.</p>
<p>You just need to make sure you have a strong first semester so your junior and senior years balance out the freshman and sophomore years' grades.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for being the only one to respond to my thread, Sail.</p>
<p>I think you have decent chances at both. State schools love AP classes and test scores above their averages.</p>