Chances with poor GPA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Stats:</p>

<p>Junior</p>

<p>2370 SAT (800Math 800CR 770Wr)
3.95 W 6th semester hopefully 4.1+W by 7th semester (3.5-3.6 UW)
SAT II'S:
US history 800
Math IIc 800
Physics (expecting 770+ hopefully 800 lol)
Class Rank: N/A but near top 10%..I'll either barely make it or barely miss it
Race:African American
Very competitive public (aka 90+% to 4 yr colleges 50% Jewish 25% Asian lol and I went to Jian Li's school...ironic eh?)
Junior yr sched 5 AP's
Senior yr sched 4 AP's (3 math/sci+ap eng)
Expecting NMSF and Natl Achievement SF(226 PSAT in NJ) and AP scholar awards</p>

<p>Quiz Bowl Team member-highly ranked team that always goes to nationals (2 years)
Tutoring (2 years I put a lot of time into this)
Italian NHS (VP now Pres next yr)
Habitat for Humanity (3 yrs)
Chess Team (2 yrs)
NHS (starting next yr)
Orchestra (2 yrs)
Copious Volunteering- Started in Middle School Really
This summer I'll be performing chemical engineering research at a well known uni and I have started an SAT tutoring service</p>

<p>Location:NJ</p>

<p>Prospective major: Chemical/mechanical engineering/operations research</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: I'm getting one from my Italian teacher of 3 years who also coaches Quiz Bowl and another from my Physics teacher who I had this past year and will have next year. I expect the first to be quite strong and the second to be decent.</p>

<p>Prospective colleges:</p>

<p>Columbia SEAS
Cornell Engineering
Duke Pratt
MIT (EA)
Princeton
Rutgers (my state school)
Stanford
UC berkeley
University of Michigan
UPenn-SEAS</p>

<p>I thank you guys so much in advance :) :) :) :) :) :)</p>

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<p>if we toss PC for a second, a black kid with 2370? great chance for any school</p>

<p>however, you ain't a sure shot because of the meh ECs and meh GPA</p>

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<p>It's fine, probably great when compared to the average...but not when compared to the caliber of schools I'm applying to.</p>

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<p>3.6 isn't "poor" especially when its in difficult classes. Out of 20,000 applicants not everyone has a perfect GPA with the most difficult courseload availible.</p>

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<p>your quotation marks around "poor" are quoting what exactly?</p>

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<p>bump......</p>

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<p>"your quotation marks around "poor" are quoting what exactly?"</p>

<p>his title =&lt;/p>

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<p>a 3.0 is a poor gpa</p>

<p>i dont know what your getting at..</p>

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<p>It is not the stellar GPA, and it sure is not an impressive one. I think that is what the OP was pinpointing. My opinion, you're fine. Just work hard. Your SATs compensate for your non-stellar GPA.
I'd say you are a shoo-in, had I not known better (aka, nobody is a shoo-in these days, especially for the 2012 class..)</p>

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<p>"a 3.0 is a poor gpa</p>

<p>i dont know what your getting at.."</p>

<p>Are people here having trouble reading? Its 3.6</p>

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<p>Just cuz you think that is the case, that doesn't mean that everyone else agrees. </p>

<p>The applicant has colleges like Princeton, MIT, Columbia etc. on his list. For that prestigious colleges, GPAs of that scale are by no means impressive</p>

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<p>OK...just so there's no more debate I'll rename the title "CHANCES".</p>

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<p>OP is a URM in engineering w/ very high stats...will prbly get in everywhere</p>

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<p>Its not 'poor' either, and its not "3.0" either</p>

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<p>then read what I posted more carefully...i said it's neither stellar nor impressive...never characterised the gpa as a poor one..</p>

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<p>Well the GPA is below average, maybe not horrible for the caliber of the schools I'm applying to. Anymore takers?</p>

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<p>So If you are an slight underacheiver in the GPA department, but kick butt in Standardized tests, have extra-curriculars, & have a rising trend in grades mean you have little chance of getting in?</p>

<p>In a nonrun-on sentence. Is there any hope if you GPA is a little low?</p>

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<p>wat r u smoking?3.6 poor?
dude the ivies and stanford are reaches u might have a shot</p>

<p>chancemehttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=361574</p>

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<p>they are not poor, but they aren't stellar either....
and I agree with pgtori...your SATs counterbalance for your not so impressive GPA.</p>

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<p>OK...so does anyone else have a comment on my chances?</p>