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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Connecticut
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<p>unweighted gpa: 2.79
very good recs & essay
all honors/AP
live in CT
SATs: 630 M, 600 V, 580 W
Rank: 46/788</p>

<p>current courses:
AP Physics
AP Calc AB
AP Psych
AP Lit
AP Chem</p>

<p>ECs
Best Robotics(12)
Youth and Gov.(11 & 12)
Math Team(11 & 12)
Football Team(9,10,11)
Weightlifting Club(10)
Youth and Law(12)
Interact Club(12)
FBLA(12)</p>

<p>Work Exp: 2 years lifeguard, 38 hrs./week</p>

<p>brother graduated from there, sister going there. mentioned these in separate essay</p>

<p>applied EA</p>

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<p>everything looks good except for your gpa, which looks oddly low compared to the rest of your stuff</p>

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<p>how do you have such a high class rank with a 2.79 gpa?</p>

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<p>What they said/asked.</p>

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<p>is your GPA on a 3.0 scale?</p>

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<p>4.0 scale... i go to an awful school
from freshman to senior year, about half of the class drops out on average</p>

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<p>is it a public, private, or prep school? judging from the size, it looks like a public school</p>

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<p>it's public
to give a better picture:
class rank 30 has a gpa of 3.1 UW
rank 8 has a gpa of 3.5 UW
rank 2 has 3.94 UW</p>

<p>the school is about 30% black 30% hispanic 20% white 15% asian and 5% other</p>

<p>to add to my first post, i also have done continuous community service at a YMCA daycare center</p>

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<p>I think you're definitely in; your SAT combined with the rank and everything else make you a great applicant.</p>