<p>Trinity College, Vassar, Vanderbilt, Grinnell, Colgate, Claremont Mckenna, Scripps</p>
<p>I am a junior in high school. Lets start with the good: My first SAT was a 2100 (800 math, 630 verbal) but my second one will most likely be above 2200 (Ive greatly improved my critical reading scores to 740+). My PSAT score was 223 which means almost definitely a national merit scholarship. Im also an excellent essay writer, and have had to endure my share of challenges, so essays can be very good. Ive done countless hours of volunteer work through church mission trips and boy scouts. I am currently working in a CPAs office doing basic accounting, and the CPA is lending me out to lawyers to do work for them (who are all willing to write great recs. One is the number 2 divorce lawyer in all of houston) Im also a soccer letterman so playing soccer at a division II or III schools is an option.
The bad: The only bad is my grades (lots of Bs). Im taking ALL AP/IB classes (and the hardest AP/IB classes and am an IB Diploma candidate). I will probably not be in the top 10% at my school, but definitely the top 15% (of a class of 1000+), my GPA is probably around 3.2-3.3ish unweighted, but 4.2ish weighted (rigor is MOST rigorous). Do you think i can get into those kinda schools if i make straight As my first semester senior year? If not do you have suggestions for matches? Im planning on majoring in Economics/Mathematics and then getting an MBA.</p>
<p>please please at least put a little input if you view it would help so much</p>
<p>i empathize wholeheartedly. AP/IBs are killer on your GPA 
anyways. the only thing hurting you is your GPA but you know that already. with a 2200+, youre good to go at all the schools you listed up there, in my opinion. the only two that might be a bit tougher are vassar and vanderbilt because i heard somewhere that they’re a little more GPA/EC oriented, and while your ECs are good, they’re not outstanding. trinity, grinnell, colgate, and scripps (esp the last one) i think you have pretty good odds for if you can keep straight As senior year… GL!
p.s. chance me back if you have time? :P</p>
<p>Ok thanks! Ill chance you back</p>
<p>bump if you view please post some input it would help so much</p>
<p>I’m looking at Vassar too, and I’d say your stats are better than mine.
I’d say Vassar’s a low reach for you.
Can you chance me for Vassar?</p>
<p>being an IB Diploma candidate screwed up my GPA as well so i’m in the same position.
get your SAT score above 2200 and you should be good for all of them except vanderbilt, vassar and claremont mckenna.
i don’t know though because colleges have their different ways of looking at GPAs and they always recalculate them so it depends on how they weigh things.
ECs look good for the most part (as they should since you’re in IB).</p>
<p>chance me back please!</p>
<p>Trinity College, Vassar, Vanderbilt, Grinnell, Colgate, Claremont Mckenna, Scripps</p>
<p>I think you have a good shot at some of the less selective schools you’re looking at–Trinity, Grinnell, maybe Colgate…but Scripps is all women and you said you’ve done service with Boy Scouts…are you a boy? If so, you have no chance at getting into Scripps. Claremont McKenna is more of a reach, as are Vanderbilt and Vassar. If you get your grades up, Vassar is the likeliest of those three.</p>
<p>thanks guys so much. yeah im gonna be trying to get my grades up, but from what im hearing it seems like my best shot is trinity right?</p>
<p>I’m a junior 2…and I’ve also been having a lot of difficulty with my AP classes. Don’t let those grades damper the rest of your application. I don’t know much about the colleges that you have mentioned…but I think that you can still be a really strong applicant even though your GPA might not be stellar. I also think that you should consider taking up something this summer, like a big community service project this summer, to help boost your ECs.</p>
<p>Chance me back…plz.</p>