Chances for a Paranoid Applicant/Will Chance Back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Thanks for reading my thread,</p>

<p>I was feeling fairly confident about college admissions but it turns out I'm close to failing yet another class. I'm very bad at Math (it shows in my grades) and I might fail PreCalculus (high chance but I'm trying). I switched to the Pass/Fail system for my class because even if I pull out a pass I'll have a D in the class. Anyway, I have a copy of my official transcript and here's my stats.</p>

<p>HS GPA: 3.1042
HS Honors GPA Weighted 3.4167
HS Total GPA: 3.1208</p>

<p>Grade 9:
English 9 - B
Algebra - B
Gen Science - B
Honors World Cultures - B
Computer Applications - B
Spanish 1 - B
Mass Media - B
Oral Comm - B
Pop Lit - B</p>

<p>Grade 10 Semester 1:
English 10 - B
Algebra 2 - B
P.E - B
Chemistry - A
World History - B
Spanish - A</p>

<p>Grade 10 Semester 2:
Art - A
Spanish - A
English - A
Algebra - B
Chemistry - B
World History - A
Spanish - A
For Grade 10 I was in a Charter School and most classes were UC approved college-prep courses.</p>

<p>Grade 11 Semester 1:
AP English - B
Advanced Geometry - C
PE - A
AP Biology - B
AP US History - B
Spanish - C</p>

<p>Grade 11 Semester 2:
AP English - C
Advanced Geometry - F (retook over summer for A-)
PE - B
AP Biology - A
AP US History - B
Spanish - B</p>

<p>Grade 12:
Precalculus - Trying to pass
Physics - B
English 12 - A
AP Government - A</p>

<p>ACT:
Composite - 29
English - 30
Math - 23
Reading - 34
Science - 28
Essay - 10</p>

<p>SAT:
Reasoning - 580
Math - 580
Writing - 540
Total - 1700</p>

<p>SAT II:
Literature - 620
US History - 590</p>

<p>AP Exams:
English - 3
US History - 4</p>

<p>EC's:
Intern with Lawyer - Have letters of recommendation
Community Service - Didn't keep track of hours until October, have 20+
Part-Time Job - Worked as Cashier/Fry Cook
Co-Founded school Rugby Club this year, registered a team with USARugby</p>

<p>I had a really tough time during my Junior Year in my family due to domestic and financial reasons which I outline in an explanation. My essay is about overcoming adversity in America being a Muslim after 9/11. </p>

<p>College Choices:
American University
Fordham University
George Washington University
New York University
Syracuse University
Union College
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester (Dream School)</p>

<p>Majoring in : Pre-Law</p>

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<p>You’ll have a tougher time getting into most of these schools with your GPA at a 3.1 and SAT at 1700. I would just submit the ACT score, which is up to par with most of those schools. Although, assuming you’re a URM if you’re Muslim (forgive me if I’m wrong), your status will help, and if you wrote your essay well, it will also look over the GPA. Your ECs are lacking a bit too, though!</p>

<p>I’d say URochester and NYU are very much reaches. Your best shot is Syracuse, Fordham, and possibly GWU or American U.</p>

<p>CollegeBoard will help a lot, if you use their college search. (:</p>

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<p>You are very likely to match 4ish of the collleges you listed.</p>

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<p>American University - match
Fordham University - match
George Washington University - reach
New York University - match
Syracuse University - match
Union College - reach
University of Pittsburgh - match
University of Rochester - reach</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback. My GPA dropped because of my Junior Year which I enclosed an explanation for in my college application. If I can get into any of the above colleges (besides Pitt) I’ll be pretty happy.</p>

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<p>It’s weird, I thought my EC’s were fairly adequate to get into those colleges, I didn’t imagine that people would have much more and be applying to similar colleges.</p>