Chance me for Wake Forest RD

Chance Me / Match Me!
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GPA: 3.71 weighted (ik know its low, abysmal sophomore year)
SAT I: 2060 single, 2080 super (not sending SAT)
ACT: 33 E:35 M:35 R: 32 S:31 W:32
SAT II: USH: 710 Math II: 700 (going to retake math 2 and hopefully score higher)
PSAT: 207

9th grade:0 AP/honors somewhere around a 3.5 gpa
10th: 2 honors, 1 AP probably more like a 3.7
11th: 3 AP 4.1 gpa
12th: 6 AP 1 honor hopefully 4.2+

EC:
President/Founder of Student Managed investment fund (we invest real money from my schools endowment into the stock market)
Teen Board (Officer) at a community center called Wesley Rankin
Teen Board (member) Ronald McDonald House
NHS member
Participant in UT Dallas top trader comp this summer and last summer, finished top 10 last summer
Last Summer worked at a Veterinarian’s office, 6 hrs a day, 4 days a week, 8 weeks over the summer
Went to TCU for a week to participate in an investor challenge(for more info search tcu investor challenge)
Internship at private equity firm
President Volunteer service award all 3 years (300 hours total now)
Honor Roll all years
Varsity Golf in 11th, likely 12th, JV 10th
JV Crew 9th Grade
Member of World Affairs Club 9th, 10th
Member of Environmental Awareness Club 9th
Junior Classical League 12th
Summer after Freshmen year took a service trip to New Orleans to help rebuild the wetlands through and organization called Student Shoulder to Shoulder

Teacher Recs
(10/10)- saw me progress from a B student in 9th grade to and A+ student 11th grade in her class
(10/10)- best student in the class and she’s my advisor, really likes me
Guidance Counselor Rec- not too sure but I don’t see why it would be any lower than (8/10)

My Essays should be pretty good

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Are you planning on sending your act score?

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@tavernier23 yes

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Then I think you will be a very strong candidate there, and Wake would probably be a match school

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@tavernier23 even with my low gpa? keep in mind that is 3.7 weighted not unweighted.

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@tavernier23 my unweighted is more like 3.4 but as you can see I have exhibited a strong upward trend

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@mat324 Its ok to have that kind of GPA. Your transcript shows that you clearly took some very difficult classes in high school, which is really important for a place like Wake. The school is good enough that they are not basing there entire admissions decision off of your stats; they want to find out more about your character. This holistic admissions process should help you, especially if your GPA may be a little low. Like you said, your strong upward trend is very impressive and important. It shows Wake Forest that you will continue to grow in college.

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@Tavernier so even if I’m applying reg decision, you think my application will still be competitive?

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yes, I would think you have a very good chance