Chances at American?

Colleges and Universities A-Z American University
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<p>Stats: </p>

<p>GPA: ~3.5 unweighted, ~4.0 weighted, these will hopefully be a bit higher by the end of first semester Senior year.
PSAT: 130 on Math and Verbal overall, 66 on verbal, 64 on math (This was kind of rushed though, only taken for AP Lang as an assignment)
ACT: Taking this Saturday
SAT: Took this Saturday, hopefully did alright, but with the 1300 on my PSAT’s rushed, I’d assume I did okay.</p>

<p>Classes this year:
AP Psychology (A’s)
AP US History (A’s)
AP English Language & Comp. (A’s)
Precalculus Honors (C-1st semester, brought it up to a B for 2nd semester)
Physics Honors (B-1st semester, brought it up to an A for 2nd semester)
Debate VI Honors (A’s)
Government Honors (A’s)
Health (A’s)</p>

<p>Extra-Curric: </p>

<p>Debate Team (~325 NFL Points…for those who know what those are), this is my passion, I’ve competed in 5 different event categories as well, and placed in 3 of them (Student Congress, Oral Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Public Forum, Policy)
President of Debate
VP of Law Club
Mock Trial Team
Social Studies Honor Society
JETS </p>

<p>Community Service: Look to be a Counselor at local summer camp, should get ~100 Hours
Work: Public Library (20 Hours/Week)</p>

<p>Background: Single-Parent Home, Dad pays no child support, etc. Roman Catholic, Irish-Italian, Public School in Florida </p>

<p>Looking to major: Poli. Sci., Government, Political Media
Minor: Journalism/Psych </p>

<p>Courses for Senior year:
AP Euro
AP US Gov
AP Microeconomics
AP Lit
AP Stats
AP World (Independent Study)
Debate VIII Honors</p>

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<p>This aint harvard - id say you got 98% chance of getting in</p>

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<p>I wouldn't worry one bit. I had similiar stats and a 1340 and got 12k a year merit. I think you could get similiar.</p>

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<p>^ Wow, nice, hopefully the same works for me!</p>

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<p>Duffman28, Do not count on merit aid. Unfortunately when I called American, their rep told me that for the 2004 class nobody with an unweighted gpa under 3.8 and 1300 got merit aid.</p>

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<p>you're in. I was def. on the border stat wise for merit aid (based on what northeast mom just said) and I got 12k a year. You have a much better back story than me, better classes, and you're from Florida, which geographically is much more desireable than the PA suburbs are. I love American for your major possibilities (i'm going next year for poli sci) and by the way, impressive NFL record.</p>

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<p>np... ( i had to add my .02!) </p>

<p>i got in w/ a 3.3 gpa (like a B+) 1 ap class 1 college level class 1240 SAT score. </p>

<p>cheers to taking AP euro snr year! ;-)</p>

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<p>^ Thanks, sounds like some pretty cool people go to American, heh.</p>

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<p>doublelayer009,
Hope you don't mind, but it would be helpful to know if you received any merit aid offer. I am curious bcs when I called they told me the min. stats last yr. were 3.8 and 1300 for merit aid.
Thanks.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I'm curious as well...</p>

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<p>and the 3.8 that qualified was "unweighted".</p>

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<p>humm.. maybe i didn't read the post above carefully... but i was just responding to the orginal poster's chance of getting into AU... i didn't mean to say anything about merit aid offer.... </p>

<p>...anyway... no i was not offered merit aid (not that i really expeted it)... but i was give 2,000 of low interest loans (score) haha fun stuff ttul :-D</p>

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<p>Doubelayer009, I was wondering whether you received merit aid. It might help those who need merit aid see if they have a chance getting some. Thanks for the info.</p>

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<p>So, any other opinions, it is my slight safety, but I really want to make sure I'll probably get in, since it is my slight safety and all.</p>

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<p>UPDATE:
1910 SAT
710 CR
600 M
600 W</p>

<p>ACT:
30 Composite
26 English
28 Math
29 Science
35 Reading</p>

<p>Any ideas for my chances with this update?</p>

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<p>This may help you:
From AU's website</p>

<p>Admitted Freshman Statistics
Fall 2005 Admitted Freshman Profile (as of March 2005) </p>

<p>The averages are:</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA 3.55/4.00
SAT 1285
ACT 28
The middle 50% test scores are:</p>

<p>26-30 on the ACT
1210-1360 on the SAT I
250-273 on the TOEFL (computer based)
High School Rank: Of admitted freshmen who reported rank, 52% were in the top 10% and 68% ranked in the top 15% of their graduating class. </p>

<p>2005 Honors Program</p>

<p>Average unweighted GPA 3.86/4.00
SAT 1434
ACT 32
Freshman Male/Female Ratio: </p>

<p>38%/62%
5.2 percent International Students </p>

<p>27.6% are from Asia
6.1% are from Africa
40.0% are from Europe
6.1% are from the Middle East
20.0% are from North and South America*
*excludes the United States
Freshman Ethnic Diversity Total = 21.2%; of these:</p>

<p>Alaska Native/American Indian = 1.8%
Asian = 27.3%
Black or African American = 25.2%
Mexican American = 4.3%
Native Hawaiian = .3%
Other Hispanic American = 15.8%
Other Multiracial = 20.6%
Puerto Rican = 4.7%
Fall 2005 Freshman Geographical Regions </p>

<p>Maryland, Washington D.C., and Virginia = 9.4%
Midwest = 7.5%
New England = 12.9%
New York = 16.8%
New Jersey and Delaware = 11.6%
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia = 13.0%
South = 11.5%
West and Southwest = 13.4%
U.S. Territories = .5%
U.S.International (APO/FPO) = 3.1%
Fall 2005 Scholarship and Financial Aid </p>

<h2>About 65% of admitted freshman received some form of financial aid.</h2>

<p>again.... unless one is an offical admissions counclier... then there really is't a sure "yes or no" of getting into any one college. My advice apply (its free!), worst case, u don't get in... best case you do! :) yea... also u never know what the pool of applicants for the class of 2010 may bring in. </p>

<p>much luck,</p>

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<p>^ Thanks,</p>

<p>Any other ideas?</p>