Help please do you think i can be accepted to top level colleges like...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, USC, Georgetown, and NYU (all business programs)</p>

<p>I am a junior in high school. Lets start with the good: My first SAT was a 2100 (800 math, 630 verbal) but my second one will most likely be above 2200 (Ive greatly improved my critical reading scores). My PSAT score was 223 which means almost definitely a national merit scholarship. I also an excellent essay writer, and have had to endure my share of challenges. Im also a minority. Ive done countless hours of volunteer work through church mission trips and boy scouts. I am currently working in a CPAs office doing basic accounting, and the CPA is lending me out to lawyers to do work for them. Im also a soccer letterman so playing soccer at a division II or III schools is an option.
The bad: The only bad is my grades. Im taking ALL honors classes (and the hardest honors classes and am an IB Diploma candidate). I will probably not be in the top 10% at my school, but definitely the top quarter (of a class of 1000+), my GPA is probably around 3.2-3.3ish unweighted (rigor is MOST rigorous). Do the goods outweigh the bads in this case and give me an alright shot at these schools?</p>

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<p>What is your ethnic background? It only matters if you are an URM.</p>

<p>How well known is your high school? If you applied to all 5 and your essays are amazing then you’ll get into one or two. You have good scores and experience, great recommendations will be important in your case as well. You also better apply to some middle range and safety schools too. There is a chance you’ll get into none of those schools, so I wouldn’t get your hopes up too high though. You’re going to be competing with students who got much better grades, but if you can get some good recs and write some great essays then I think a couple acceptances are possible.</p>

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<p>Ok thank you. Ill of course be applying to safety schools, and my school is somewhat well known just for being an IB school. Ill be able to get great recs including some from the lawyers and CPAs im working for.</p>

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<p>Are you black, Hispanic or Native American? Are you low income or first generation to go to college. Aout where will you rank? At most schools a 3.2 would be far below top 10%.</p>

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<p>Well sir, the 3.2 is unweighted, my weighted GPA is about 4.1-4.2.</p>

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<p>Euler321 is right on. Don’t expect too much, pick safeties wisely, accentuate the positive since you are “an excellent essay writer” and don’t be surprised if you get no acceptances from the colleges you mentioned in your original post. You are aware your very low gpa is a killer and all the rest doesn’t prop it up. Good Luck.</p>

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<p>Uhh just saw the “mom” in your username. I apologize if youre not a sir lol</p>

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<p>Wait i dont understand, is 4.2 weighted a severely low GPA?</p>

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<p>Posted before you updated your weighted gpa.</p>

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<p>You will better know your chances after you take your SATIIs.</p>

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<p>Oh ok cool, but saying i get above 750s on my SAT IIs, do you think i can get in?</p>

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<p>Westhamunited…Soccer fan? Do you play?My son does. He’s a sophomore, "urm’; likely pulling a fair SAT, but 3.0 GPA. Posting so I can follow this. Your weighted GPA sounds pretty good to me.</p>

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<p>You sound like you have a pretty good chance! What are your EC’s?</p>

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<p>Oh yes i looooove soccer :)</p>

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<p>your GPA will hurt you, esp at Carnegie, Berkeley, and Georgetown which generally set a >3.5 GPA standard, imo. other than that your ECs and SAT are pretty solid, so i think you have a good shot at NYU and USC…good luck!</p>

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<p>Yeah im gonna beef up my GPA first semester senior year…thank you though!</p>