Chance me please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Michigan State University
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<p>My GPA and SAT Scores are extremely low but I want multipule opinions.</p>

<p>OOS (From Texas) very hard high school 850+ seniors
African-America
Low Income, Single parent family $45,000< per year
GPA: 2.73 (Unweighted) 3.5 (Weighted)
SAT: 1510 (M 510, R 500, W 500)
AP: Junior- AP US History (3)
Senior- AP English Lit, AP Gov., AP Eco Macro, AP Bio</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Marching Band for 4 years (Squad Leader Sr. Year)
Band for 4 years (Made top band Junior/Senior year. Trumpet Squad Leader)
Partial founding of Club Fresh (A freshmen only club)
Animation Club for 4 years (Junior- Treasurer/Senior-VP)
Interact Club for 2 years (Jr/Sr)
DECA for 3 years (Soph/Jr/Sr) (Made it to regionals Jr year)
BPA for 2 years (Jr/Sr)</p>

<p>Community Service:
87 hours recorded
I have more from Interact club but I chose not to submit them.</p>

<p>Essay/Personal Statement:
My essays and personal statement were amazing (As I've been told). I talked about how my GPA doesn't define who I am in my personal statement. I talked about my cutural background and family hardships and how that effected me throughout high school in my essays and it came out really well.</p>

<p>I know it may be a far reach but is there any hope for me at all? I'm curious to know. I do have backup colleges that I've gotten into (Baylor and Colorado Boulder) and I also applied to some more far reaching schools as well.</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

<p>Char</p>

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<p>More towards reach. Your stats are in the bottom 25% for both categories, though being a URM and from Texas will likely give you a boost. </p>

<p>The bigger issue for you is going to be cost. MSU does NOT give good FA to those OOS. Even IS, I had a lower family income than you and the package wasn’t great. </p>

<p>Best of luck though :)</p>

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<p>Your scores are in the ranges for recruited athletes. They are a tad bit lesser than what is needed.
^as said by romanigy you wont be getting a very awesome FA package. Still no harm in waiting for the decision… :slight_smile:
In the meantime, you could try the ACT or so… Many students do better on a different exam…</p>

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<p>my friend was just rejected with similar stats, but I hope you get in!</p>