Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>School: Top 10 of NJ
CP = Regular Course
H = Honors
AP = Advanced Placement</p>

<p>Freshman Yr
English 9 (H) - B
World History (H) - B+
Biology (H) - B
Gym - A
Computer Science (CP) - A
Spanish I (CP) - B+
Earth Science (H) - B
Geometry (H) - B</p>

<p>Sohpmore Yr
English 10 (H) - A
US History I (H) - A
Biology (AP) - B+
Gym: A
Java I (H) - B+
Java II (H) - B+
Chemistry (H) - B
Algebra II (H) - B-
Spanish II (CP) - A</p>

<p>Junior Yr
AP History
AP Chemistry
AP Java
English 11 Honors
Physics Honors
Spanish III Honors
PreCalculus Honors
Gym</p>

<p>Senior Yr
AP Economics
AP Physics
AP English 12
Spanish IV Honors
Calc Honors (Hopefully AP, but realistically ... )
Life Skills Course (needed to grad)
Music Course (needed to grad)
Gym</p>

<p>Honors: 16
AP: 7
Projected Unweighted GPA : 3.2 - 3.3
Projected Weighted GPA: 4.0 - 4.2
Top 10% of class
PSAT Freshman Yr - 200 (Can probably raise it to 220+ with a lot of extra work and studying or maybe even those courses ... )</p>

<p>Extracurric</p>

<p>CTY 2003
FBLA 9/10/11/12 Grades, Senior yr probably an officer posistion
FBLA Regionals 9th Grade
FBLA Regionals 10th Grade
FBLA States 10th Grade</p>

<p>Christian Club 9/10/11/12
Leader 11/12</p>

<p>Key Club 10/11/12 Grade</p>

<p>EMT 11/12 Grade</p>

<p>Rotary Club 10/11/12
Public Relations - 10
???? - 11
VP or P - 12</p>

<p>Grade 10 Class Rep</p>

<h2>Edit: NHS and Nation Spanish Society and all that is in jr/sr yr</h2>

<p>Okay so I'm only in 10th grade and I'm in a predicament ... I take a strong courseload (The best available most of the time), but my grades are mediocre at best. I know its a bit early, but does anyone have any ideas to 'beef up' my trascript? </p>

<p>I'm really interested in PreMed, Economics, and Business in general, but I haven't really decided what I'm interested in yet. </p>

<p>REACH
UPenn (ED)
Georgetown (EA)</p>

<p>REG
Rutgers
NYU (?)</p>

<p>Also a few questions ...
1) Does ED or EA really make a difference in acceptance rate? Or is it just that more qualified people apply ED/EA?<br>
2) Do colleges look at weighted or unweighted GPA?
3) For extracurricular activities, should I list the things I do at church? Like if I went on a church to help underprivledged children in ... say NYC.<br>
4) If you apply to one school ED, they reject you, can you try again regular (just curious)?<br>
5) If you apply ED, do senior grades count at all?
6) Any suggestions?</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>1) Does ED or EA really make a difference in acceptance rate? Or is it just that more qualified people apply ED/EA?</p>

<p>Both. Some EA pools are more competitive, while others you have a plain better chance than normal.</p>

<p>2) Do colleges look at weighted or unweighted GPA?</p>

<p>Unweighted, along with class rank and courseload rigor.</p>

<p>3) For extracurricular activities, should I list the things I do at church? Like if I went on a church to help underprivledged children in ... say NYC.</p>

<p>Yes.</p>

<p>4) If you apply to one school ED, they reject you, can you try again regular (just curious)?</p>

<p>If they 'defer' you to the regular admissions pool, you can wait for RD results. If they 'reject' you ED, you're rejected for good.</p>

<p>5) If you apply ED, do senior grades count at all?</p>

<p>If you're showing an upward trend, they matter more to see if you keep it. They also use it to see if your maintaining a level of performance. It doesn't count as much as junior year in admissions.</p>

<p>6) Any suggestions?</p>

<p>Beef up your transcript with a better GPA :P Generic, but true. Good luck.</p>