Does my GPA ruin my chances at some top level schools? I'll chance you back I promise

<p>Junior, rising senior</p>

<p>PSAT 223 (National Merit Scholarship finalist most likely)</p>

<p>SAT 2210 (superscored, only taken twice) Math 800 and CR 740</p>

<p>4 years soccer 2 years varsity at a 5A school</p>

<p>IB diploma candidate</p>

<p>GPA 4.2ish Weighted and 3.4ish Unweighted</p>

<p>As an IB diploma candidate I am required to do many hours of service and whatnot</p>

<p>Course schedule for next year:
IB Biology HL
IB English HL
IB History of the Americas HL
IB Economics SL
IB Math SL didnt have an option to HL
PreIB Physics
Soccer
Speech (only first semester)</p>

<p>ECs include working at a CPAs office doing accounting and forensic accounting. I have become a valuable asset to his business and he lends me out to high profile lawyers to do work. I have been doing this for about 6 months and will continue until i leave for college
Also I have been playing guitar for 10 years and have played many concerts and taught at a few summer camps
Been on numerous mission trips and have done tons of community service with the boy scouts
Going to Texas A&M and UT Austin summer programs this summer
Boy Scout (Life Scout)
Worked in a warehouse last summer full time</p>

<p>Schools Im looking at are:
Rice (parents went there, grandpa was a professor there until a few years ago)
Carnegie Mellon University
Washington University in St Louis
Emory (Oxford College, Early Action) P.S. if you don't know what oxford college is, just chance me for regular Emory, but please indicate which one you are chancing me for
Cornell (Early Decision)
Wake Forest
Tufts
Notre Dame (Early Action)
Northwestern (possibly early decision, it's either this or cornell)
University of Chicago (i know, its a reach...)</p>

<p>Im looking to major in Mathematics, specifically in Applied Math or Operations Research If you wanna read my common app essay just say so or PM me!</p>

<p>your ECs and GPA are weak… but you still have a chance at some of those (Cornell, WUS, Northwestern, Chicago are def. reaches) make sure you apply to some safeties to just in case</p>

<p>Looking at your application holistically, your GPA hurts you very minimally. You have challenged yourself with difficult classes and you have managed to do very well at your tests, showing that you have more knowledge than other students with similar GPAs, indicating that your school might grade deflate a bit. Will colleges see you as a slacker? Maybe a few, but a 3.4 isn’t ridiculously low.</p>

<p>Rice (parents went there, grandpa was a professor there until a few years ago) - 80%
Carnegie Mellon University - 40%
Washington University in St Louis - 35%
Emory (Oxford College, Early Action) P.S. if you don’t know what oxford college is, just chance me for regular Emory, but please indicate which one you are chancing me for - 45% (regular Emory)
Cornell (Early Decision) - 30%
Wake Forest - 70%
Tufts - 50%
Notre Dame (Early Action) - 65%
Northwestern (possibly early decision, it’s either this or cornell) - 40%
University of Chicago (i know, its a reach…) - 30%</p>

<p>I really like your chances at Rice with a solid SAT score and double legacy.</p>

<p>Alright thanks guys! Oh and for class rank, I’m just a tiny tiny bit out of top 10%. Im like top 11%</p>

<p>I think you should take the ACT, and add some safeties to your list.</p>

<p>My predictions:</p>

<p>Rice (parents went there, grandpa was a professor there until a few years ago)-70%
Carnegie Mellon University-50%
Cornell (Early Decision)-30%
Wake Forest- in
Tufts- in
Notre Dame (Early Action)-60%
Northwestern (possibly early decision, it’s either this or cornell)-50%
University of Chicago (i know, its a reach…)-30%</p>

<p>Chance me back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/722896-chances-great-engineering-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/722896-chances-great-engineering-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Thanks! I think I’ll apply Northwestern ED, then Notre Dame and Oxford of Emory EA. And i chanced you back :)</p>

<p>If you’re applying for Operations Research, why aren’t you applying to the top school in the country (Georgia Tech)?</p>

<p>Your scores put your FI at 3240/3600 and Tech admitted at 3229/3600, so you might be able to get in, even though your GPA is very low for Tech (mid 50% is 3.62-3.97 UW).</p>

<p>Well something important to me is a small residential college, and Georgia Tech is rather big. Its definitely on my list of schools im looking at, but i’d just rather go to a smaller school. Thanks though :)</p>

<p>Rice (parents went there, grandpa was a professor there until a few years ago):80
Carnegie Mellon University:55
Washington University in St Louis:50
Emory (Oxford College, Early Action): don’t know too much about emory decisions
Cornell (Early Decision): 30 (ED), 10 (RD)
Wake Forest: 60
Tufts: 60
Notre Dame (Early Action): 40
Northwestern (possibly early decision, it’s either this or cornell): 30
University of Chicago (i know, its a reach…): 20</p>

<p>Chance back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/722673-multiple-passions-bad.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/722673-multiple-passions-bad.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Alrighty thanks! I chanced you :)</p>

<p>Can we add JHU onto my list please?</p>

<p>I have had friends with similar stats in my IB diploma programme get in to many of the schools you are looking at with ease. that said, they are very interesting people, and I honestly don’t know how interesting you are.</p>

<p>Hmm well i can PM you my common app essay as of now if you’d like to read it</p>

<p>Bump anyone wanna chance me?</p>

<p>good chance at Northwestern and U of C if you EA. Cornell may be a reach. Very good chance if you are Black or Hispanic/Latin American (not the most politically correct statement i made)
Good rigor and decent weighted Grades. Explain why your UW GPA is at the current state in Essay will be good.</p>

<p>Chance back when you get the chance to:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/722639-yet-another-chance-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/722639-yet-another-chance-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Ok I’ve chanced you :)</p>

<p>anyone else wanna chance me? P-p-p-p-pleeeeaaaassssee?</p>

<p>Bump please chance me someone</p>

<p>Will someone chance me please?</p>

<p>Haha bump bump</p>