Chances at these schools with a 3.00 weighted GPA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>...I really don't feel like explaining right now, but I just found out that my transcript has a 3.00 GPA weighted instead of what it should have been: 3.34 weighted.</p>

<p>Again, I don't feel like explaining now, but I might later.</p>

<p>Short Summary:</p>

<p>Male - Arkansas
2.90 UW, 3.00 W
Top 35% of class (600 students)
SAT: 2030 (1320/1600)</p>

<p>EC's: High school baseball, member of three clubs.
Rigor: 3 AP's, and 4 honors math</p>

<p>Colleges:</p>

<p>Lafayette---Early Decision
Wake Forest
St Olaf
Rhodes
Sewanee
Furman
Illinois Wesleyan</p>

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<p>I do have safeties, but I care not to list them. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Lafayette- Reach
Wake Forest- Reach
St Olaf- Low Reach
Rhodes- High Match
Sewanee- idk
Furman- idk
Illinois Wesleyan- Match</p>

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<p>Lafayette - match/80% - just b/c of low GPA
Wake Forest - High Match/50-60% chance
Rhodes - match/in
Illinois Wesleyan - match-highish match</p>

<p>Your SAT scores are solid for all the colleges on your list. It's just your rank and GPA that screw you.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>longhorn, your projections seem a little on the optimistic side......to the say the least.</p>

<p>and smallcolleges, if you really think I have a fair chance at Wesleyan, I guess I'm happy</p>

<p>...not fair (referring to my transcript)</p>

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<p>Ya i guess your right...Your SAT scores put you in the range of all the schools you're applying to...So if your GPA was around 3.7-3.8 then you have decent chances for all...So as of now all the colleges look like high matches to low reaches...i dont know how you have a 3.0 gpa with a 2030 SAT (which is over the 90th percentile i think).</p>

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<p>Longhorn:1) you are being really optimistic; I mean a 50 chance at wake with a 3.0 weighted?2) GPA does not show how smart somebody is. It shows how much you wish to work for your grades. SAT can be taken without preparation with plenty of success (not saying that shows how smart you are either). </p>

<p>Anyway I say match at furman with a high reach at wake forest. Don't know anything about the others.</p>

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<p>match at furman, even with the gpa?</p>

<p>sweet. ok.</p>

<p>I hope this is true.</p>

<p>by the way, a 2030 is like 97th percentile</p>

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<p>My counselor said I could easily get into furman if I wanted to apply when I had a 3.2 unweighted. Also your SAT is pretty good so that will help. Applying to upper schools though your SAT is just average. Its unfortunate that it is to. I think a 2000 or above should be seen as great by all colleges but its not. Sorry if this post is kind of somber. Also I'm going to assume that you have a fairly high rigor which at the start goes above the actual GPA.</p>

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<p>3 AP's and 4 honors math....not that 'rigorous' I would say...my school offers like 14 AP's. </p>

<p>And my GPA is 3.00 WEIGHTED, not unweighted, lol.</p>

<p>It should be 3.34 weighted, but whatever.</p>

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<p>Woops probably should have read the fine print. I didn't really think about the weighted vs. unweighted thing when making the post and also assumed that since you posted the courses, that you were taking a pretty rigorous course for your school. Well I guess its a reach then.</p>

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<p>So what is everyone's prediction? I'll get rejected by every school on my list?</p>

<p>Which do you guys think is more likely: I'll get accepted by at least one, or I'll get rejected by all?</p>

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<p>Accepted by at least one.</p>

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<p>Do you need finaid from college, or are you paying your entire way (loans from feds OK)?</p>

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<p>need aid...</p>

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<p>don't sweat. i've known people accepted/scouted to furman with 3.0W; avg SATs, but they were athletes.</p>

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<p>I've gotta ask: why "should" your weighted gpa be 3.34? Maybe people can offer suggestions to help you get what you "should" have.</p>

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<p>Very very long and complicated story.</p>

<p>I'll summarize.</p>

<p>I purposefully made bad grades in a few classes the second semester of my junior because I made C's the first semester and my counselor recommended to retake the classes online. My counselor told me the grades I received online would replace the bad grades on my transcript.</p>

<p>So I retook a total of 4 semesters of various classes replacing bad grades with A's. </p>

<p>With the bad grades replaced with the A's, my GPA would 3.34 weighted and my junior year GPA would be like 3.70 weighted (strong upward trend). </p>

<p>However, I just saw a copy of my transcript that was sent to all of my colleges and the A's I got by retaking the classes did NOT replace the bad grades. And not only did the A's not replace the bad grades, but the A's merely went on the bottom of my transcript and didn't even count towards my GPA. </p>

<p>This was clearly a mistake by the transcript lady at my high school, as she was supposed to erase the bad grades and replace them upon confirmation of the grades I got by retaking the classes. She obviously didn't do this.</p>

<p>So I'm basically screwed. Correcting the mistake is pointless because the damage is already done -- my colleges have already seen the bad grades.</p>

<p>...I guess this turned out to be more of a full story than a summary, lol.</p>

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<p>"don't sweat. i've known people accepted/scouted to furman with 3.0W; avg SATs, but they were athletes."</p>

<p>But im not an athlete</p>

<p>...so I will sweat it, lol.</p>

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<p>umpb........</p>

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<p>In my opinion, you have a chance at getting into a bunch of these, however your GPA is a little low. Your SATs are very strong though, so I predict that at least one of your target/reach schools will accept you, seeing something more than your grades. Good Luck!</p>