<p>High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: 0.00
Class Rank: top 10%</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 790
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 760
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 740
SAT II Biology - M: 760</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Leadership positions: Student Government Society: Secretary. Math Club: Vice-President.
Volunteer/Service Work: hospital volunteer, soup kitchen, Boys and Girls Club of America, and Habitat-For-Humanity.</p>
<h2>Honors and Awards: Volunteer of the month at a large urban hospital.</h2>
<p>I’m a sophomore, biology major. I think I have pretty stellar stats except for one thing that could be my downfall. I have 13 Ws. These were previously Fs but I had them changed to withdraws. I had severe sleep apnea brought on by a secondary condition which disabled me from going to class. They were changed to Ws after my physician sent my university a letter. </p>
<p>Do you think I’ll have a chance to explain myself or will admissions pass me by?</p>
<p>Your EC's look kind of thin, but it's hard to tell without more details. How many hours per week do you volunteer? Are you still active? How active were your student government and math club? How much time did you spend on them?</p>
<p>I work 3-5 hours a week at the hospital and rotate the other volunteer jobs on a weekly basis. The soup kitchen is usually 8 hours, BaGCoA is 6 hours, Habitat is on a more sporadic basis but at least once a month for 12 hours or more. I'm still active with everything.</p>
<p>Being officers in SGA and the math club, I'm very active with them. I usually spend 15-20 hours a week total with both clubs. I hope my ECs don't look thin. I'm taking 18 credit hours with advanced math classes and bio lab work.</p>
<p>Also, I come from a disadvantaged background: my mom is a disabled single mother, we're in the lowest income bracket, and I'm a first generation college student.</p>
<p>All that info definitely helps. The fact that you seem very committed to volunteering and your disadvantaged family background will up your chances.</p>
<p>A long list of EC's doesn't help as much as EC's to which you are committed and show passion. You have a good shot - but there are no absolutes. Make sure your essays are stellar and really reflect you! Good luck!</p>
<p>You didnt post your college gpa, nor how many credits you hold. Based on this belief, I dont think u can apply as a college sophmore since you stated that you have 13 Ws. Technically, that would make you a freshman and you would have to apply for freshman admissions, not transfer. This would not make you competitive for freshman admissions as there are many students with stellar gpas and sats that get rejected.
If you are a sophomore, then whats your gpa? If you have a bad college gpa, you will definately not be competitive (no matter if you're disabled) as the college gpa holds a significant weight in transfer admissions. (Admissions will note that you had a fantastic HS record, but fell short in the college record; they will definately wonder "can this student handle us?")</p>
<p>Lastly, coming from a school that sends some students to good schools is not a plus in admissions because they want students from academically disadvantaged backgrounds. (Ex: Compton HS)</p>
<p>Other than that, your hs record is great, but as everyone else stated your ECs are weak.</p>
<p>No, no, that GPA is my college GPA. I have no idea what my high school GPA was. I am officially a sophomore now but I should be a junior. I made up the 13 Ws. Sorry I wasn't more clear.</p>
<p>Oops! Then it is extremely difficult to weight your chances and anyone who said you have a good shot is wrong because it is difficult to get into admission's head and say how they will react to your story.</p>
<p>What makes it difficult is your HS stats are not as stellar as I thought, since you don't really have a 4.0 gpa like I assumed. On top of that, you withdrew from 13 courses and that will make admissions question your character, in the sense that they might think whether or not you would still be able to handle the school. These might be some of the questions they may ask if you apply: "Will he/she withdraw from our school?" "Can he/she handle us?", etc.</p>
<p>In addition, I am inclined to say that there isn't sufficient record to make you a stable student, since I assume this happened recently. I would suggest that you stay longer at whatever school you are in and become stable, and then apply.</p>