Chance Me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Wisconsin
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Major question is how admissions will look at my second semester grades…

In state applicant, was postponed during first notification period
GPA: 3.6
ACT score: 29
4 AP Classes Junior year, 5 Senior year. 9 Honors Classes throughout high school

Leadership positions in multiple extracurriculars, interned for state senator last summer.

gpa dropped from a 3.83 to a 3.6 past two semesters, during mid year reporting I explained that my semester gpa dropped from a 3.5 to a 2.9 after finals and that a few teachers were willing to raise grades based on second semester performance (4 borderline classes dropped)- just took responsibility, didn’t whine about taking hard classes.

Sent a letter few weeks back explaining my interest in UW and grade improvement during second semester (3.71) Curious how admissions will look at that compared to last semester’s gpa. Anything more I can do to help?

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bump

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What happened during finals?

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All 4 of my borderline grades dropped, two teachers are willing to raise my grades based on second semester though. During that time I found out I needed to have surgery but I felt like that’s a ridiculous explanation for the poor grades.

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@Syzygy10‌ That is not ridiculous. My grades also dropped first semester because I actually had surgery, I explained this in my grades report also. Given, I was already in at the time, but surgery is a legitimate excuse vs. “I just didn’t try”.

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That’s true, any opinion’s on my chances?

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Well, I think that you still have a chance. I say probably a decent chance, although I am not sure how many spots are left in this year’s class.

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Do you think sending a letter of interest and having my counselor call them will help? I also sent in some extra accomplishments but I don’t know how much those will help.

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I think it could be too late to send a letter of interest but it certainly wouldn’t hurt, it’s worth the try. I myself sent them a long email of interest a while back

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Send the letter ASAP, as in right when you see this response. Decisions only have a few more days to come out for the second notification period. Good luck!

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Send the letter ASAP, as in right when you see this response. Decisions only have a few more days to come out for the second notification period. Good luck!

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I sent the letter and had my counselor call them over a week ago, I’m wondering if that could help my chances though. I explained that my second semester gpa was a 3.71 so far, which is significantly higher than last semester but do they take that into consideration?

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We don’t know if it could help your chances, it’s all speculation

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True, I’m just trying to see how someone else views my up and down gpa trend over the past two semesters.

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Thank you to every one who’s responded so far.