Chance Me - Pitt, Nova, DU, SU!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi there! I’m about to enter my senior year of a public high school in Pennsylvania. I’m looking into:
Villanova University
Duquesne University
Suffolk University
University of Pittsburgh

Residence: Pennsylvania, USA

Grades:
Freshman Year
Bio/Lab - A
Algebra 1 - B
World History - A
Art 1 - A
Exploring Tech - A+
Honors English - A
German 1 - B+
Multimedia - A+
Freshman GPA: 3.6

Sophomore Year
Photography - A
Algebra 2- C
Chemistry - C+
Financial Management - B+
German 2 - A+
Honors English - A
Honors US History - A
Journalism - A
Sophomore GPA: 3.4

Junior Year
Geometry - D
AP Human Geography - A
French 2 - B
German 3 - A+
Honors Photography - B+
Honors English 11- B
Honors US History 2 - B+

-3.3 Cumulative, Weighted GPA as of Junior year
-1220 SAT (should I retake?)
-680 Reading/Writing, 540 Math
-Taking 2 AP classes Senior Year (Lit/Comp and Photography)
-Class Rank 112/286 (not sure how to convert this to percentile, sorry!)
-Editor in Chief of the School Newspaper 2 Years, Writer/Photographer 4 Years
-Business Owner, Successful Wedding and Portrait Photographer Business with Steady Client Interaction, Website and Social Media Upkeep
-Co-Captain of a Relay for Life Team 2 Years, Huge Volunteer Event Supporting Cancer Research, 24-hour Organized Walk and Bake Sale
-4 Years in School’s Gay Straight Alliance, 2 Years Gay Straight Alliance President
-ALWAYS Had at Least 2 Jobs; Ice Cream Parlors, Restaurants, Petting Zoo, Antique Store, Blog Writer, Business Owner
-LOTS of traveling, experience abroad, using German skills in German-speaking-countries

Awards/Scholarships:
-$500 Scholarship for Second Place in Regional Photography Contest
-Runner Up in Regional Photography Contest

Intended Major for Duquesne & Suffolk: Entrepreneurship!
Intended Major for 'Nova & Pitt: Business Administration or Management (something more general)
Career Goal: Continue my Photography Business, Own Physical Store of Sorts (nothing big… I just want to learn about running my own business so I could have a restaurant, hotel, even something small like a book or antique store. Love the thought of having something that’s mine!)

Sorry if any of this isn’t useful or if I’m missing anything. I just made this account tonight and I don’t really want to be identified by anyone in my community. Thank you so much to anyone who might help! I just want to see my chances, what I should improve on (other than grades in general, I’m going to push hard this last year and try to bring my GPA up. Geometry ruined me.)

Thanks!

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I don’t think you are competitive for Villanova, especially for the business school.

You may well get into Pitt, but the math SAT is a little low. Also, your 3.3 GPA is weighted; do you know the unweighted?

You’re fine for Duquesne and Suffolk.

Have you considered St. Joe’s, Temple, or Scranton? All have good business schools and look like good fits for your stats.

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@LuckyCharms913 , thank you for your reply! I’m more interested in Duquesne and Suffolk so it’s reassuring to hear that. Nova is a reach, but I’m hoping that if I get my SAT up I could possibly get into Pitt. I tried to calculate my unweighted GPA, and got a 3.36 for that as well. I just used a website I found online and entered all three years of my grades into it, so hopefully I did it right? Thank you again for your response!

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I would agree to try to boost the SAT score some. Or maybe try ACT, I did much better on it than on the SAT. If you can boost your GPA by the next semester, you might have a solid shot.

Would you mind chancing me too?