Chances for a musician w/fairly low GPA.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Now that I've started to send away my apps, i'm freaking out! Be perfectly candid, please...</p>

<p>SAT I: 1420
Verbal: 800
Math: 620</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Writing: 740 (I bombed the M.C.)
U.S. History: 730
Literature: 700</p>

<p>(Heres the bad part...)
UW GPA: 3.26
W GPA: 4.2
Rank: 207/1140</p>

<p>AP Scholar w/distinction:</p>

<p>Euro: 5
U.S.: 5
Human Geo: 5
World: 4
English: 4</p>

<p>E.C.s:</p>

<p>-Guitar: Placed 1st in North Houston guitar competition, Berklee summer program (received scholarship), played a solo for the school movie soundtrack. I sent in pretty a pretty impressive/unique demo, I think.</p>

<p>-Violin - concertmaster in 9th grade, but kinda slacked off when i started playing guitar.</p>

<p>-Varsity Hockey - 4 yrs</p>

<p>-Amnesty - coordinator of govt. affairs</p>

<p>-Model U.N. - Ambassador for France</p>

<p>-Politics club - co-pres</p>

<p>Applying to:</p>

<p>Vassar (ED II)
Kenyon
Macalester
Bard
Skidmore
University of Vermont
University of Texas - Austin (In-state)</p>

<p>Personal statement essay is pretty good, recs should be good (i hope).</p>

<p>My gpa is low mainly because of math/science classes, as i'm more of a history/english person. I also broke my leg severely in 3 places during my junior year. The treatment required external traction (a halo w/numerous pins all the way through my leg) for 4 months, and because of this, I missed 3 weeks of school on an accelerated block schedule - this explains some of my bad grades. My counselor addressed this in her letter.</p>

<p>Anyway, I know Vassar is a definite reach, but what about the rest? Thanks, and good luck to the rest of you.</p>

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<p>I think you have a very good chance at all the schools you applied to. I would actually shoot for 1 more reach, just because music could be your hook at many top schools.</p>

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<p>It would be too late now. I kinda regret not applying to Oberlin/Grinell, but oh well... Vassar is by far and away my first choice, so hopefully I'll get lucky :)</p>

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<p>bump</p>

<p>Specifically... What are my chances at Kenyon/Macalester/Bard? </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>You seem to be very good with history/hummanities/english, as shown by your SAT score and AP grades. For that, I think you have great chances at your list. </p>

<p>Are math/science grades dragging down your GPA?</p>

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<p>Yes, very much so. I have low Bs to Cs in math classes :(. Also, the only D I have in high school is in a pre-ap physics class, although this is mostly due to my leg injury. I received a B the semester after my leg healed.</p>

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<p>I think your chances for Kenyon/Macalaster/ Bard are very good,</p>

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<p>wow how much does your school weigh hns and ap courses? That's quite a difference.</p>

<p>I think you have a good chance at all the schools you applied to and a fairly decent shot at vassar.</p>