Chance me on these schools?

GPA:

  • Freshman year: 2.5 UW
  • Sophomore year: 3.5 UW
  • Junior year: 3.9 UW
    TOTALS: 3.3 UW, 4.2 W
  • 5 regular classes
  • 4 AP classes
  • 10 Honors classes

ACT: 32

EC’s:

  • Policy Debate (3yrs)
  • President of environmental club
  • attended a 2 week debate institute at Michigan State
  • 3 years soccer
  • 1 year volleyball
  • 3 years of a 6 week summer teen leadership program
  • National Honors Society

Recs and essays will be great.

Schools to chance please:

  • UIC (u of Illinois at chicago)
  • Michigan State
  • U of Michigan
  • American University
  • Georgetown University
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Marquette University

First choice school: American University
Intending to double Major in English and Political science

Bump

ED to American and you should be fine. I know someone who got in unhooked to their business school with similar standardized test scores and a GPA under 3. Highlight your upward trend, write strong essays, and you should get in no problem.

What is your home state?

I concur with the assessment of @jarrett211 regarding American. Also, your chances of getting into Georgetown are extremely low based on your statistics. Can’t say about the other schools.

@jarrett211 @gandalf78 thanks! I feel iffy because of the freshman year grades but hopefully the upwards trend makes up for it. And i realize georgetown is a high reach but doesn’t hurt to try i guess.

@gandalf78 forgot to put my home state is Illinois

^ Well, I guessed that with your moniker; but I wanted to be sure.

Based on the Naviance scattergram profiles from out high school, I roughly estimate your chances as follows:

U of M – low chance; if you could raise your ACT score a couple of points and also your GPA, you would position yourself much better (but your upward trend in GPA should help some)
Michigan State – insufficient data
UW-Madison – insufficient data
Marquette – insufficient data
UIC – insufficient data

@gandalf78 nice thank you! Im working towards that right now