Chances at Good Schools - Poor Grades, good Everything else

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>2030 SAT
2.9 Unweighted (Major improvement from frosh to junior grades)
3.9 Weighted
[grades will improve by end of 1st semester senior]</p>

<p>Awards:
AMC Qualifier: 11th
Team 1st Place @ Regional Math Competition - 11th
Team 3rd Place @ Regional Math Competition - 10th
AP Scholar w/ Honors: 10th</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Kroger (part-time) - 11th
Elementary School web designer - 10th</p>

<p>Clubs:
Math club (co-president) - 10th,11th,12th
Chess club - 11th,12th
Community outreach - 9th,10th,11th,12th
Quiz Bowl - 11th,12th
Science Bowl - 11th
Math Tutor - 10th,11th,12th
Bio Tutor - 9th</p>

<p>Also:
16 AP exams (prob. around a 4.0 average).. from soph yr:
a) AP Chem - 4
b) AP US - 3
c) AP Calc BC - 5
d) AP Stat - 4
MV Calc @ LSU through independent study - A
Sociology @ Durham Tech - B</p>

<p>Going to be enrolled in:
Math 121 - UNC
Math 81 - UNC
Linear Algebra & Diff Eq - LSU IS</p>

<p>SAT II scores:
Math IIC - 790
Math IC - 740
Chem - 710
US - 660
Bio M - 670</p>

<p>What are my chances at:
*UNC
*NCSU
*Elon
*Guilford
*Stevens
*UMD
*UNCW
*UMD-CP</p>

<p>rank is around top 25% at top NC school btw</p>

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<p>any opinions?</p>

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<p>common!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>I think you are in everywhere, UNC instate is not as tough.</p>

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<p>does anyone else have opinions??</p>

<p>UNC instate isnt that tough.. but they use rank to limit number of ppl coming from each school which will kill my app</p>

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<p>im doing classes + may even be employed as a paper grader there...
btw..</p>

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<p>should i wait for end of 1st semester senior to apply?</p>

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<p>UMD might be a slight reach with a 2.9 uw. Their avg GPA was around a 3.8 this year for incoming freshman, not applicants.</p>

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<p>yeah but he has so many AP's and a decent SAT score to make up for it. UMD is not that hard to get into. Especially if hes willing to pay OOS tuition.</p>

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<p>top 25% with a 2.9? does your school have major grade deflation or something?</p>

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<p>we rank by weighted -- </p>

<p>i wanna go to ncsu engineering</p>

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<p>YOUR SCHOOL's WEIGHT IS HUUUUUUGE, how do they weight?!!!</p>

<p>But anyways, I think that your in for sure everywhere except UNC and NC State.
UNC isn't too tough in-state, but it is just a numbers game, which hurts you, but I still think you have a pretty good chance, I'd still classify it a "reach."
NC State is actually a little tougher in-state than oos, but I still think you get in. As with most large state school, it's just a numbers game.</p>

<p>EDIT: Make sure you bring your GPA up to 3.0 though, because that's the cut off for many schools (I'm not sure if it is for any on your list, but just make sure).</p>

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<p>i dont think ull get into UMD</p>

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<p>+1 honors/pre-ib/college level
+2 ap/advanced/high college level</p>

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<p>will it be a good idea to apply regular decision instead of early action so that my GPA will be 3.1+ and weighted will be 4.1+?</p>

<p>оr will it be more beneficial to apply early action?</p>

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<p>no opinions?</p>

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<p>weeeeeeeeeeeee</p>

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<p>wow dude ur just like me lol. i slacked off so much, even junior year. nope no opinion because i dont know.</p>

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<p>im not a slacker -- its just very hard to keep up at my school..</p>

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<p>3.9 isn't poor gpa</p>