Chances for a Rising Senior?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys. I’m looking at the following schools:</p>

<li> Washington University in St Louis-- ED </li>
<li> University of Chicago</li>
<li> Cornell University</li>
<li> Georgetown University</li>
<li> New York University</li>
<li> University of Southern California</li>
<li> University of Michigan</li>
</ol>

<p>I appreciate it guys. Thank you :).</p>

<p>GPA= 3.7-- It was a 3.63 at the start of Junior Year, so it was a challenge bringing it up, but I did! I’m also expecting a 3.75 by end of senior year.
4.5 Weighted— Expecting a 4.8 by end of senior year. </p>

<p>Courses:
Freshmen Year: all general courses-- no ap courses are available for freshmen</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
AP European History — received a 4 (No one really takes AP Euro their sophomore year and it’s the only AP class offered as a sophomore).
Honors Chemistry
Honors American Lit.
Honors Spanish
Honors Geometry
Music
PE</p>

<p>I had B’s in both AP Euro and Chemistry.</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP US History (AP score will be available next month)
AP Environmental Science (AP score will be available next month)
Honors Physics
Honors British Lit
Honors Spanish
Honors Advanced Algebra with Trig</p>

<p>I had a B in Adv Alg Trig and in both AP courses for my first semester… but I brought those up to A’s for the second semester. </p>

<p>This summer:
-Taking Honors Pre-Calculus at my school (no one does this either, but it’s an accelerated course and it lasts 5 weeks while the year-long course is 40 weeks).
-Taking 3 college courses @ a local university
-Tennis Camp
-Job
-Volunteering at a hospital (about 150 hours)</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP US Government and Politics
AP English Language and Composition
AP Chemistry
Honors Spanish
Honors Calculus</p>

<p>Test Scores:
ACT= 29 :frowning: I just re-took it so i’m expecting much higher.
E= 30, M= 29, R= 32, S= 24 (lol, yeah science sucks =D).
Taking 2 SAT II’s in October</p>

<p>Rank: HS doesn’t rank. Competitive public high school in Chicago. sends most kids to top schools. Most likely in top 10% or top 15%, though. </p>

<p>Extracurricular:
-Varsity Tennis-- playing since young age
-Varsity Bowling- bowling since 6 years old
-President of Greek Culture Club (and founder)
-Volunteer @ local park district-- tutor kids
-Student Council — 4 years-- president of Membership for 1 year, advisory representative for 2 years, general member for my freshmen year
-Freshmen Mentoring Program-- 3 years
-African American Culture Club
-Building with Books organization
-Students Against Drunk Drivers
-Scholastic Bowl Member for 11th and 12th grades</p>

<p>Awards:
-4 year Honor Roll/ Principals Scholar
-Science Fair
-Hispanic Heritage Essay Contest winner (yay!)</p>

<p>Extras:
-First Generation College Student
-Turkish and Greek— will that help? probably not :smiley:
-Recommendations will be really great, I think.</p>

<p>PS- Thank you for reading!</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention that I’ll be applying for finaid, and that i’m planning to major in american studies/ political economy.</p>

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<p>anyone???</p>

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<p>You’ve challenged yourself and its evident in the transcript. I’m of the thought process that a 3.75 GPA is a damn good GPA. Don’t let these 4.0 snobs get you down on this board. You’ve got a good shot.</p>

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<p>thanks jack!
anyone else? i’ll chance back. feelin’ kinda lonely here, lol</p>

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<p>You really need to get that ACT score up. Preferably 31+.</p>

<p>Your GPA is a little low, but if you can manage top 10% should be fine.</p>

<ol>
<li>Washington University in St Louis — High Match</li>
<li>University of Chicago — Reach</li>
<li>Cornell University — Reach</li>
<li>Georgetown University — Reach</li>
<li>New York University — Match</li>
<li>University of Southern California — Match</li>
<li>University of Michigan — Match</li>
</ol>

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<p>yup that is the april act! the science sucked on that one. i think the science from the June ACT was much better, though.</p>

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<p>do you guys think if i brought my ACT score up to a 32, UChicago and WashU would be matches? or what else could I do to help my chances? I’ve showed a lot of interest to both schools by visiting numerous times and doing programs there.</p>

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<p>Yes, getting a 32 would definitely help bring Chicago down into match territory.</p>

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<p>your ec’s kick a**, just pull up ur ACT, maybe ur GPA a little and you’ll be fine</p>

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<p>I would say everything is a match, except Cornell and Washington would be low reaches, depending on what major you want to go into.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. all your advice is really helpful :)</p>

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<p>anyone else? greatly appreciated :D</p>

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<p>Basically, same as everybody else has said: get the acts up to a 32, and your chances improve so much! Your gpa is completely fine I think, especially with the classes you took.
Also your school has a bowling team?
so

  1. Washington University in St Louis — Small reach(match if you apply early with a 31 or 32)
  2. University of Chicago — Reach(small reach with a 31)
  3. Cornell University — Reach
  4. Georgetown University — High match/low reach.
  5. New York University — Match
  6. University of Southern California — low match
  7. University of Michigan — Match</p>

<p>Also, get some real safeties. Try like Wisconsin or UI. </p>

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