GPA: Make or Break??? PLZ chance me, I'll chance back !!!!

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<p>Hi</p>

<p>I'm looking at: Cornell, Brown, BU, NYU, Rochester, Williams, Carnegie, UVA, Tufts, UMass Amherst, WPI, Northeastern, UIUC. Looking to do something with math as of right now... Applying to the Arts and Sciences (Liberal Arts) colleges for most of these schools.</p>

<p>I attend a private Catholic HS in MA</p>

<p>3.7 GPA unweighted
2160 SAT - 690 CR, 720 MATH, 750 WRITING, 31 ACT - TAKING THE SAT ONCE MORE AND MY SECOND ACT RESULTS ARE YET TO BE DETERMINED</p>

<p>SAT SUBJECT TESTS:
750 MATH II
670 PHYSICS
660 US HISTORY</p>

<p>AP Scholar with Honor - 9 AP classes
National Honor Society
Honor Roll</p>

<p>Varsity Rower - Winner of 2 medals and a team trophy
National Honor Society
Varsity Math Team
105 Hospital Volunteer Hours and another 20 from the Library
I work at Kumon - I have teaching/tutoring experience in Math and English
Investment Club
Chess Club
I play guitar and piano
I raised money and participated in a Boston Heart Walk this fall</p>

<p>My writing skills are well above par; I've been told that my essay is very good so I'm not too worried about that aspect of my resume. I'm getting recommendations from my Calc teacher and a teacher of mine who was a BU Trustee Scholar.</p>

<p>I'm hoping my successes in crew and relatively solid test scores can help shadow my GPA a bit... Although I'll have taken 9 APs and this GPA is unweighted... I have a quirky essay that I think will be memorable to most </p>

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<p>Yours ECs are pretty solid as well as your SAT1, but your GPA and SAT2 scores are relatively weak. I think you’re definitely a competitive applicant, but I guess here your essays and teacher recs will make the difference. </p>

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<p>SAT2 scores are not required for admission & will not be a factor in your admission. I don’t think your 3.7 will hurt you much seeing that you appear to have taken the most rigorous courses offered at your school. Does your school rank, does your school send many students to highly competitive colleges? </p>

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<p>@csdad my school does not rank nor does it weight GPA. My school is ranked highly in MA and sends a few kids to the ivies each year… Lot of kids get into BC </p>

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<p>Essays & letters of rec. will be determining factors. </p>