Chances With Low UW GPA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm an incoming senior who goes to a nationally ranked/recognized school in MD (USNews)</p>

<p>Thanks </p>

<p>SAT I: 2220 (720 M, 750 V, 750 W - retaking in Oct for EA)
SAT II: 730 USH, 730 Math I (retaking both in Nov along with Bio for ND)</p>

<p>^
both 1st time taking with minimal studying</p>

<p>APs: World History 5, U.S. History 5, Calc AB 5, English Lang/Comp 5, Comp Sci A 4</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA - 3.50ish
Rank - Top 10% (top 7%ish I believe)</p>

<p>Will low UW GPA hurt me a lot? I have an insane weighted for being in a magnet program/taking the most weighted courses, but my UW is what's bothering me. May be able to get it up within next 2 quarters of senior year...</p>

<p>EC's/Whatever:</p>

<p>2003-2007 Math League
- 2005-2006 School Top Scorer</p>

<p>2005-2007 Mock Trial
-2005-2006 Statewide All-Star Award</p>

<p>2004-2007 Young Republicans
-2005-2007 Executive Board</p>

<p>2004-2007 Princeton Model Congress</p>

<p>2003-2007 Law & Public Policy
- 2004-2005 Law Student of the Year Finalist</p>

<p>(Happening when school year starts)
2006-2007 New Orleans Emergency Communities THS Branch
- Founder
- Basically through our volunteer efforts try to raise $ at HS</p>

<p>...some other minor ones</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:</p>

<p>2003-2007 Kingdom of the Son Christian Bible Camp Leader
~140 hrs total</p>

<p>2004-2005 BCCS (Baltimore County Chinese School) Teacher - Kindergarten
~120 hrs total</p>

<p>(Happening later this summer)
2006-2007 Towson High School New Orleans Volunteering
-Chief Co-ordinator and Logistics Manager
~80 hrs total</p>

<p>Miscellaneous
-Asian male (Eastern China, but born in Japan)
-Applying to McDonough School of Business for Gtown
-Although I'm Asian, my focus is more towards business/social sciences rather than math-oriented areas... if that's any help...</p>

<h2>-Fluently speak 4 languages: English, Mandarin, Japanese, and French. No clue if that'll help with admissions/essay</h2>

<p>Chances @:</p>

<p>Gtown (EA, and RD)
Pomona
Claremont McKenna
UMD (EA)
UChi (for business)
Davidson
Johns Hopkins
UMich (Anne Aarbor)</p>

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<p>GTown EA- slight reach
Maryland EA (in state)- safety
Chicago- slight reach (all about essays though)
JHU- slight reach (i got in with very similar stats, higher UW GPA but same rank)
Michigan (OOS)- match</p>

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<p>I agree with ckmets13 on the schools above.</p>

<p>In addition:
Davidson--safety
Pomona--reach
Claremont McKenna--slight reach</p>

<p>You have to understand that Pomona is like the second hardest LAC to get into in the country, so average SATs are 730/730 with average UW GPA around 3.87 to 3.90. Those test scores and ECs give you a good shot, though.</p>

<p>P.S. Sorry not to have responded to your other message--I was out-of-town for a week when you sent it.</p>

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<p>yea i dont know anything about west coast LACs, and i didnt even see davidson there, so thanks calcruzer :)</p>

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<p>Well, ckmets13, thanks for being so "right on the money" with the ones you listed. Made it possible for my post to be fairly short.</p>

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<p>Georgetown - Slight Reach
UMD - Safety
Chicago - Reach
University of Michigan (OOS) - Match
Johns Hopkins - Slight Reach
Davidson - Match
Claremont McKenna - Slight Reach
Pomona - Reach</p>