<p>Hi there,
Question for those with more college admissions knowledge than me!
I am a female junior in high school, hoping to attend Georgia Tech or the University of Georgia. My (unweighted) GPA is a 3.9 (at the end of sophomore year), and I've gotten straight As in math since I began high school. However, I am taking precalcules honors this year and am not doing well--I suspect I'll end up with about a C. It's a notoriously difficult class at my school.
I live in Georgia and am a captain for my sports team and have a few other leadership positions in my school.
I did terribly on my PSATs last October (mostly just got a really rough math score which I have now improved in practice tests) and had about a ~1800 (translated to the 2400 scale) but I should be able to improve that by about 200-300 points at least.
Anyone have any thoughts on how realistic my chances of getting into UGA/Tech are?
Many thanks!</p>
<p>My guess is your chances are better at UGA. You need to take ACT/SAT to know where you stand.</p>
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<p>UGA re-calculates GPA differently. So what you see on transcript may be different from how UGA looks at your transcript. </p>
<p>TBH, and this is what ACCCEPTED students from UGA told me:</p>
<p>Your test scores?You may not know how you’ll get in through UGA. One person said they had a friend with a 36 on ACT , but outright denied in Early.No deferral, but denial.</p>
<p>GPA matters a LOT in UGA. Also, rigor of high school courses is really important. AP and IB is what they look in. Of course, they will see honors/pre-ap, they do not ignore this, however,they don’t emphasize/label honors on same level as rigor as AP/IB.</p>
<p>I say you apply to find out.UGA early action came out on September 2nd. I already finished mine September 4th(And if anyone ever asks, I had file of required info already finished ahead of time and proofread and edited and made sure no errors were inputted in application before applying)</p>
<p>Many recommend EA, but it’s up to you how you want to apply.</p>
<p>@server456 </p>
<p>I am also from GA as well :)</p>
<p>One C won’t kill you too much .Like you said, you had mostly all A’s since high school. This is just what I’m taking from what Ive gotten advice on. </p>
<p>@SammyxB Oh my gosh thank you so much for your help!! My school doesn’t really have APs (very odd, I know) but this class is a “seminar” and will show up on my transcript at a level 5/hardest math class available to me. Do you know how this will affect my application? I’m taking 1 science AP and then four of the hardest level classes that I should get an A/-A in, this year, so I’m hoping it will even out a bit!</p>