<p>Hey,</p>
<p>My old GPA was 3.83(weighted). With my junior grades factored in, my GPA was raised to 3.99 and I was able to jump from rank 69 to 57 out of 300. I have no idea about my unweight GPA.</p>
<p>I took Stat AP junior year with 2 APs being the max. I am currently taking Biology AP and Calc AB this year. (and am currently regretting not taking Chem AP).</p>
<p>My SAT score is 2060, 2050 without the essay. I'm retaking the SAT October for a 2100+. </p>
<p>For SAT II's: Both Math II and Chem are 730.</p>
<p>Extracurricular activities:
Piano for 7-8 years but I haven't won anything so that's worth nothing
Latin club for 4 years; I'm prob going to try for club leader this year
Recycling for 2 though I'm currently club president.
Chinese for 3
Japan for 3
Starting the environmental center and soup kitchen this year.</p>
<p>and here's my college list:</p>
<p>U of Michigan Ann Arbor
UNC Chapel Hill
Georgia Tech
NYU
Tulane U
CUNY John Jay
Lehigh
Boston U
Penn State
Rutgers</p>
<p>I have no reason for having poor grades except that I'm a lazy bum. Though it's a little late, I've learned to appreciate knowledge and the effort of my teachers to drill information into my head. (ugh just look at the cheese in that statement) Anyway, what would be my chances? Any suggestions for urban liberal arts schools would be very much appreciated as well!</p>
<p>What state are you from and please explain your weighting system. It would be better if you could take the time to calculate your UW GPA yourself, using the 4 scale, where A+ and A is 4, A- is 3.67, B+ is 3.33, B is B, etc. It’s a little hard to judge you because I have no clue what your GPA actually looks like without knowing the scale.</p>
<p>I’m from NJ. I don’t have access to my grades at the moment but my grading system reaches up to a max of 5.4 with 5.4 being A+, 5 being A, 4.6 being A-, 4.4 being B+, etc.</p>
<p>Well by prorating your GPA from a scale of 5 to a scale of 4, you have a GPA of about 3.2. This won’t be exact as the system your school uses is somewhat different than a normal 4 point scale since using your GPA on your scale, you should have less than a 3.0. But even if we judge optimistically and use that 3.2, you will not get into Michigan or UNC. OOS, those schools are as tough as the lower Ivies. Michigan has gotten tougher with the switch to the common app since the majority of the additional applicants come from OOS and it significantly lowers that acceptance rate. You will probably not get into NYU either but the only thing giving you a chance is that NYU cares a lot about test scores so a high SAT may give you an outside chance. GT and Lehigh are both doubtful as well because of how weak your GPA is but if you have strong senior grades, not impossible. Even PSU and BU will be somewhat challenging but doable if you get strong senior grades. I think Rutgers you should be fine for, as long as you don’t have any major slip ups. I can’t really comment on CUNY John Jay because I have absolutely no knowledge on that school. If you want to go to some of the better schools on your list, you have to do well this semester, as in 3.8+ out of a 4 point scale. Also you will need strong essays and recs as well. Your ECs don’t really help you because they are pretty average. Most schools care about GPA the most and your GPA is your big weakness. Just do whatever you can to have a strong semester and maybe you will be able to get into one of the better schools on your list.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for writing so much but i forgot to mention there’s two different grading systems. The regular grading system is only a one point lower than the honors system :X My 3.83 came two years with only two honor classes and my junior year had 2 honors + 1 ap. Just putting that out there if you’re willing to take the time to evaluate the entire thing again ehe</p>
<p>Hold on, let me get this straight, the regular grading system is 4.4, 4, 3.6, 3.4, etc and the honors grading system is 5.4, 5, 4.6, 4.4, ect?</p>
<p>yeppers (insert extra characters)</p>
<p>OK so if I approximate your GPA again, I’m going to assume 5 out of 18 are out of a 5 point scale, so that puts your maximum GPA at 4.28. That gives you approximately a 3.7 GPA which totally changes everything. In that case, I still would not like your chances at Michigan and UNC but a strong senior year gives you a chance. Still like I said, you’re going for schools that are as competitive as low Ivies for OOS so even if you get your SAT above 2100, you’re still below average. NYU, GT and Lehigh are all possibilities if you can do well this semester. PSU, Tulane and BU should be pretty easy for you to get into and Rutgers is easily a safety. But again, I don’t know how accurate the GPA I calculated for you is so take this with a grain of salt. And if you’re looking for urban liberal arts schools, Macalester and Miami (The U) are both good choices.</p>