Chance me!! UGA, GT, AU, UA, CU, USC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Thank you if you answered my last chance me thread, but my GPAs were off. Again--I am a junior with one semester left, but I've already calculated what my stats will look like come application time:</p>

<p>UGA GPA=3.718
Georgia Tech GPA=3.816
Auburn, Alabama, Clemson, South Carolina GPA=3.684</p>

<p>Honors by junior year=12
APs by junior year=7
APs by graduation=11
*<em>I have taken the most rigorous classes possible</em> </p>

<p>SAT (CR+M)=1420
Overall SAT= 2180
ACT=31
<strong>I'll take the SAT again, hopefully get higher</strong></p>

<p>I have ten varsity letters (cross country, lacrosse, swimming, yearbook), 100+ service hours, 121 Reach tutoring president, captain of the cross country team, design editor of the yearbook, am interning at the hospital this summer, coached a swim team, and can get excellent letters of recommendation.</p>

<p>I know I have a low GPA; I'm hoping my SAT scores, course rigor, and extracurriculars will make up for it. I'm in Georgia, so UGA is my top pick. I will be applying EA to all of these next year...give me your thoughts on that.</p>

<p>I am also open to other options! I know my GPA makes this whole thing kind of iffy.. I want to go down the medicine path, so you can also recommend some majors while you're at it. I'm thinking biology for now. </p>

<p>Thank you so much for your time!</p>

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<p>Do you need FA?
You will get full tuition from Auburn and Alabama, and some scholarship from Clemson! These threes are def. safeties. If you choose between these three I recommend UA for better academics. It has better science department and has been investing a lot in it.
UGA should be a match.</p>

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<p>We live in GA as well and my son was Zell Miller and some other auto leadership scholarship that left him only paying 1 semester meal and housing for 4 years as a UGA Honors college admit. I suggest you visit the campuses - son visited UGA, Alabama, Auburn - he’s a Tiger now at the Loveliest Village on the Plains! Not sure where @Paul comes up with UA having better science academics - I think that goes to UGA but not the campus/student atmosphere my son wanted.</p>

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<p>I said “between these threes” not among all the schools. </p>

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<p>You will have no problem at all the schools listed, except for the North Avenue Trade School (I do not know enough about them)… My daughter was accepted early action to UGA last week with a 96/100 GPA, 7 AP classes, 1990 SAT/30 ACT, and UGA is her last choice of the 9 she is applying to…</p>

<p>But why do you think you have a low GPA? Are those the weighted or unweighted?</p>

<p>How does one earn 10 varsity letters in 4 activities in three years? Yearbook gets a letter?</p>

<p>Honestly, if I were you, I would look at schools up North and/or the Midwest so that you might broaden your vision beyond life in the South. The Zell Miller scholarship sounds “nice,”, but UGA is very stingy in other areas of merit based aid, so you will still end up paying $12K+ a year out of pocket. The aid packages from other schools are much more generous and you might up spending even less than UGA.</p>

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<p>They add on other scholarship (you don’t apply for them, they just show up) after regular admission. My son was also early admit but the other scholarships just popped up on his account after the announced the regular admission group.</p>

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<p>Thank you to everyone that responded! You saved me from having an anxiety attack :)</p>

<p>@CollegeDadofTwo‌, congratulations to your daughter! Those are my weighted GPAs; my school adds an automatic +7 to every honors and AP class and does not send unweighted grades. I have 10 for three years of varsity cross country, swimming, and lacrosse each, and one in yearbook (yes, we do letter, though I don’t understand why!). Your daughter’s cumulative average is definitely higher than mine; I don’t know mine for certain, but I’d place it around a 92. Do you know your daughter’s GPA? Also, what northern schools is she applying to?</p>

<p>@paul2752, whoa do you really think so? Those GPAs are weighted, as I do not know my unweighted…I’ve been told over and over again that having a borderline 3.6/3.7 is considered weak compared to the rest of the applicant pool. And as for Bama, I would definitely consider going there if I got a full ride but I didn’t know it had a strong science program…did you experience it yourself?</p>

<p>@threeofthree‌, that’s wonderful! Just wondering, which college did your son like more? UGA is ranked higher academically, but I’ve heard Auburn has a tighter knit campus group. </p>

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<p>I m just a freshmeb but i have heard that bama is putting a lot of investment in science department. Again Au and ua shouldnt be a problem. they have full tuiton scholarship for 3.5 gpa and 1400 math+cr or act 32.</p>

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<p>My son fell in love with Auburn the minute he walked on the campus. At a special tour for some of the kids from his high school (all Honors College I believe) UGA emphasized food and football - really - to Honors College kids. My son is a football nut but he knows why he’s going to college and so did the other kids. Really liked Alabama, but something about Auburn just came over him - his dad and I as well. We know he made the right decision. UGA has great academics and I believe their science department (i.e. biology, etc.) is especially good. I have no idea about Alabama or Auburn’s science but assume they are quite good as well - Auburn is an agricultural and engineering school so I would assume they have a depth and breadth of science courses. I’ve just heard that UGA has very good science from a friend who’s son was getting a degree in biology (word of mouth).</p>