Acad GPA (9-12): 3.5 W 3.25 UW
Acad GPA (10-12): 4.1 W 3.7 UW
Total GPA (9-12) 3.55 W 3.30 UW I totally screwed up my freshman year. Every since than, I’ve opened my eyes and started putting in effort. That’s why my 10-12 GPA is great.
Upward trend of improvement
3 Honor Classes/ 8 AP Classes (ALL taken after my freshman year)
SAT/ACT: Thinking about going Test Optional. (Let me know what you think)
ACT: 25
Extracirriculars:
Intern at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Volunteer for Pomona Valley Hospital (300+ hours)
Head of the volunteer committee at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
President of 2 Clubs/ VP for another club.
Worked as a district poll worker in the 2016 California Election
Volunteered at City Council Debates
Developing a publication regarding social media and cancer communication in the social age @ City of Hope
Major: Undecided
Essays: Hard work put into essays, hopefully will stand out.
I applied this year too (ED), so I feel like any chances I give you aren’t going to be too accurate. But if I were you, I’d go test-optional for that one. It’s well below the middle 50%, so it won’t help you at all.
My son is a freshman at GWU. He was advised not to submit scores unless he got at least a 30. He had a 31. Weighted GPA was 4.19. Your GPA and test scores are low for the typical profile. I would strongly advise showing as much interest as possible by visiting, calling, emailing, attending local GWU gatherings in California to give yourself a chance.
a private college counselor and his own guidance counselor. In his case, his GPA was high enough (as was the rigor of his course word, ECs, etc) that he was advised that anything less than a 30 might not support the strength of his application. In the end, he did submit.