<p>My GPA for the past three and a half years (including 4 semesters of Math classes at a High School as a 7th and 8th grader) is 4.52. This puts me roughly about 12% of class (4.561 - 4.902 is top 10%). GPA for Sophomore and later is 4.68. GPA for Junior year and later is 4.75. Unweighted for all is a measly 3.62 or so.</p>
<p>Class schedule this year:
IB English 12 (Year)
Digital Art and Design (Semester)
IB Chemistry 1 (Year)
IB Theory of Knowledge (second part of year course)
IB Physics 2 (Year)
IB Mathematics HL (Year)
IB Spanish 5 (Year)
Linear Algebra at CU Boulder (Semester Math 3130)
Complex Analysis Independent Study (Semester; with Calculus 2/3 teacher as advisor; see below)</p>
<p>One notable class that I have taken is Calculus 2/3, which included Multivariable and Vector Calculus and was taught by a former Professor at Harvey Mudd.
I'm doing the IB Diploma of course.</p>
<p>Test Scores:
SAT - 710 (Reading), 800 (Math), 710 (Writing) Superscored
SAT II Math - 800
SAT II Physics - 750
ACT - 31 (English), 33 (Reading), 36 (Math), 33 (Science), 33 (Composite), no essay.
AP Calculus BC - 5
AP Computer Science AB - 5
IB History SL - 5
IB Computer Science SL - 5
Will take tests in IB Math HL, IB Physics HL, IB Spanish SL, IB English HL, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, and maybe more AP tests.</p>
<p>Other Activities:
People to People for three years to Australia, China, and Europe. I went to the Presidential Inauguration with People to People.
Ultimate Frisbee Team for the past two years. Five hours a week for 30 weeks roughly.
Karate for 4 hours a year, 46 weeks a year, since I was 8. I am a 1st degree Black Belt.
I've golfed for the past two years for roughly 5 hours a week, 15 weeks per year.
I am in Math Club this year for 3 hours a week 36 weeks a year. I was a substitute on the winning team of a Colorado State University Math Day tournament this year. I qualified for the AIME last year with 100.5.
I am in Science Bowl this year for 4 hours a week 36 weeks a year.
I tutored at my school for 2.5 hours a week 30 weeks a year last year.
I was inducted into the National Honor Society this year.</p>
<p>Also, I'm from Colorado if that has any affect on my chances.</p>
<p>The GPA’s a tad low. The standardized test scores are there. The ECs and the course rigor is worthy of great kudos! I think you’ll get in, but I can’t ever say for sure. It’s not you, it’s the college you’re asking me to chance you at.</p>
<p>Rice is a difficult school to “chance” because, like any other excellent non-Ivy school (Notre Dame, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern, UChicago, Vanderbilt, etc.), Rice’s admissions decisions are quirky, & to some extent, based upon what they need to “round-out” their class profile. That is, if they admit Patricia, a female, French-speaking oboe player who loves horseback riding and wants to pursue economics, they don’t need another “Patricia.” </p>
<p>A good read for putting these chances into perspective is “The Gatekeepers.” It’s from an admission’s counselor’s POV about admissions at Wesleyan University, a rather prestigious university in the Northeast. Some of his and other counselors decisions were made on trivial concerns (e.g. once, the narrator comments if he had read the application earlier in the day, he/she might’ve been accepted, but he rejected them anyway). </p>
<p>In the end, all the stars have to align for admission into great schools. I wish you the best of luck (and my son, who’d freak out if he got in!)</p>
<p>GPA ISN’T EVERYTHING! They look at it, yes, but rigor, I believe, is MUCH MUCH MUCH more important. A 3.6 GPA in all regular classes is…ehh…but a 3.6 GPA in all AP/IB/Honors courses is much better. </p>
<p>Again, not placing too much emphasis on rigor, if the school doesn’t offer a lot, but I think it’s more points to do OK in AP classes than OK in regular classes, you know?</p>
<p>yeah your GPA isnt EVERYTHING. It depends on the rigor of your classes.
Lets study this:
Student X has a 3.9 GPA but has taken over 10 AP classes and made high A’s in them.
Student Y has a 3.9 GPA but has taken NO AP classes but has taken relatively basic/easy classes and made A’s in them
Student Z has a 3.9 GPA but has taken only 3 AP Classes and made high A’s.</p>
<p>With other factors (essays, EC’s, standardized test scores), Student X will most likely get chosen.</p>