Chances at getting into Barrett?

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<p>I kind of messed up freshman year and I’ve been trying to recover ever since. Anyway, I go to Brophy College Prep, an all boys jesuit school in Arizona (i don’t know if that will help me in getting into Barrett, but there you have it). I’m a junior now, and I took the SAT and got a 1970 (630 reading, 690 math, 650 writing) (no studying). I plan on retaking it after studying and getting a 2100+ with 700+ in reading and math. </p>

<p>So with that info, and these stats, what do you think my chances are?</p>

<p>SAT: 1970/2400
GPA: 3.6 Unweighted, 3.9 weighted</p>

<p>Clubs:
Speech and debate (varsity member, co-captain, participated in all of high school)
National Honors Society
Spanish Honors Society
Diplomatic Corp. (shadow program)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
Over 100 hours at TeenLifeline (and counting) (basically I’m a counselor)
Spent 80 hours tutoring children over a summer
Kino Border Initiative (went to mexico to work at a soup kitchen for 1 night)
Other small things that probably add to around 30-40 hours of work</p>

<p>Awards:
Has won multiple debate tournaments
3rd at State this year
Co-Champion at the National Qualifier and qualified to nationals. </p>

<p>Honors and AP classes:</p>

<p>Freshman year–Honors english, Honors Geometry, Honors Chemistry</p>

<p>Sophomore year-- AP Biology, Honors English 2, Honors Algebra 2 (Got a 3 on the AP bio exam)</p>

<p>Junior year–AP English 3, AP Physics B, AP US History, Honors Spanish 3, Honors Pre-Calc</p>

<p>Senior year tentative schedule: AP English 4, AP Chemistry, AP Econ/Gov, AP Calc AB, Honors Spanish 4, AP Psychology</p>

<p>and that’s a basic outline. I also plan on starting my own club next year (a cooking club) and hopefully that helps as well.</p>

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<p>Sounds golden to me…Although they are becoming more selective each year. I didn’t get in this year to Barrett with an 1800 SAT score and a 3.87 GPA of mostly honors/AP classes. The SAT score is definitely what brought me down, as I’ve had a job lifeguarding for two years, various volunteer work and three years of sports. They like to see community involvement and extra curriculars that have something to do with your major as well. Good luck and great choice!</p>

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<p>thanks for the reply!</p>

<p>I’m sorry that you didn’t get in because of the SAT, but you had a really high GPA…and right now what’s scaring me the most is my low GPA…do you think that’ll affect me a lot? or do you have any deeper insight on what i can do to help my chances?</p>

<p>Thank!</p>

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<p>If Barrett is your top choice, dont bother retaking the SATs. You’re in.</p>