Chances for Stanford, UCLA, USC, NU, ect.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello,
I'm a sophomore in Illinois. (a fairly competitive school). How am I doing if I want to get in to Stanford or similar schools? I love computers and business. I know my first semester GPA is horrendous, but I'm definitely on an upward trend. Hopefully my extracurriculars will make up for the lower grades. </p>

<p>GPA sem 1 = 3.9
GPA sem 2 = 4.25
GPA sem 3 = 4.25
GPA sem 4 = 4.35
Between 10th and 5th percentile class rank, probably about 7th.
By graduation, I will have taken 7 or 8 AP classes.
ACT: 30 composite, but that was last year and I know I can easily do better.</p>

<p>Founder & President of Stock Market Club
V.P. of Business Professionals of America club
JV Tennis 2 years, won't play on varsity or play my junior and senior years.
Student Council Member
First in regionals and top 5 in state for web design competitions, two years in a row.
4th in state for an entrepreneurship contest
Adobe certified associate in web design and rich media (photoshop).
Will have interned at dayawaycareers.com for 4 years during summers
National qualifier in web applications contest
I have built two android apps, both available on Google Play. I plan on making more.
I have made multiple computer games.
Next year I will participate in a startup incubator sponsored by my school in which I will found a company.</p>

<p>I know my grades are on the weak side. Do I still have a chance? Also, I tend to focus on my own projects (that I truly enjoy) instead of school work. Should I drop some extracurriculars and study more? Other thoughts?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Stanford: Reach
NWU: Reach
UCLA: Match (if you can actually get As in 8 AP/IB classes and pay full freight)
USC: High match</p>

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<p>Nice EC’s! The fact that you make and design your own programs and projects has the potential for an amazing hook but with your GPA on the relatively low side (on a 5.0 scale, right?) If you do well on your AP and SAT/ACT exams, I’d say you have a chance.</p>

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<p>Thanks! Any ideas on things I could do or should change?</p>

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<p>i dont know about the other schools, but you’re pretty high up there for USC and UCLA, good luck!
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