Do I have a shot at GEORGETOWN?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Sex: Female
Ethnicity: African-American, parents are immigrants from Nigeria
State: Maryland
School: Catholic High School
Grade: Senior
Income Bracket: Above 100,000</p>

<p>UW Cumulative GPA: 2.80 :/
W Cumulative GPA: 3.35</p>

<p>SAT I, superscore:
670 R
670 W
620 M
1960 total
I just took the SAT a few weekends ago, I'm hoping all of the sections go up</p>

<p>SAT II:
640 Math I
620 Bio M
taking Literature in Nov
A horrendous 510 for WH</p>

<p>AP Scores:
European History: 3
English Language: 3
Spanish Language: 2</p>

<p>IB Scores:
Math SL: 4
Spanish b SL: 5</p>

<p>Schedules, and I'm an IB Diploma Candidate:</p>

<p>Freshman:
Honors Biology - C
Honors US Govt. - C
Honors English - B
Honors Algebra II - C
Honors Freshman Religion - B
Honors Spanish III - B
String Ensemble - A
PE - A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Honors Precalculus - C
Honors American Lit - C
Honors US History - B
Honors Spanish IV - B
Honors Chemistry - B
Honors Sophomore Religion - B
String Ensemble - A</p>

<p>Junior:
AP European History - C
AP Spanish V - C
AP World Lit - B
IB Bio SL - C
IB Math SL - C
IB Religions SL - B
TOK I - B</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP English, sitting for IB English A1 HL exam
AP Statistics
TOK II
IB Biology HL
AP Psychology
IB 20th Century Topics HL
IB World Religions SL</p>

<p>EC's:
- Speech and Debate: 9,10,11,12
*Metrofinals and Nationals for Oral Interpretation in the NCFL 2012
*2nd place in Novice Public Forum Debate at a recent tournament
*Competed at invitationals
- Black Students Association: 9,10,11,12
- Teen Court Juror: 12
- String Ensemble: 9,10
- Hospital Volunteering: 11
- Cellist and Pianist for around 10 years
- Student Ambassador: 10,11,12</p>

<p>Tentative list
Schools:
(And please tell me if my classifications are accurate)
Reach:
- Duke
- Emory
- College of William and Mary
- University of Virginia
- University of Southern California?</p>

<p>Match:
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- University of Maryland, College Park
- Virginia Tech
- University of Delaware
- University of Miami
- University of Pittsburgh
- American University</p>

<p>Safety:
- Temple University
- Penn State</p>

<p>Intended Major: I'm really undecided, but I'm considering psychology, maybe biochemistry? Then possibly getting an MBA after undergrad.</p>

<p>I'm trying to add more private universities so I can at least get some better financial aid too.</p>

<p>I know my GPA is what's really hindering me in this process, but I've dealing with issues of depression and motivation for a while. Mentioning those two wont help me in the app process though, so I've decided to get rid of a ton of reach schools that I dreamed of before and look for more matches and safeties. Suggestions are welcome (I like schools that aren't too small [>3000], have a somewhat intellectual student body, are diverse, not in the middle of nowhere [proximity to a major city or huge town at least], and good academics)</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Bump???</p>

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<p>No offense, but it really looks like you have no chance at Georgetown. You can look at the admissions statistics for yourself, but I can tell you they are much higher than what you have now. The lowest 25% of admitted freshman have above a 2000 on the sat. Their average GPS is close to a 4. The only a’s you got in high school were in the easy classes and the scores of your ap tests are not that great. I don’t mean to sound mean but I think you may be reaching a little too much for your reach schools. Best of luck to you, though!</p>

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<p>*GPA… Stupid autocorrect</p>

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<p>Your list is not very accurate IMO.</p>

<p>Duke: No
Emory: high reach
College of William and Mary: high reach
University of Virginia: No
University of Southern California: No
University of Maryland, Baltimore County: match
University of Maryland, College Park: low-mid reach
Virginia Tech: low reach
University of Delaware: high match
University of Miami: reach
University of Pittsburgh: reach
American University: low reach
Temple: match
Penn State: mid-high reach (because of GPA)</p>

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<p>Not trying to be offensive, but any kind of affirmative action will not help your case. Your stats are just way too below their standards, sorry. Also, Miami is NOT a match. Temple and Penn State are not safeties either.</p>

<p>Reevaluate your school list…I can’t imagine what it looked like BEFORE you threw out the “dream schools”, did you have Harvard on there or something? Most of your reaches are not even reaches, they are out of reach.</p>

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<p>Apply to Towson and Frostburg, so you know you’ll at least get into a college. Your list has 0 safeties.</p>

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<p>Honestly your chances are higher than people are making them out to be.</p>

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<p>@meganellen no offense taken I know this
@teenbodybuilder can you give me reasons why? I’ve done parchment and cappex chances, they say I have a pretty decent shot at miami
@tyrtle im being forced to apply to schools i know i won’t get into because my mother doesn’t understand that i virtually have no chances anywhere
@yungkhalifa420 thanks for at least trying to be nice, nobody wants to hear that they’re doomed.</p>

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<p>Miami’s average GPA is a 4.2. When I went to an info session they said they only like to see 1-2 Cs; you have 9. You do not have a decent shot because even though your SAT is average, your GPA is well below average. To be a match, both have to be average.</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks for being honest</p>