Generally, what are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I had a horrible junior year, but it was because I was very sick. I had seizures from once a day up to one time ten a day because of a medication I was on, and after that was mostly resolved, suffered with chronic stomach problems. In total I missed 32 days of school (out of 176), all excused. I know the circumstances won't change the facts -- how much do you think my junior year will mess up my chances?</p>

<p>Eighth grade:
Algebra 1 - A
Spanish 1 - A</p>

<p>Ninth grade:
Health - A+
General Science - A+
*Pre-AP English 9 - A+
Geometry - A+
Spanish 2 - A
Honors History - A
Computer Applications - A+
Phys Ed - A</p>

<p>Tenth grade:
Public and Human Services - A
*Pre-AP English 10 - A+
Chorus - A
Algebra 2 - A+
Trigonometry - A
Biology - B
Honors World History - A-
Spanish 3 - A</p>

<p>Eleventh grade:
Probability and Statistics / College Prep Math - B+
*Pre-AP Chemistry - B-
*AP US History - B-
Book Review - A
*AP English Literature - C-
*AP Chemistry - C-
*Honors Pre-Calculus - B-
Book Review - B</p>

<p>All of these classes are the highest level possible, with the exception of 9th grade science and 10th grade biology. The two classes from 8th grade counted for high school credits.</p>

<p>According to my transcript, my GPA is 3.8846, and my class rank is 12 of 175. </p>

<p>I took the ACT the first time in April 2009.
Composite score: 31
--English: 35
--Mathematics: 28
--Reading: 32
--Science: 29
--Combined English/Writing: 28
I want to take the ACT again in September, trying to increase the math and writing scores.</p>

<p>With this information, what level of colleges do you think I should shoot for?</p>

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<p>I talked with a bunch of Adcoms when they came to my school, and they actually DO want to hear about stuff like serious illnesses, family deaths, etc etc that affect your GPA. They said that they understand stuff like that and to mention it on the app- and I definitely think you should do that.</p>

<p>Your GPA is solid and so is your ACT score (bravo on English :slight_smile: ). Have you considered the UCs? Or if you like East Coast, Cornell/Dartmouth/Brown/“lower” (ugh I hate that term) Ivies might be within your range too, if you have good recs/write good essays. </p>

<p>Also consider what you want to major in because different colleges have different undergrad programs :stuck_out_tongue:
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