<p>I am a junior. My unweighted gpa is a 3.5. Ive taken the SAT and scored but a 2270(cr710,math800,w740), but Im sure I can do better. I've taken four subject tests Math I,II, Bio E, and spanish and I've scored above a 750 in all 4. i volunteer at the animal shelter and at the greater boston food bank. Also, ive started the oxfam and DECA clubs at my highschool. i am also the chief Marketing officer of a small gaming studio. NaBrO Studios. Im on debate team and play both varsity tennis and xc. Also, I have my second degree black belt in 2 types of martial arts. Lastly(i know im going on but i want this to be accurate), Im part of an organization called youth lead and i have faciliated many workshops pertaining to effective dialogue.
Here is my list(and it appears daunting, but id appreciate some feedback as well as additons):
UC Berkely
carnegie mellon
cornell
johns hopkins
mcgill
northwestern
tufts
vanderbuilt
wesleyan
washington university in St Louis
Oxford</p>
<p>You have good stats but your list is reach heavy – your match schools would be Michigan, Lehigh, Colgate, Boston College, Rochester, NYU, etc. You can pick a few of your favorite reaches, but I would adjust your list.</p>
<p>if it helps ive been told that the fact that i got a a 3.9 (unweighted) and 4.3 weighted my junior year would help me a lot</p>
<p>A 3.9 GPA is great junior year and upward trend does help but at the same time these schools are very competitive. Out of the schools on your list, I think your best chances are with Carnegie Mellon, Tufts, and McGill. However, they still may be slight reaches.</p>
<p>What is your safety? A school you can definitely get into, can definitely afford, and would be happy to attend? Can your family afford $60K/year for college? That’s what UCB will cost.</p>
<p>McGill doesn’t really look at Freshman grades so that might help you as your high junior year grades would be weighted more heavily. What is your unweighted gpa not counting your freshman year?</p>
<p>McGill lists it’s admission standards for American applicants here:
[Admissions</a> Standards - U.S. High School | Applying to Undergraduate Studies - McGill University](<a href=“http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/standards/unitedstates]Admissions”>http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/standards/unitedstates)
If you meet these stats you stand a good shot at being accepted. Getting a 3.7+ gpa and a 2100+ SAT will likely get you into most department at McGill.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon might be a high match, and possibly Tufts and WUSL. But no guarantee on these or any others on your list. You have no solid matches on there and no safeties.</p>
<p>Yeah, but what do you do in your spare time?</p>
<p>Seriously, I would be shocked if you didn’t get into at least a few schools on your list. But you should have a safety (UMass?) and maybe some lower matches, e.g., Case Western, U Rochester, GWU?</p>
<p>Not including freshman year my unweighted would be a 3.6. My parents are willing to pay for 3/4 of college and is have to pay for the rest which is plausible.and speaking through my schools 6.0 scale, a few schools like Vanderbilt, Carnegie Mellon, and tufts are all mid matches.</p>
<p>That 3.6 puts you in a bit stronger position to get into mcgill, as admission is solely based on gpa and test scores (essays and ECs are irrelevant). Use the link I provided in my last post to check the admission requirements for the department at the university you are interested in.</p>
<p>Here is a link that calculates tuition fees at McGill. As an international student you have to pay more than a Quebec or Canadian student but start at just under 17k (including costs to have access to Canadian health insurance) for a bachelors of arts. However other degrees such as a BEng, can cost close to 25k per year.</p>