<p>I'm a current junior at a prep school in SE PA. I have some extenuating circumstances and my grades suffered until this year. I will address that in my college essay. Do I have a chance?</p>
<p>Applying: Undecided</p>
<p>Freshman: 2.65
Sophomore: 2.66
Junior 3.53 (Current Cum. 2.95)</p>
<p><strong>Lets say hypothetically the first semester my senior year I get a 3.80+ with 3 APs and an honors class what would my chances be for the schools below</strong></p>
<p>ACT: 27</p>
<p>Awards: 9th Grade Academic Achievement award in Programming, 10th grade JV hockey all star, JV hockey coaches award</p>
<p>Leadership: Head of Programming robotics team</p>
<p>ECs: FIRST Robotics, academic competition, March for Life club, varsity ice hockey, Theatre Society, stock market club, intramural soccer and basketball, Club ice hockey, eBay powerseller, jv lacrosse, and 250+ hours of community service.</p>
<p>Could you chance me for these schools
Temple
Drexel
Fairfield
Purdue
Syracuse
Delaware
Pitt
PSU (Summer Session)
Virginia Tech
Villanova
Northeastern
BU</p>
<p>Pitt, PSU, Northeastern and BU are unrealistic. Temple and Drexel are realistic. The others I am not familiar enough with to speak to. If you really want Pitt or PSU apply to one of the branches and transfer to the main campus after a year or two. If you think you can increase your ACT I suggest you retake it in the fall to help compensate for the low GPA. I don’t know what the circumstances were that effected your GPA, what they are will also effect things (if they are really good reasons you could probably apply to more schools). Get your GPA up to a 3.0 and focus on strong essays and recommendations at this point.</p>
<p>For VA Tech your ok on the ACT but your GPA is really too low. Try to get it up as much as you can. </p>
<p>VA Tech
Grade Point Average of Enrolled Freshmen
Average GPA 3.92
3.75 and Above 72%
3.50 - 3.74 19%
3.25 - 3.49 6%
3.00 - 3.24 2%
2.50 - 2.99 1%
2.00 - 2.49 0%</p>
<p>need help knowing which are safeties, matches, and reaches</p>
<h2>Reach</h2>
<p>Pitt
PSU
BU
Northeastern
Villanova
VA tech </p>
<h2>Match</h2>
<p>Temple
Drexel
Delaware maybe</p>
<p>Rest unsure</p>
<p>I’d say if you bump your ACT up to like 31-32, then you’d have an OK chance at Purdue.</p>
<p>@chachaseeds if i got my act to that range i would just take the auto admit to texas a&m</p>