Chances.. please

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

<p>I noticed that a lot of people use this thread to basically brag about their stats... BUT.. I'm actually curious about my chances because I don't really have "stellar" grades.</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
slacked... ended with a 3.4 GPA avg
H. Bio
H. Alg II
Geography
Spanish I
P.E.
H. English</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
slacked again.. ended with 3.5
AP Chem
Drama
H. Pre-Cal
H. World History
H. English
Spanish II</p>

<p>Junior Year (this year)
stopped slacking and picked up my pace with a 3.83
AP. Calc BC
AP. Physics
ROP Virtual Enterprise
Spanish III
APUSH
AP English</p>

<p>Senior year (next year)
AP. Statistics
AP. Bio
AP. Spanish
AP. English
AP. Government/Econ</p>

<p>(I'm taking the most rigorous courseload to make up for my slacking in the beginning of the year)</p>

<p>I'm planning on taking 11 APs total, with the most rigorous course load that my school offers. I have decent SAT scores (I'm hoping to hit 2250 on the new SAT) and I am a varsity swimmer. I have 300 hours of community service (couldn't get a summer job at 15 so I decided to volunteer fulltime at the nearest hospital). I think I have enough extracurriculars (planning on being president of a community service club among others...) recommendations should be decent and the essay should turn out fairly well. I'm quite outspoken; many teachers know me well. :)</p>

<p>my academic GPA is a 3.61 and my weighed GPA is about a 4.3</p>

<p>I want to go to UPenn, Colby, Colgate, NYU, Harvey-Mudd, Carleton, or Berkeley.</p>

<p>I'm really, really sorry if you guys get the impression that I'm bragging, but I don't really think that I have much to brag about..</p>

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<p>oh
im an asian male and am very politically involved..
if that matters</p>

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<p>Might check out Bowdoin and Holy Cross.</p>

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<p>thestones..is the GPA weighted or unweighted?</p>

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<p>hey thanks for the posts
all the GPAs posted next to the years are unweighted</p>

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<p>OH!..you thought about UCLA? I say u are a strong candidate for all the schools except UPENN(Sorry!)..because to tell you the truth, UPENN has sum random acceptances. try to apply to all UC's just for safties. try columbia while u are at it. Ur freshman grades don't matter. your overall grade is awesome</p>

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<p>really?
thanks!
its just that it seems that there are so many people with 4.0's nowadays.</p>

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<p>hey theStones, how are you "politically involved?"</p>

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<p>stones...people have 4.0's but grade improvement are the next best thing</p>