Chances for UMICH, UW Madision, UCLA, USC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I am a junior going into my senior year this fall. I moved at the start of high school and had a hard time fitting in and finding people to socialize with. Anyways, freshman year I got a 2.89 GPA, Sophomore 3.406 and Junior year I will end with ~3.5. </p>

<p>My unweighted GPA is still a 3.3 ish at the end of Junior year. I have taken 3 AP classes and 6 honors classes. The 2 AP classes were because I was limited in my selection not because I was lazy. What type of business schools should I be looking at? I like a big school, out of state and with a good business program(marketing)</p>

<p>Chance me please for
USC
UCLA
Umich not ross
UW Madision pre business
UCSB
other UCS
top business schools/publics.</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):NA
ACT:31
SAT II:NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3 (3.5 avg for Soph and fresh)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% at my school is 3.7 so idk.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn't take
IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
Senior Year Course Load: Very difficult, 4 APS 1 honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA business, Intern mentorship</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:Jimmy Johns, business owner and I work as a search engine marketing freelancer. I have offered services to doctors/lawyers and they really thought I did a good job.</p>

<p>I own a search engine optimization business with 10 clients. Each of them pays me around 500 per month for my services and I get lots of word of mouth. I manage everything from financial to advertising to legal/contracts and hiring and outsourcing.</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours
Summer Activities: None
Essays: IDK yet
Teacher Recommendation: I think they will be good since both of the teachers I will ask liked me.
Counselor Rec: I don't think she knows my first name.
Additional Rec: Should I ask previous clients for additional recommendations?</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Probably will
Intended Major: Business
State (if domestic applicant):MN
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American. Born in Togo west africa.
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <50k more than 50k with my business included.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first gen college</p>

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<p>Bump for same boat</p>

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<p>Please guys</p>

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<p>USC, UCLA and Michigan are reaches. Wisconsin is probably in the match range; I’m not sure about the various UCs. Your URM status will help, but that 3.3 is going to be the tripping point. Here are some stats that may help:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1213/USCFreshmanProfile2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1213/USCFreshmanProfile2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>[Freshman</a> admission profiles | UC Admissions](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/profiles/index.html]Freshman”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/profiles/index.html)</p>

<p>Remember the GPA numbers for the UCs are “California GPAs” so you’ll need to recalculate, I think there is a link somewhere on the page above.</p>

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<p>So my.ecs don’t matter at all?</p>

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<p>Your ECs are good but at your reach schools so are nearly everyone else’s. I’m not saying you have no chance but if you were deciding between two candidates with nearly the same test scores and ECs would you choose the one with a 3.7 GPA or the one with a 3.3?</p>

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<p>USC, UCLA, and Michigan are reaches. UW-Madison would be a high match. You definitely need to do more ECs and volunteering if you wanna get into those schools</p>

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<p>bump. Took 3 APS and 6 honors</p>

<p>Will have taken 7 Honors and 9 aps by graduation</p>

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<p>3.3 unweighted for out of state very low for UW. 3.5 unweighted is about the lowest we have heard for out of stste admitted students, (my son goes there) but the fact you have reciprocity from MN – I don’t have any experience with how that affects admission decision. Good luck.</p>