CHANCE ME? Temple University with a dropping HS GPA!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Temple University
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<li>My #1 concern right now is the fact that my grades have dropped over 3 years instead of increased. Opinions? Will that prevent me from getting in? * </li>
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<p>I'm going to be a senior in the fall and I plan on applying to Temple University. I'm a white female living in the Philadelphia suburbs (not like RIGHT outside Philly but anybody from the Philadelphia area knows what I'm talking about). I haven't toured Temple yet, but I'm familiar with Philadelphia. Definitely no stranger to the city...love it!</p>

<p>My essays and recommendations should be solid. The only thing is as you will see my GPA dropped over 3 years. It's so low for junior year because I was sick (had mono) and was sleeping basically everyday after school and sometimes just through the night. Studying this year was limited for me. My overall GPA is 3.6 though.</p>

<p>I also have only taken my SATs one time-I will take them again in October. </p>

<p>SAT SCORES:
Math: 610 (I would like to bring this up and likely will)
Reading: 640 (I would also, ideally, like to bring this up)
Writing: 730
Total: 1980 </p>

<p><strong><em>Does Temple look at your score including writing???</em></strong> </p>

<p>CLASSES AND GPA:
9th grade: 4.0 unweighted
10th grade: 3.6 unweighted
11th grade: 3.2 unweighted
Overall unweighted: 3.6 GPA</p>

<p>More specifically, here are my grades from junior year:
JUNIOR YEAR GRADES:
AP English: B+
AP US History: B+
PreCalculus (not even an honors class, my very first non-honors class): B+
Honors Chemistry: C
Honors French 4: A
Clothing I (this class is just a regular class as well but there is no 'leveling'. It was a major I took: A+ </p>

<p>SENIOR YEAR SCHEDULE:
AP English
AP Government
AP Statistics
AP French 5
Journalism
Creative Writing</p>

<p>EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
9th grade (different building than 10-12):
SGA (Student Government)-Media Coordinator
Member of National Junior Honor Society
Played lacrosse for my school
10th-12th
Going on my 3rd year as a member of the Class of 2013 Class Cabinet (Student Council)
Going on my 3rd year as a member of Key Club at my school (120+ hours of community service done thus far)
Going on my 3rd year as a member of the Best Buddies 'n' Us Club-we work with the special needs students twice a month after school and spend time with them.
Going on my 2nd year as a member of the National Honor Society
Going on my 3rd year as a regular volunteer at my local Boys and Girls Club working with 5th and 6th graders in the "homework room"-I help them do homework, study, complete projects, etc.
Also, I am beginning to volunteer regularly at a local soup kitchen (once a week)</p>

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<p>You should be fine. </p>

<p>Your SAT is way above average and a 3.6 UW is still really good. I think Temple looks at writing, I went to an information session like 4 months ago but I honestly don’t remember what they said.</p>

<p>Being in-state (so I assume you can afford it), you should consider Temple a safety.</p>

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<p>yankeesfanatic-thank you. i was planning on using it as a safety school, it just worries me that there is a downward trend in my GPA. it’s not so much my overall GPA that is concerning me, just the trend.</p>

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<p>You should be perfectly fine. Temple averages reading and writing scores I believe</p>

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<p>malikwal- thank you for your response to my post</p>

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<p>You are definitely in and probably with scholarship.</p>

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<p>You’re going to definitely be accepted with a scholarship. I applied with the same GPA & lower SAT score-- still was accepted with a pretty good scholarship. You could even aim for Penn State or another school.</p>

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<p>lizpham- Thanks for your response! I plan to apply to some other schools that are more competitive in addition to Temple. Were you in-state when you applied? And do you think the downward trend in my GPA could affect my acceptance?</p>

<p>oh and thank you for your reply invader71 :)</p>

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<p>My opinion is you don’t need to take the SATs again in October. They’re great scores! You will have no trouble getting in to Temple.</p>