<p>Freshman Year: 2.9
Algebra II Honors
English I
Biology
Medieval History
Ancient Med. History
Russian I</p>
<p>Sophomore Year: 3.3
Honors Geometry
English II
AP Statistics (5.0)
Russian II
Honors Physics</p>
<p>Junior Year: 3.9
AP English
AP US History
Honors Pre-Calc AB
English III
Russian III</p>
<p>Senior Year (Planning to take): ???
English 4
AP Economics
AP Calc AB
AP Russian 4
AP Physics
Russian Literature (Independent Study)</p>
<p>4 Years of Orchestra (Principle Cellist)
2 Years Chorale
2 Years Acapella
4 Year Varsity Lacrosse Starter
200+ Hours of Community Service (Working at a homeless shelter 2 hours a week for 3 years)
Spent a summer in Russian on an exchange program.
Almost Fluent in Russian (both of my parents are Korean)</p>
<p>I'm an Asian Male, attending a private school in the ISL (BB&N). I struggled early on, but I'm hoping that an upward trend will help. My school sends many students to elite schools (Out of 150-class size, 35 went to ivies last year)</p>
<p>Chances for.... ( In order of priority)
UPenn
Columbia
Claremont McKenna
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
UMich (planning to apply pretty early on)
NYU
Vanderbilt
UChicago
USC
Wesleyan
Trinity
Bowdoin</p>
<p>Those ECs aren't really weak. They may be on the low side for the Ivies, but they aren't too bad. If anything, your GPA freshman and sophomore year is low. Anyway this is what i think:
UPenn- High Reach
Columbia -High Reach
Claremont McKenna-not sure
Cornell-Reach
Johns Hopkins -Reach
UMich (planning to apply pretty early on)-Low Reach
NYU-Match
Vanderbilt-Match
UChicago-Low Reach
USC-Match
Wesleyan-High Match
Trinity-not sure
Bowdoin- Low Match</p>
<p>I know I'm repeating the words of sak09 and hpandu... but your ECs aren't weak at all. Ratings on a scale of: high reach, reach, semi-reach, good fit, likely, safety. </p>
<p>UPenn... REACH.
Columbia... REACH.
Claremont McKenna... SEMI-REACH.
Cornell... SEMI-REACH.
Johns Hopkins... SEMI-REACH.
UMich... GOOD FIT.
NYU... GOOD FIT.
Vanderbilt... SEMI-REACH.
UChicago... SEMI-REACH.
USC... GOOD FIT.
Wesleyan... SEMI-REACH.
Trinity... LIKELY.
Bowdoin... SEMI-REACH.</p>
<p>UPenn-no chance
Columbia-no chance
Claremont McKenna-no chance
Cornell- no chance
Johns Hopkins- no chance
UMich (planning to apply pretty early on)- im not sure how they do gpa's so u might have a chance
NYU-its possible if u keep ur grades up
Vanderbilt-nope
UChicago-nope
USC- same as nyu
Wesleyan-nope
Trinity-looks good
Bowdoin-nah</p>
<p>i reccomend u try other schools too
u could try U of toronto or McGill</p>
<p>they are world renowned great schools, and the grades they take into account are junior year and most importantly senior midway reports</p>
<p>Is there an addendum-type reason for the low GPA of your first two years?</p>
<p>Be wary of what you hear here with chances. Every single school (and every adcom at those schools) will react differently to such a sharp (but upward!) GPA trend. Some will nix you because your GPA is just too low, and others will be more than willing to look past it. Don't be surprised if you're accepted to a high reach and rejected from a safety. Your application requires more than just simple calculation and "stat matching," so even averaging out your GPA and scores won't provide a great basis for prediction.</p>
<p>I suggest you search these forums and look for other people with upward-trend apps...see if you can find out how they fared. Or ask if anyone here has info directly related to that type of situation. Apply to a wide range of schools, include definite safeties, keep your expectations low and your hopes high, don't base too much on predictions or average stats unless they're in some way relevant to your specific situation, and find some way to explain the GPA trend (even if it's as simple as a well-stated "I grew up"). Do everything you possibly can to continue upwards, also.</p>