Chance me for UT Austin and others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>So, everything is final now and my scores are all back, but i still need to know where i should apply/go/mychances. Im a junior in high school and will probably apply by the end of this summer, so here goes.
GPA: 3.0-3.1/4.0 (Freshman and Sophomore year it was really low ~ 2.5, this year it was a solid 4.0, except for the marking period where my grandmother died so it all averaged out to be a 3.8ish)
EDIT
My actual unweighted is about a 3.35 (Goofed around in Choir)
My academic weighted is a 4.588/5.0 (Actually a 6.0 because of ib but thats how it shows up on my transcript, my school is weird)
SAT: 800M, 790W, 600R (Skipped a page on accident.)
ACT:36 (Didn't see a point of retaking sat with a 36 act)
Class Rank: 180ish/610 (Again due to freshman year gpa)
Extracurricular:
Mu Alpha Theta Historian
Modern Literature club President
Founding member of the Hill Country Youth Rugby Association
DECA (Business competition) International qualifier last year/International qualifier this year
Member of multiple other clubs/honor associations (but no leadership positions)
Applied/Planning on doing an internship this summer at NYU
Course load: Pretty rigorous, IB program, not a single off period, most challenging classes taken (Calculus BC/IB Biology HL/IB World Area Studies HL, etc.) Graduating with 14 AP tests taken and 6 IB Tests taken.</p>

<p>I want to apply to Berkeley (Haas/Econ), NYU(Stern/Econ), UT Austin (Cockrell/Mccombs/Maybe Liberal Arts), UChicago(Econ/Liberal Arts), and the question im asking is where i stand on these colleges. Should i be aiming lower? I know that my gpa is freakishly low, but im hoping that the admission officers could dismiss that due to the upward trend and my ACT score. I want to major in either econ, business, mechanical engineering, or psychology as i either want to go into Law, business or engineering.</p>

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<p>Congratulations on a great ACT score.</p>

<p>UT Austin will be quite hard with the rank. You should apply in early August and take your chances assuming you are from Texas. Many schools would give you a free ride with a 3.5 GPA. Is there any weighting of GPA at all?</p>

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<p>Well that would be my academic unweighted.
My actual unweighted is about a 3.35 (Goofed around in Choir)
My academic weighted is a 4.588/5.0 (Actually a 6.0 because of ib but thats how it shows up on my transcript, my school is weird)</p>

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<p>What is your state?</p>

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<p>I’m in state</p>

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<p>“Hill Country” - west of Austin, so Texas! I went to Hill Country Middle School, myself. :)</p>

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<p>Cross posted!</p>

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<p>What will your GPA and rank be at the end of 11th?<br>
I have heard of people who applied to Austin really early (as soon as it opened) and got in. You should be able to get into most other schools in Texas other than UTA. </p>

<p>Berkeley and Chicago seem a bit of a crapshoot.</p>

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<p>My GPA might be about 3.15, and if this happens my class rank will most likely jump about 30ish or so (Most of the kids at my school in ap classes have about my gpa)</p>