grades suck...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>hey everyone, so yea, I know my grades suck, I didnt realize that miterms and finals combined was a semester grade so bombing on both midterms and finals soph. year brought my grade down.. by a lot.. I have been getting straight A's and B's this year, so my grades will improve by a lot...</p>

<p>So here goes:
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>-GPA (only freshman and soph.)
unweighted - 3.2 (predict 3.4 with junior and senior grades)
weighted - 3.9 (predict 4.2 with junior and senior grades)</p>

<p>-Classes
Freshman
-Honors Biology
-Honors Geometry
-Honors Algebra 2
-College World Cultures (only college)
-Honors English 1
-Honors French 2
-Concert Band</p>

<p>Sophomore
-Honors Chemistry
-Honors Precalculus
-Honors English 2
-Honors Old and New World History
-College French 3
-Concert Band
-Color Theory</p>

<p>Junior
-AP Calculus BC
-AP Statistics
-AP US History
-Honors Physics
-College French 4
-Honors American Literature
-Honors Wind Ensembel
-Full Orchestra</p>

<p>Senior (plan)
-AP Physics
-AP Biology
-Honors British Literature
-Honors French 5
-Honors Social Science
-Stocks and Marketing
-The Creative Economy
-East Asia Rising
-Honors Wind Ensemble
-Full Orchestra
-Multivarible Calculus (at Harvard)</p>

<p>-Standardized Testing
SAT (retake def.)
Math - 780
CR - 620
Writing - 660</p>

<p>SAT II
Math IIC - 800
Chinese - 780
taking US History in May, predict 750+</p>

<p>-may also take ACT or Tofel if I have time.. since english is my second language...</p>

<p>Community Service
-HFLS (Hangzhou Foreign Language School), 647 hours
-Band Activites 21, hours
-Tutor, 60 hours</p>

<p>Extracuricular Activites
Freshman
-JV Volleyball
-JV Skiing
-Freshman Lacrosse
-Math Team
-Business Club
-Academic Decathlon
-Debate Club (pres/founder)
-Junior District (first chair for flute)</p>

<p>Sophomore
-JV Lacrosse
-Math Team
-Business Club
-Academic Decathlon
-Debate Club (pres/founder)</p>

<p>Junior
-Math Team
-Business Club
-Academic Decathlon
-Debate Club (pres/founder)
-SAP (Student Awareness Program)
-R and B Band at NEC (New England Conservatory)
-senior district (assitant chair for flute)</p>

<p>Senior
-Math Team
-Business Club (pres like 90%)
-Academic Decathlon
-Debate Club (pres/founder)
-SAP (Student Awareness Program)
-at least 2 orch/bands outside school - NEC or BYSO(Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra)</p>

<p>That is about it, I will mostly talk a lot about my experience at HFLS for community service and teaching kids english...</p>

<p>Do I have a least a shot at UPenn Wharton, Harvard, Columbia, Georgetown... Also, how about NYU (stern), BC, Boston U (legacy), Carneige Mellon, Emory, WashU in St Louis, Wellseley, Notre Dame, Lehigh, Wake Forest, etc...</p>

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<p>any help would be really appreciated!</p>

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<p>I don't think you have a chance at any of the Ivies, due to your low GPA. You have a decent shot at Wake Forest, but I'm unsure about everewhere else.</p>

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<p>sorry, i forgot to add that I am top 10% (my school is very competitve, and getting b's is considered really good... some teachers only give an A a quarter...) I don't know if that might help me a little bit?</p>

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<p>I think you would be viable at Lehigh too, and maybe Wellesley, depending on how their class is filling out. Notre Dame is a crap shoot... Ivies - idk: how many students from your school go to ivies?</p>

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<p>oh, well just this year, 8 people got into brown, 4 to harvard, 3 to Upenn, 1 to princeton, 7 to duke, 3 to standford (including val and sal), 6 to yale, and 8 to dartmouth... the list goes on... my school is pretty good in that there are lots of people going to ivyes and high caliber schools. Most including me, consider BU as safeties..</p>

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<p>Unless you go to a prestigious prep/boarding school, I find that extremely hard to believe.</p>

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<p>it is a presitgious prep/boarding school, but it is one of the best public schools in MA, so that should explain it..</p>

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<p>Lol, my school is similar to laxgurl's in terms of college acceptances (sometimes better), and it is a public school</p>

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<p>How many extra points do honors classes give for you? Your weighted GPA is .7 higher than your normal GPA, despite having taken no AP classes, so I get the feeling that 6, rather than 5, would be your best possible score. Am I correct?</p>

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<p>NYU and Wellesely seem like the closest matches, although they may be reaches as well. If your school is as competative as you say, you may stand a better chances. The Ivies are going to be extremely difficult...</p>

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<p>thanks for your imputs... khaki, im not too sure how the honors classes work.. but I know that they are out of 5 instead of 4 (college classes).. however, I do pretty well in my honors classes, mostly A-'s, and also I do almost all honors classes, so that maybe why my weighted grade is soo much higher?</p>

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<p>The ivies are reaches, as they are for everyone. Low gpa isnt the end of the world. So don't let anyone tell you NOT to even try. However... I would have a safety/match heavy list instead of a reach heavy list, because with a low gpa, u want to be safe. I would say your in at BU</p>

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<p>high reaches: UPenn Wharton, Harvard, Columbia, Georgetown, WashU in St Louis
reaches: Stern, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, Wellesley, Notre Dame
matches: BC, BU, Lehigh, Wake Forest</p>

<p>good luck. i hope your school is as good as you say it is.</p>

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<p>thanks! spectaclesam2002</p>