Chances?!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Oregon
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<p>Academic:
•My GPA at the moment is a 3.06/4.0
•My ACT is a 28
•I know that I don’t have the best grades, but i plan on getting them up.
•I’m an African-American (Somalian) student, Male, and Duke is my dream school
•Top Half Rank
•I plan on majoring in Sports Management at the Warsaw Center for sports Marketing!</p>

<p>Junior Course load:
•Psychology AP, American History, AP Language&Comp, Precalculus, Photography, Stats&Probablity, PhyEd 11, Guitar Methods</p>

<p>Senior Course Load:
•Yearbook Publication, Media Studies, Humanities (AP Lit&Comp), Senior Foods, Stats AP, PhyEd 12, Microeconomics AP, American Government AP</p>

<p>My EC:
•Student Council (VP Junior Year, and President Elect for senior year) (4 Years)
•DECA, which is like business leaders of America. And I am president of that. (4 Years)
•I am the founder and president of the African-American Leadership Council at my school
•I am the producer of the black history month show at my school.
•I am in speech, which has high prestige at my school is ranked in top ten in the USA
•Varsity Golf
•I help run a National Magazine for high school teachers nationwide.
• Link Leader (Orientations Leader for new freshman)
•Been going to Muslim Religion classes every Saturday and Sunday since I was 6</p>

<p>Work Experience:
•I intern with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Twins
•I’m the basketball manager for my high school Varsity Basketball Team, and in the summer I manage an AAU team.
•Also this summer I’m working/ interning with a golf club
•I'm a golf caddy
•Mentor Somali Kids at a local Elementary School
•One of 2 students selected to work on the Roseville Park and Rec Board
•Habitat for Humanity this summer
•More volunteer work in the summers</p>

<p>Awards:
•Lettered in Speech and Student Council
•City of Falcon Heights Teen Leadership Award
•(More that I can’t think of)</p>

<p>Essays:
•Hopefully will be good, I know many people that I will have edit it, so it will be top notch when I turn it in.</p>

<p>Recommendations:
•Assistant Basketball Coach/Vice Principle at me Elementary school, in the Minnesota Hall of Fame for High School Basketball Coaching
•Counselor: He loves me, he worked in the Sports Management Field before becoming a counselor and I know his recommendation will be good.
•Teacher: Humanities/10th Grade Pre-AP English Teacher, One of the Top Teachers in the Nation, Has awards for being a top teacher In MN/USA. I work with her on a literacy publication magazine that a couple of other kids and I are working on together. (thenationalscholar.org) so her recommendation will be legit.
Addition Recommendation: Jeff Munneke; Vice President of Fan Relations and Guest Services I Intern with him, so he’ll write me a good recommendation</p>

<p>Other:
•State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
•School Type: Large Public High School 2000+
•Ethnicity: Somalian/Arab (African-American/Caucasian)
•Gender: Male
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM and First Generation College. Research (Kinda?)</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: Leadership, Experience, Recommendations’, and Extracurricular
•Weaknesses: Most academic related things.
•I know my grades aren’t the best neither is my ACT score, but the reason for that is because I was always busy with school, and extracurricular activities. And that isn't an excuse for why grades are bad, but hopefully they'll look at that, and give it some consideration, And it wasn’t like I joined every club available just to be in them, I was an active member of each one, and I have leadership roles in many of them. I don’t know if my extracurricular will balance out my academics but do you think that I have a chance at all? Also I’m great at interviews so hopefully I nail that too.</p>

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<p>To clarify, are you sure what forum you posted this in? If you’re applying to UofO and not the Honors College (which you have a fair chance of getting into), then you’ll invariably get accepted. </p>

<p>(In regards to the upper tier universities, you’ve got pretty good extracurriculars. It would be nice if you had something that really stood out. At the moment, it’s several great positions in good clubs, but nothing that other applicants to other top tier universities can’t boast. Your academics are certainly your weak point. The ACT is on the lower end of things, and your GPA is abysmal, even if it’s unweighted. Virtually every applicant will have great extracurriculars and great academics. Unless you have something that no one has been able to achieve, something truly spectacular, then it’s hard to give you a good shot at being accepted. Don’t get me wrong, you’ve still got a chance, and you should definitely apply. You’ve certainly got affirmative action going for you.)</p>

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<p>OregonSenior, I can’t agree that the OP has a “fair chance” of getting into the UO Honors College with a 3.06. It’s far more competitive than that, isn’t it? Even UO non honors has gotten way more competitive so a 3.06 is far from a sure thing, although the ACT score, leadership shown, OOS status and URM will help.</p>

<p>OP, you say in your post that Duke is your dream school. Did you mean UO? Or did you mean to post in the Duke forum?</p>

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<p>Duke is my top choice school. But I did indeed mean to put this in this fourm! I thought I took out all dike related things but I forgot that one statement sorry! And as long as I have a good chance to UO and not honors I’m glad! Also what is financial adidas life at UO? Especially out of state students?</p>

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