Chance me please! (terribad gpa, ok-ish SAT/ec's) Will chance back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everybody ^^ So here are some of my stats:
I'm Azn btw
What I'm really looking for is what schools I can go to along with chances for what I currently have. Any advice/suggestions would be wonderful, and yes, i know my gpa is going to ruin me so don't mention it. T_T
Pretty competitive public school in US (We send 10+to UCB, and another 10+to LA, and a few to ivy leagues every year)
uw gpa: 3.42
w gpa: 3.75
Top 25% of School
~600 students
I've taken 4 honors classes, and 5 AP classes, and will take 4 AP classes senior year
APWH-4
AP Bio-5
AP ENG-5
APUSH-5
APPsych-4</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I Math: 750
SAT I CR: 750
SAT I WR: 750 (11 on essay)
2300 Superscored</p>

<p>I'm actually stuck on SAT too, i got a 2260 on another take, (800 on writing, 720 math, 740 CR) I don't know which to send. Will the 2260 look better? I know writing doesn't count for much, so I don't know whether to look "balanced" or have a slightly higher score</p>

<p>SAT II Math: 800
SAT II WH: 710
SAT II USH: 750
SAT II Biology: 770
May take SAT II physics and chem, pretty confident I'll do well on them</p>

<p>ACT: 35
I honestly don't know where my score sheet went, but this is what I remember (or think I do, sorry) So one or two of the sections below may be 1-2 off, but i know for sure I got 35.
Writing: 8 on essay (major ouch), 35
Math: 34
Science: 36
Reading: 36</p>

<p>Summer Biology Internship with professor studying molecular biology, worked at lab researching (11)
May have coauthored a research report at end of internship, still unsure. I wouldn't count it in for now, but...
ServiceForU Club Vice President; Had a weekly activity, raised over $300 (by myself) to help out unemployed families, raised over $500 overall for that fundraiser, which I led. Also donated around $2000 to Japan with the club, in another fundraiser which I created.
Math instructor at Math Academy, taught SAT II, also taught several classes to younger children
3rd place regional science fair, biology project
Participated in a project in China, I went to a rural village and taught English. For people who want to ask, NO this was not with any program that tries to get you to have a good resume, I legitly found it myself, and because my parents are unemployed, found a grant for airplane tickets.
Piano: Level 10 Certificate of Merit, multiple times at Branch Honor Recital
Member of Science Olympiad, 3 years
Over 200 hours of Community Service, including work to help the environment, soup kitchen, and others
7th place in CA, Latin competition (Certamen)
Church Youth Assistant Director: Directs church youth and helps create programs/find new activities (I'm hesitant to put this on since it's church and I know colleges don't really care about church stuff; I'd rather not prostitute my church activities either)
Handbell Choir</p>

<p>I was also in Destination Imagination from 6-8th grade, where I got 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 11th place globally in the structural and science programs (That's actually pretty big :P). I wnna put it in, but it's middle school, and meh... I had to quit because of financial problems which was kinda a bummer, but should i put it in? just att he end of the list, since I'm a really creative/project oriented person.</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar of some sort
National Merit Scholarship (I got a 228 on PSAT)
National Latin Exam, silver medal</p>

<p>My Teacher Recs should be decent, I'll have excellent additional recs from my employer and internship professor though
My essay should be pretty damn good, my writing's also been quite strong (except for ACT = = iono how that happened)</p>

<p>Right now I'm looking at colleges such as:
Matches:
Case Western
Rennsalaer Polytechnic Institute
UCDavis
Northeastern
Tufts</p>

<p>Can y'all please help? Because my ec's are decent (in my opinion) but my gpa is crap I don't know what schools I can get in. Those above are some of the ones I want to go to, but suggestions would be wonderful. For those of you who want to ask, no I did not severely mess up my freshman year or anything; I'm just really project oriented. I've had tests where I've studied my ass off, and gotten a C or D because I ALWAYS blank out on tests >_< (There was one ap bio quiz this year where my friend quizzed me right before class, I got everything correct, and got an f on the quiz because i blanked out)
So please, chance and suggest schools and what I can do!</p>

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<p>Bump (10char)</p>

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<p>I know a kid that got the same SAT/ACT range as you, and as a result he went to Cornell. He had a gpa of 3.4 and he had SAT2’s like you. He was white with no hooks as well. He had a decent EC’s like you and good AP scores lie you as well. Howeverm he was a math and science person all the way, and his entire app showed that. He got A+'s in math and science, but C+'s/B’s in anything else.
The point is anything can happen. I can see you getting in to any of those matches honestly. Don’t sweat it.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the inspiration CSMathAsa1994. It makes me feel just a bit better (although admittedly, he’s probably still better than me since his app was much more focused). Still, it’s a small glimmer of hope. Anybody elseeeeeeeeeee?</p>

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<p>Im fairly certain that you could get into all of those schools, tufts/ucd may be a low reach because of gpa, but still</p>

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<p>Is your school one of those crazy competetive asian predominant schools in california (my curiosity)? I mean, your a smart kid as your other scores indicate so it’s strange that your gpa was low. Your ECs are good and ACT is great so you should be fine for the schools you plan to apply to. But seriously your explanation is awfully strange.</p>

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<p>No it’s not^ I wish it was, cuz then I’d have an excuse for my gpa T_T
yea, hopefully ^^<br>
-bumps some more-</p>

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<p>Don’t worry so much :slight_smile: your going give your self a big headache before you even start school</p>

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<p>-bumps some more-
anybody? please? I need help here</p>

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<p>Bump? More? Anybody?</p>

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<p>Honestly I think you should be good for all those schools… is there a reason for your GPA? If you can explain it in a way besides using excuse it obviously that would help your chances.</p>

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<p>I don’t have any reasons to explain my gpa x.x</p>

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<p>I’d say youd get into those schools, with a lot of merit money at some</p>

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<p>What’s your state residency? I’d say match for all the UCs. Tufts is a mid-high match. Based on my friends experiences, private schools tend to weigh GPA less than publics, but in your case I doubt the GPA is going to be that much of a setback.</p>

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<p>I’m not really sure how much GPA would affect your acceptance… is there a chance of raising it senior year?</p>

<p>Other than that, great stats and good EC’s. I would say Case Western and RPI are definitely match… Maybe try applying to Brown?</p>

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<p>sorry I forgot the link from my post above</p>

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