Chances for the University of Pittsburgh?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pittsburgh
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I am currently a junior.

Stats: 3.75 GPA (I know that some schools calculate your GPA from just your sophomore year and junior year, not sure if these schools do that. If so, my cumulative GPA from those 2 years would be about a 4.2)

1300 SAT (I realize it’s low, I am taking it again and will likely raise it substantially)

Male, Caucasian- out of state

My uncle went here, not sure if that means anything/

I’ve taken AP US History (and did well)
Honors Inorganic Chemistry (and did well)
And by next year will have taken AP Bio, Organic Chemsitry (which is a second year college class), and CP English.
Also, Spanish 4 which in the future will be an AP class.
My school doesn’t offer any IB or HL classes, also few AP’s

My passion is medicine.

I wrote my first proper, independent research paper my sophomore year of high school with the advisory of a Ph.D of neuroscience (Entitled: Alzheimer’s Disease: The Theory of Causation). This paper has been published in a magazine and was inspired by witnessing the progression of my grandfather’s Alzheimer’s Disease. I am currently working on my second (Chronic Irregular Respiration and The Allostatic Load), which will be finished and published by the time I am applying next year.

Also, I have a medical TV spot on a local TV show that I host (broadcasted to around 100,000 people).

In addition, I shadowed a doctor at my local hospital for a week and had the opportunity of witnessing, and to a limited degree, assisting in an actual autopsy.

I also have a website that I started which is dedicated to bringing new and “divergent” perspectives to various medical related topics (currently has 3 authors, me included).

I also co-founded a public speaking organization with the Ph.D I mentioned above, where I gave numerous speeches.

Finally, I have my student pilot’s license and will (eventually) obtain my private pilot’s license.

Other facts:
I will have recommendations from a professor of neuroscience and from a Harvard trained cardiologist (both of which have mentored me in medicincal concepts for a year+)
I am NHS president of my chapter and played varsity tennis for 3 years.

Is it a match or reach?

Thanks,

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You sound like an interesting kid for sure and you are passionate about what you do.

Is that an unweighted GPA or weighted?

Your parents are fine with paying $42-45,000 per year for you to go out-of-state?

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@carachel2
Sorry, I copy and paste my stats so I don’t have to re-type them for every thread I post. Pitt is actually the one school that I have posted about that would be in state.
And that is a weighted GPA: that is the scale that my school uses. More so, I have no idea how to calculate my UW GPA.
I realize that a 3.75 is probably a low weighted GPA. My freshman year was rough, which seems to be common theme for a lot of students.

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Ok cool. Your GC should help you be able to convert your GPA.

Hopefully others with more real life experience in A&S can give you chances information.