Chances at George Washington?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently a junior. I know that my grades / gpa aren't very good, but I'm hoping that my standardized test scores and EC's carry me, along with my minority status.
Can anyone tell me my chances at GW or some small liberal arts college?
These are some very attractive schools in my opinion</p>

<p>UMich
George Washington
University of Rochester
Maryland - College Park
Tufts (REACH)
William and Mary - also a reach
Washington and Lee - huge reach
American</p>

<p>Based on what's below, does anyone have any colleges that they think might be a better fit for me?
I'm interested in the humanities, and ultimately I would like to go to law school. </p>

<p>And thanks in advance for reading / commenting. </p>

<p>Background:
Male
Asian
gay (yay minority)
From Connecticut
Public, very competitive school</p>

<p>GPA: 3.3 Unweighted
3.75 Weighted (You get .5 Bonus for classes that are honors or A.P; for example if you earned a A in honors algebra, it would count as a 4.5 instead of a 4.0)
Class Rank: top 25%
Course Load: Most Rigorous
By the end of senior year, I will have taken 8 A.P's
A.P Bio
A.P Chemistry
A.P US
A.P Physics
A.P Stat
A.P Econ
A.P Spanish
A.P English Literature</p>

<p>Spanish National Honors Society
National Honors Society</p>

<p>SAT's: Waiting on scores, based on my PSAT's I'll get about a 2100
ACT's: 32 (hopefully I will score higher on the second time)
28 English
34 Math
33 Reading
31 Science
SAT II's -
710 in Bio
Taking Chemistry, US, and Math 1 later this year.</p>

<p>EC's - Over 350 hours of community service
Love Makes a Family - Connecticut Organization lobbying for gay rights. (very unique / since freshmen year)
Served as an intern for a couple hundred hours, and got a kickass recommendation letter</p>

<p>True Colors Activist Institute (An organization fighting for the safety and awareness for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered youth) - Student Leader (since beginning junior year)</p>

<p>I organized a program at my local middle school that partners a student from my high school with a student from the middle school for musical lessons. The program now has I think like 11 tutors, and 17 students. (since beginning junior year)</p>

<p>Freshmen year I volunteered to tutor at a local elementary school, and I volunteered at a local rehabilitation home for the elderly. - These two activities totaled would be about 60 hours</p>

<p>Chemistry Club - I advanced to round two of my region wide Chemistry Olympiad too.
Human Rights Coalition - Since Junior Year
Gay Straight Alliance - Since Sophomore Year
Italian Cultural Club - Sine Sophomore Year</p>

<p>7 Years of Classical Violin instruction.</p>

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<p>Hahah, being gay is not the same as being a minority.
You should get in.
I just got my acceptance today, and we have VERY similar stats, in fact yours are better.
8 AP’s, 3.3 UW with a 3.8 W, ACT: 31, SAT: 2080…
And my EC’s were few and far between since I work 30+ hours a week.</p>

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<p>There are gay Asians!?</p>

<p>(You can take a joke, right? I’m gay-friendly. Honestly.)</p>

<p>Well, it looks pretty good to me - I’d work on that GPA, though. If you have a really solid SAT you’d probably be very competitive (2200+) even with that GPA, but you can’t always count on it…</p>

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<p>That makes me feel better.
I think that the part time job of 30+ hours a week kicks my EC’s balls.
thanks for the input</p>

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<p>thanks for the input.
Hopefully, I can pull up my cumulative GPA to a 3.8 or 3.9 by the end of the year. </p>

<p>I might get a 2200 on the SAT’s, but I already got a 32 on the ACT so I’m not too worried (which transfers to like a 2130 on the SAT)</p>

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<p>decisions are up babe. go check!</p>

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<p>Flatterpeacock, we have almost the same exact stats… except that I am only taking 7 APs. I’m sooo excited for you! And for me, I mean, I even scored a 2080 on the SAT… a girl can be a little selfish, right?</p>

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<p>Dude, gay is not the same as minority. And I’m sorry, but “Love makes a family” isn’t all that unique, unless you helped found it/did something instrumental.</p>

<p>On the bright side though, looks good. George Washington University isn’t that hard to get into, but it is a very good school. I say you’re in.</p>

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<p>Awww shucks for the positive feedback.
Love Makes a Family is a statewide lobbying organization for a controversial issue, gay rights.
I’m by far the youngest intern/volunteer they’ve ever had, so I would say that it is unique.</p>

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<p>dude you are so in.
The GPA is dismal but you completely make up for it with extras and and SAT good enough for Ivy’s.
Don’t stress.</p>