Chances at GMU?

<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>Do you know what my chances here would be?</p>

<p>GPA: 3.0 (2 honors courses freshman year, 1 honors softmore year, 1 honors and 1 AP junior year, 1 AP 2 honors senior year)</p>

<p>SAT: 1900/2400 or 1300/1600</p>

<p>Extracurricular: </p>

<ul>
<li>I'm a peer counselor (talk to kids about drugs/bullying, and do compliance checks for Board of Health)</li>
<li>I'm on speech/debate team (qualified for 2 state tourneys, Boston area 1st alternative for national finals)</li>
<li>3 years cross country</li>
<li>2 years wrestling</li>
<li>2 years track</li>
<li>2 years ski club</li>
<li>Worked at Hannaford, video store, Panera</li>
</ul>

<p>I'll probably be majoring in International Relations and minoring in criminal justice.</p>

<p>Do I stand a chance of getting in?</p>

<p>Your SAT score is what gives you a pretty good shot at getting in. I think you will get in because of your (comparatively) high SAT score. However, the GPA does cause some concern... has your GPA been going up over the years or dropping? Because a friend of mine this year applied with the same GPA but his GPA went from approximately a 3.5 freshmen year, 3.10 soph year, 2.80 junior year, and like 2.7 first semester senior year. It all averaged out to a 3.00 but he got rejected. If you've been going up or down over the years is important.</p>

<p>3.0 weighted btw
2.8 unweighted
A pretty competative HS</p>

<p>Anyway, weighted freshman year was a 2.96. Sophmore year went up to a 3.12. Junior year went down to a like a 2.98. Senior year I plan on straight A'
s term 1.</p>

<p>Also is GMU all commuter or do a lot live on campus? And are the parties non-existant like everyone says?</p>

<p>the school is expanding in the sense that they are building new dorms and developing the campus more there seems to be an interest in living on campus you'll always have a decent percent commute it is a state school so for the nearby residents its more convinient i'd assume.</p>

<p>I live right down the street from George Mason, and many of my friends are students there. Parties do exist, but since the school is very close to Washington D.C., and a large percentage of students are commuters, many of the parties are off-campus. Most parties are usually downtown (D.C.), nearby bars or off-campus houses. On-campus parties do exist, however they're not very common, especially if you're not part of any clubs/organizations, etc.</p>

<p>I understand this may be the case for many colleges, but keep in mind Northern VA is a large area, and many students living off campus are not within walking distance. Traffic is also very bad here so public transportation isn't always the best method, depending on where you need to go.</p>

<p>As long as you have a car or friends that drive, I think you will enjoy George Mason. There are plenty of things to do here, the nightlife is great, easy to find jobs, however if you are looking for a close knit community with an on-campus or within walking distance party scene, I would not recommend George Mason.</p>

<p>My D is a freshman at GMU & loves it! Although it has the rap of a commuter school, there are still 4,000 - 5,000 students who live on campus and the number is growing yearly. She joined a sororiety which has helped the social life. Her final two choices were GMU & Towson and she is happy with her choice, however she is the type that probably would have been happy anywhere!</p>

<p>Awesome. I'm definately looking into this school.</p>

<p>Since you do S&D, talk to Peter Pober, their Forensic's director. If he likes you, it really helps getting in, especally if you plan on doing S&D in college.</p>

<p>Should I email him?</p>