<p>I'm a current senior, and I'm looking at these universities: Duke, UChicago, Pitt, Emory, Ohio State University, Brown, Northwestern, University of Michigan, Cornell, UPenn, CWRU, University of Wisconsin.</p>
<p>GPA (Unweighted): 3.4 on a 4.0 scale
AP Classes taken & scores
Biology (5)
Environmental Science (5)
English Lang/Comp (4)
Calculus AB (4)
Chemistry (3)
US History (3)</p>
<p>Current Classes:
AP Psychology
AP English Lit/Comp
AP Computer Science
AP French
AP Government</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Science Olympiad (Was on winning Nationals team 2011)
Quizbowl Academic Tournament
Pre-Med Society
Mock Trial (Team Captain)
Robotics Club
Key Club
Orchestra since 4th grade
Learnt Indian Classical music since 4th grade
AP Scholar With Distinction
National Merit Semifinalist</p>
<p>ACT Score: 33
SAT Score: 2180
SAT Superscored: 2220
SAT II Biology: 710</p>
<p>I volunteered 100 hours at the Cleveland Clinic over the summer
Did research in a lab over summer with CWRU
Part-Time job at Starbucks
Tutored kids in science related subjects</p>
<p>Honestly, how much chance do I have at any of these good schools? Duke and UChicago are my top choices. Any suggestions on how to improve for a better chance? Thanks!!</p>
<p>Unfortunatley, your GPA is very low for these top colleges, and I don’t see anything super outstanding extracirricular-wise to nessecarily make up for it. Your standardized testing is pretty good, but I’m assuming you are Indian, and will be compared to other asian test scores, and they are normally the highest scores. That being said, don’t be discouraged from applying! If you have something very unique or can write a great essay, there is no reason why you can’t be accepted to one of your reach schools. If you are a Wisconsin resident (Like me!) I’d say you have no problem for Madison which is also a very good school! And even if you are OOS I think you have a good shot. Good luck!</p>
<p>So. I computed your stats, and probably because of your GPA, I got these results:</p>
<ul>
<li>22% for UChicago</li>
<li>13% at Duke</li>
<li>41% at Emory</li>
<li>99% at Ohio State</li>
<li>8% at Brown</li>
<li>20% at Northwestern</li>
<li>10% at Cornell</li>
<li>19% at Penn</li>
<li>95% at Case Western</li>
<li>88% at UMich</li>
</ul>
<p>Duke, UChicago, Pitt, Emory, Ohio State University, Brown, Northwestern, University of Michigan, Cornell, UPenn, CWRU, University of Wisconsin.</p>
<p>If you had a 4.0:</p>
<p>24% at Chicago
25% at Duke
64% at Emory
same at ohio
18% at Brown
41% at Northwestern
43% at Cornell
36% at Penn
same at case
same at umich</p>
<p>So having at 4.0 would’ve helped your chances significantly at a lot of schools.</p>
<p>If you go to one of most rigorous schools in the nation or something, though, you’ll get a bit more leeway on GPA than these chances predict. Not as much as having a 4.0 at a Public would’ve helped you (esp. since you have no class rank or other indicator of school rigor), but still.</p>