CHANCE ME PUHHHLEEZZEE!!! a girl from indiana with a crappy gpa and decent SAT scores

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>all righty, here goes:</p>

<p>GPA:
3.1 unweighted
3.8 weighted
*explanation for crappy GPA=i've been having a lot of problems at home, thus my parents are always fighting, so i've become sort of like the mom/dad of the house by taking care of my sister. i tried really hard at school and apparently, I got a 3.1, so that's not good.</p>

<p>SAT:
CR: 700
M: 690
W: 690
Essay: 12</p>

<p>ACADEMIC COURSES:
Newspaper/Journalism course for all 4 years
AP World History
AP Euro
Honors Chemistry
Honors Biology
IB Anatomy and Physiology
Honors English 9, 10
AP English 11
AP United States History
Honors Algebra II
PreCalc
AP calc AB
AP Macroecon
AND, some other courses that i can't remember at the moment</p>

<p>ECs:
Varisty track athlete (3 years)
Varsity cross-country athlete (3 years)
Head delegate for Model U.N. (3 years)
Sports editor for newspaper
copy editor for newspaper
Co-manager for a hospitality business (6 years)
NHS member
school representative (3 years)
100s upon 100s of hours spent doing charity work at the local library and for school functions b/c I am a school rep</p>

<p>HONORS/AWARDS:
Honor roll 9, 10,11
Quill and Scroll best writer award
best architect award from Parsons: The New School
Top journalist award from Ball State's journalism summer program
employee of the month from my current job
manager of the year from my current job</p>

<p>INTENDED MAJOR/MINOR: journalism (hopefully broadcast journalism)/business management</p>

<p>COLLEGE LIST:
IU-Bloomington
Ball State
Northwestern (HUGE reach, but hey, i'll try)
USC (cali)
Univ. of Florida
Univ. of Maryland-college park
Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Univ. of Missouri-columbia</p>

<p>ETHNICITY: Asian/Caucasian
AREA: Indiana resident
OTHER INFO: both parents graduated from the Univ. of Florida and I also go to the biggest and most competitve public school in state</p>

<p>CHANCE ME PLEASE!! HELP WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED!</p>

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<p>clearly you have challenged yourself with the heavy courseload. I think colleges definitely like to see that. I live in the far northeast and havent even heard of any of those colleges so I would say you have a decent shot at all of them (have heard of USC actually) due to your course rigor and SATs</p>

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<p>You haven’t heard of IU, UMich, UFlorida, UMaryland, or Northwestern?</p>

<p>Anyways, I think your in at Ball State and Bloomington. USC and UMich are pretty big reaches (as is Northwestern). I don’t know much about UMissouri. UMaryland is probably a match, and UF is a slight reach.</p>

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<p>3.1/3.8 is not TOO crappy, I’d say. it’s actually average for most of the schools you’re applying, well, except your latter 6. Just like you said, NW is a huge reach. UF: you’re legacy will take part, but they really like IB and AP grades so I’m not sure.. Maybe a low reach. Mich, USC are reaches, Maryland and Missouri is a match.</p>

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<p>thanx. any more chances??</p>

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<p>IN WITH EASE - IU, Ball State, Missouri
LIKELY IN - Maryland
LIKELY OUT - Florida (Harsh on OOS students)
OUT - Northwestern, USC, Michigan</p>