<p>I am applying to CLA at Minnesota-Twin Cities from a very prestigious public high school in Ann Arbor, MI. I have a 28 on my ACT, but only a 3.1 GPA. Although that GPA is pretty weak, I have taken AP English and AP Gov.
Outside of academics, I have a fair amount of strong extra curriculars:
-4 years in Pioneer's national renowned Band program
-3 years of Lacrosse
-I am the President of my own volunteer organization. We have over ninety members from all over the southeastern region of Michigan. My volunteer organization and I were recognized for our excellence last month by the mayor of ann arbor and received a proclamation for our service to the community. Through this, I have over 600 Volunteer hours already</p>
<p>I want to know what my chances are that I get into CLA at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities? Thank you</p>
<p>@Nksata2 I’m really pulling for you dude (I’m assuming). I have a 29 on the ACT, a 3.0 GPA but a 3.4 weighted gpa with a rigorous courseload too.</p>
<p>If you make it, which again, I’m hoping you do, I hope I can make it too! Then we can meet up next year in CLA or on campus!</p>
<p>@confusedteen15 thanks bro. You too. I am hoping @TransferGopher is correct by saying I (and people in our area of academic performance get in)</p>
<p>@dadof2s can you please elaborate? Wondering if there is a gpa cutoff. My D applied at the end of August and her application is complete as of today. Very high ACT score (33) but her unweighted gpa is only around 3.4 so far. She had a medical condition which was diagnosed at the end of sophomore year and her grades since then have been stellar so the trend is in the right direction. Just wondering whether there are any hard cut-offs for GPA which would keep her out of the honors program or even prevent her admission altogether. She applied to CLA. </p>
<p>Thanks celesteroberts. I had seen the profile for freshmen enrolled but not the one for the honors program so this is quite helpful. She definitely compares well on the ACT front any way you look at it for CLA. Her high school does not give out a rank but the admissions dept. will know the school well so that has to count for something. They actually only provide us with weighted GPA (I calculated the uw # from her grades) and the weighted is actually a 3.56 due to honors and AP. Also, D performed extremely well academically the past year and is on track for strong academic performance during her senior year. Decent representation of EC’s - not an athlete but has lettered in two areas at school and spends a lot of her free time mentoring and tutoring and, in addition, working as co-editor of the yearbook. She is also very much interested in visual arts and has done a lot over the past year in the way of continuing education and enrichment so that she can seriously pursue the subject in college. She definitely hits a few of those secondary characteristics on the honors profile but the uw gpa IS weak, unfortunately, and can’t be ignored. Let’s hope the admissions people mean what they say about reviewing the entire application!</p>
<p>mamelot, good luck. Sounds like your D has a lot going for her. I don’t know anything about how these things work out at UMN. Just hoping my S qualifies for honors in CSE. His GPA is fine but that average test score # is SO high and he didn’t prep for his tests, darn him. I thought his test was fine until I saw that honors chart. Crossing my fingers that being NMF will help since they seem to court NMFs. Originally was using UMN as a safety but now it seems to be turning into a likely choice, so the honors matters a lot. </p>
<p>Thank you celesteroberts and good luck to your son. NMF must certainly bump him into a “more likely” category. Congratulations to him on his excellent academic performance. Remember the test scores are averages (so there are those that fall below the # and the applicant still gets invited right away). Too bad they don’t provide the mid-50% range - more helpful. And then, even if he isn’t invited right away must be an opportunity come spring (as space opens up with admits opting for other schools) and then of course there is the chance to apply once he’s matriculated. That’s three opportunities for your son - one of them has to work out. I’d put the likelihood being admitted to honors at 100% by sophomore year. There’s no way U of MN wants to chase away their high performers for no other reason than that they like high test scores and GPA’s because it pulls up their ranking on US News. Let’s face it - with no required essay or letters of recommendation it really does become a #'s game. That has to benefit your son.</p>
There’s no way U of MN wants to chase away their high performers for no other reason than that they like high test scores and GPA’s because it pulls up their ranking on US News. Let’s face it - with no required essay or letters of recommendation it really does become a #'s game. That has to benefit your son.</p>