<p>GPA: 4.37/5
My school doesn't do unweighted GPA. I got two B's in middle school, two in freshman year, straight A's sophomore year, only one B my Junior year and I got straight A's my senior year. I'm around the top 6%.
I have taken 9 AP or IB classes. None of these classes are offered sophomore year or freshmen year. </p>
<p>Act Composite: 30
English: 32
Math: 32
science: 28
reading: 30
writing: 08</p>
<p>Subject test: 710 in math</p>
<p>Recommendations: awesome and pretty personal
Essays: Two were really good in my opinion and the other one I thought was good. One was kind of risky but people liked it. I had to email them one because my common app didn't save correctly and I had to email them about something else because my commonapp kept messing up and shutting down.<br>
EC: I have been a part of yearbook for 4 years. I'm a leader in SGA, yearbook, and a community service activity. I'm captain of my tennis team. I've been playing an instrument since I was 7. I also do a lot of community service, in a lot of honor societies, and have been part of the same clubs since freshman year. </p>
<p>I'm also in state for both!!! I'm applying to the College of Arts and Sciences for both!!!</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>math 2
why is it a low reach because I’m in the mid 50 and have tons of extracurriculars @Aquas98?</p>
<p>“tons of extracurricular” don’t really help. Colleges like to see quality of quantity. They want people who are dedicated to some EC’s rather then minimally involved in many. However I am not entirely sure about the two colleges. I still think that you will get into 1 of the 2 colleges</p>
<p>I kind of meant tons of good extracurriculars
Here’s what I have
I’ve been part of yearbook for 4 years. I’m Editor-on-Chief now.<br>
I’ve been playing tennis since I was 7 years old. I’m captain now.
I’ve been playing and instrument and on the swim team since I was in kindergarten
I’ve been a very active member of Key Club since freshman year.<br>
I’m part of many honor societies but they don’t do much.
I was elected by my class to plan school activities for student life in SGA.
I’m also active in two volunteer groups.<br>
@Aquas98</p>
<p>@toesockshoe I don’t get it though because they are in the range for both!!!</p>
<p>@BB8764 I’m guessing we have similar scores </p>
<p>@BDM1994 sorry, i go to a competitive high school, so I am used to looking at the 75th percentile marking. Your scores seem to fall in between the 50th adn 75th percentile marking, so i guess your test scores are fine if you go to a mediorcre high school. so they are both probably low reaches (i dont put anyone at a match for competitive schools like these).</p>
<p>I mean I go to a good school and I’m instate so that’s a big boost. I know quite a few people who got in at or below my scores. So fingers crossed @toesockshoe </p>
<p>I think you’ll be fine. Your scores aren’t bad at all</p>
<p>Thanks! @betweenthetrees</p>
<p>Great GPA…frankly I think the school rank matters much more than the GPA itself. I mean in my Bio honors class, only 2 or 3 people got an A- and nobody got an A (so most people ended up with a 3.3 unweighted gpa for the class or below), and some of the people in that class got into top schools like Duke or Carnegie Mellon. </p>
<p>Also I’ll be blunt and to the point.
- Decent ACT score but it’s a bit low. Take in mind that a 30 on the ACT scales to around a 2000 on SAT, esp if youre looking at a top 30 school like William/Mary and UVA</p>
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<li><p>Also are your honors societies actually honors societies, and not “fluff”? I’m sorry if this sounds offensive but I’m a bit dubious when you say “a lot of honors societies,” since at least in my school you need to take a great academic standing (like 100 hrs + for community service honors or a A average for 2 spanish honors classes to join the Spanish Honors Society)</p></li>
<li><p>Try raising your SAT 2 math score and take a few more SAT 2 tests, like SAT 2 literature or SAT 2 chem</p></li>
<li><p>I’s great you’re in a lot of leadership positions :D, that would help you out a lot I’d say</p></li>
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<p>Good luck :DD</p>
<p>@Jarjarbinks
Yeah I know my ACT is kind of low but my subsections are a higher and those schools says they look at the subsections more so hopefully that will increase my chances. You have to have an a average to be honors societies. So if you get a b, it’s hard to get in. For National Honor Society, it’s a selective process with different factors. I’m in NHS, Science honors society, quill and scroll honor society, and beta (:</p>
<p>I don’t know why you made a chance thread when you are debating with everyone who says it’s anything but a match. If you want opinions, you can’t tell people they’re wrong. The fact of the matter is your scores aren’t STELLAR, and that’s a big factor. GPA is good but hard to tell without seeing what classes you take. It’s low reach, these schools are tough.</p>
<p>Does your high school participate in Naviance? That will give you a good idea where you stand. ILow reach WM and Mary, reach UVA from what I can see, but the Naviance cluster points will be more accurate.</p>
<p>@novafan1225 I’m just curious as to why. I don’t think it’s wrong for me to ask why. Thanks for your opinion though </p>
