Chances for a 2.9 GPA, and no that wasn't a typo..

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Yeah, my GPA is 2.9 but I’m still aiming really high.</p>

<p>I know I could’ve done better.</p>

<p>So If you’d “chance” me for this list of places, It’d be great</p>

<p>First my stats:</p>

<p>White guy from Seattle, Washington
1 Parent attended college
GPA Unweighted: 2.95 (Math kills me. I’ve flunked and retaken a couple of honors math classes to help my GPA. I get A’s and B’s in everything else.)
GPA Weighted: 87.8 (on a % scale for some reason)
ACT: 27 (12 writing)
CLASS RANK: 57th %ile. Top 43%.
GRADE TREND: Freshman: 2.8ish, Soph: 3.5ish, Junior:likely 2.6ish w/ better 2nd semester</p>

<p>Classes were pretty hard…
SOPH CLASSES: Pre-Calculus, AP U.S. History (3), AP Psychology (4), Honors English, Honors Spanish 4, AP Biology (3), AP Euro (2)</p>

<p>JUNIOR CLASSES: AP Statistics, AP Gov, AP Microecon, Positive Leadership, AP English, AP Spanish Lang, AP Chemistry</p>

<p>SENIOR CLASSES: Calculus, Comm. College Economics, Comm. College English, Comm. College Spanish, AP Physics, Comparative Religions, International Relations</p>

<p>Extra-Currcular Activities:</p>

<li><p>Cross Country (5 years)
1a. I’m a captain next year =]
1b. Competing at the Varsity Level
1c. Lettered freshman year</p></li>
<li><p>Boy’s Swimming (2-3 years)
2a. JV Level, this is more just for fun
2b. Managed the team freshman year</p></li>
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<p>3.Track & Field (6 years)
3a. Varsity Pole Vaulter
3b. #1 Male PV’er on the team (a.k.a. the ONLY male PV’er on the team.)
3c. 400m open/ 4X400, not so good at this</p>

<li><p>Choir (8 years)
4a. Member of Motet, the school’s most prestigous choir
4b. Traveled to Austrailia to Perform in July 2008
4c. Tenor Leader</p></li>
<li><p>Musical (1 year)
5a. Performed in the school musical “Charlie & The Chocolate Factory” sophomore year, and never did it again because I didn’t have time</p></li>
<li><p>Tutor (2 years so far)
6a. 6 Spanish Hours for youth service
6b. 4 Algebra 1 Hours for youh service…
6c. 3 Geometry Hours…
6d. 18 Algebra 2 Hours…
6e. 2 Chemistry Hours…</p></li>
<li><p>Junior Class Squadron
7a. Historian
7b. 2 hours weekly</p></li>
<li><p>Part Time Job since July 08 @ McCafe’ (15-20 hrs a week)</p></li>
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<p>I think I’ll have 1 rec and it’ll be good.</p>

<p>Bases on my ACT writing, my essays should be epic.</p>

<p>Colleges: (A lot, I know, I’m narrowing it down…)</p>

<p>University of Washington
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Whittier College
Seattle Pacific University
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Ohio State-Columbus
UC-Santa Cruz
Stanford
University of Arizona
Iowa State
James Madison University
University of Delaware</p>

<p>…and I think that’s it.</p>

<p>So chances??</p>

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<p>I feel like that your downfall was that you took wayy too many AP classes and could not handle the workload. Best wishes.</p>

<p>University of Washington – Reach
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Reach
Whittier College – Never Heard Of
Seattle Pacific University – Same as Whit
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities – Match
Ohio State-Columbus – Never Heard Of
UC-Santa Cruz – Reach
Stanford – … I’m sorry but 4.0 + 2400 students get turned down every year.
University of Arizona – Match
Iowa State – Low Match
James Madison University – High Match</p>

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<p>Don’t waste the application fee at Stanford or UIUC.</p>

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<p>The people on the UIUC sub-forum made it seem very possible…</p>

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<p>Not with your GPA. You’d be <1 percentile, which means that unless you have some extreme hook, you’re not getting in.</p>

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<p>You should have not taken all those AP’s it killed your GPA and your chance of getting into a really good college.</p>

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<p>G.P. Burdell, you are so wrong.</p>

<p>A. First off, UIUC doesn’t use GPA AT ALL in admissions. They go entirely by class rank.</p>

<p>B. 4% of the 2008 admitted class for UIUC was in the BOTTOM half of their high school class.</p>

<p>C. There is no place where UIUC’s “GPA” percentiles are provided. The only percentiles they release are middle 50%'s, and for class rank.</p>

<p>D. And the specific College at UI (which i did forget to mention, my bad) that I’m applying for has ACT mid 50 25-30 and Rank 68-86. So while my rank may fall in the lowest decile, my ACT is the average, then add in EC’s, which would average to me being at the 30th-40th percentile overall as an applicant.</p>

<p>And last time I checked my math, 35>1.</p>

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<p>If you don’t listen to anyone and know all this what’s the point of your post?</p>

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<p>uhhh because i clearly knew that he was wrong? And I don’t know all of it.</p>

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<p>i would say if you finish out strong (like 3.5+ strong), you have a chance at UIUC. It is a very good school, but for know JM is more of a match for you.</p>

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<p>^ i agree to the above poster, just try.</p>

<p>but why do i have a feeling that they are not gonna like ur personality…</p>

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<p>Brady, according to UIUC’s common data set from 2008-2009 both rigor of coursework and gpa are considered “very important” while rank and other factors are considered “important”. I would call it a low reach for you if you can bring up that ACT (mid 50% is 26-31 and you’d be a stronger candidate on the high end) some (mid 50% is 26-31 and you’d be a stronger candidate on the high end) and write some epic :wink: essays.</p>

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<p>I would say if you can pull it up to at least a 3.0, then ASU would be really good. You could get into UofA no problem, but you’d probably like ASU more (with the whole swim team thing and everything).</p>

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<p>You may be totally correct about UIUC, I don’t follow the school, but I would not use that as a defense. What percentage are recruited athletes? Probably in the neighborhood of 15%, so even most of them were not in the bottom half of their class or even below 40%. Does this school give legacy preference? Preference to URMs or low income students? Most good state schools have several groups that can have lower scores.</p>

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<p>University of Washington: Rejected</p>

<p>University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Rejected</p>

<p>Whittier College: Rejected (they’re the hardest in washington)</p>

<p>Seattle Pacific University: Idk.</p>

<p>University of Minnesota-Twin Cities: Rejected</p>

<p>Ohio State-Columbus: Rejected</p>

<p>UC-Santa Cruz: Rejected</p>

<p>Stanford: Rejected</p>

<p>University of Arizona: Accepted</p>

<p>Iowa State: Accepted</p>

<p>James Madison University: Accepted</p>

<p>University of Delaware: Rejected</p>

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<p>I agree about the APs. You shouldn’t have taken so many, as it killed your GPA, and you didn’t do great on any of them (at least sophomore year anyway)</p>

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<p>I’m in Washington so I know SPU sort of. I’d say it’s a reach, easier to get in than UW for you</p>

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<p>I could care less what UIUC uses. I can look at the actual admitted student data. That’s more telling than anything else. Using the students admitted last year, you’re in a fractional percentile, which is pretty much the football players. So unless you can run a 4.4 - 40 and have a 24" vertical, you’re out of luck.</p>

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<p>What percentage of those come from very small schools, such as a 40 person magnet IB school where nearly everyone had a 4.0 U/W? What percentage of those had extreme hooks - recruited athlete, child of a very wealthy donor, recovering from a major disease, etc? How many of those low rank students had 34+ ACT scores to boost their application?</p>

<p>Not to mention that you’re out of state…</p>

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<p>They’re all over the place. Check any credible website with college data and they usually register 1) self-reported numbers of people from that site and 2) reported data from the school. </p>

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<p>Your ECs aren’t good. Your GPA is in the less than 1 percentile, and your ACT is average. If you had an ACT score well over the 75th percentil and a GPA just under the 25th percentile, maybe. But there’s way too much of a discrepancy.</p>

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<p>The last time I checked my math, you invented that 35. You’re awfully arrogant for someone with such low statistics. </p>

<p>I’ll tell you what - if you’re admitted to UIUC, I’ll pay your tuition. How about that?</p>

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<p>haha, ill chip in a few too burdell</p>

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<p>Wow… well excuse me for TRYING to get in to my first choice…</p>

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<p>…And what is that supposed to mean?</p>