<p>University of Delaware is my absolute top choice of schools ... Please chance me!!</p>
<p>Junior - Non DE Resident</p>
<p>Taken all College Prep and Honors classes
Multiple business classes each year
Art classes
Will be taking an AP class next year (senior year)</p>
<p>For my Freshman and Sophomore year my GPA is 3.28 and the weighted is 83.4</p>
<p>However, this year (junior) years has been very strong year with have a 90-92 GPA all year long. My school does not have a class rank because it works on a decile system. I am in the 4th out of 10 in my class. </p>
<p>I should have great teacher recommendations and a really well developed essay.</p>
<p>I am also planning on having an interview with an admissions counselor and visit Campus a lot to show my sincere interest in the school</p>
<p>Lots of good EC's:
Church's youth group (lots of leadership)
Will be Student Council President for next year
Marketing Club
operation Smile
Track and Field
Volunteer for a school with kids who have learning disabilities
Volunteer for a group to help raise money for our school
Leadership Conferences
Honor Roll (every year)
Internship this summer
Lots of community service credits on my transcript</p>
<p>However, my SAT Scores are very low.
Reading - 410
Math - 480
Writing - 470 (10 on the essay)</p>
<p>I am taking the ACT in June and hope to do better as well as taking an SAT Prep Course this summer to help get the scores up.</p>
<p>What state are you from? This could greatly affect your chances. The more popular/closer state, the harder it is. </p>
<p>I think you need to get your test scores above 1500 at a minimum. A 1700 would really help. Your improved grades and trend will be a story to accentuate. You need to connect with your area admission’s rep, establish a relationship, interview, and convince them why you will make a difference. if you rely solely on your numbers, it will not be easy…</p>
<p>Just my humble opinion…</p>
<p>I don’t think 1700 is good enough to be confident for out of state students. But I guess it depends on what state one is from. In the NY area, I am aware of a significant number of kids with SAT scores in the 1800 range who were either waitlisted or denied.</p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t think you have a chance unless the ACT is spectacularly kind to you. Please make sure you have a lot of other options that you can live with. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>I suggest retaking the SAT’s as many times as you possibly can to get the highest scores possible… GOOD LUCK !!</p>
<p>you’ve got to really get those test scores up. I know a bunch of kids who were in a similar grade range/Community service range as my daughter that were waitlisted or denied due to lower test scores. (it had to be the test scores as they were very identical otherwise) My daughter only got a 1790 on the SAT but scored a 30 on the ACT so if that test favors your learning style, take it and keep taking it. U Del will super score your ACT. </p>
<p>Plus, do all you have mentioned, interview and get to know your admissions officer. let them know how passionate you are about attending and what you have to offer U Del to make it a better place. I’m sure you’ll get if if you share your passion and keep working hard. Good luck to you! :)</p>
<p>Hey girl, I’m here to give you a confidence boost and advice ! Retake your SATS, and try to get atleast an 1150 out of 1600 on them… Udel doesnt really care about the writing… trust me i know i got accepted (out of state, white female) with only a 1740 out of 2400 but I got a 610 on math and a 560 on reading 
It took me 3 tries to get this score, so dont feel bad taking it again (I’m a bad test taker :/). I also, like you, was involved with a gazillion activities and charity work. Also, my freshmen year grades and GPA were horrid, but they LOVE to see an upward trend. They even say on their website. And also udel looks at your SATS 3rd. but still try to raise them. So when you study focus on math and reading, maybe get a tutor or take a class. Other than that I really don’t understand what your weighted gpa means. my school does it differently. I got into udel with a 3.6 about unweighted. 4.1 weighted. My advice to you is to do what I did, and take even more honors this year! Udels most important year to them is the senior year. They love it when you work even harder your last year and improve even more. It lets them know you care. I took 4 honors classes my senior year and an AP. H Anatamy, H calc, H english, H chorus (even honors electives help boost your gpa! Colleges love to see you’re interested in the arts!). And Ap art history! Write an awesome essay, that stands out, they actually read them. And I would get 3 teachers to write you reccomendations (they except 3 i think) 2 acadamic and 1 personal. If you retake those SATS, get your math and reading score up, and work your little tush off senior year, I believe you will get in! (get your unweighted to atleast a 3.4! which is very posible since you have about a 3.3! And if you can get it up to a 3.5 then thats perfect! your unweighted gpa is really not big deal since you are already bringing it up from your junior year) Good luck! You’re ALMOST there!. (oh and when i applied to udel and sent out my application, i also emailed them since they dont have early decision to let them know they were my number one.)</p>
<p>from experience, your chances are looking kind of low. unless you raise your SAT scores to about an 1800-1900. i was waitlisted this year with a 1120/1740 SAT and a 93 W GPA. I took all IB courses and applied undeclared. raise your GPA and SAT and you have a chance. SAT prep courses are your friend. good luck i hope you’re a future blue hen as well</p>
<p>Ipod, Did you get in off the waitlist? Rumor has it, this year most wait listed students eventually got acceptances? True for you?</p>
<p>yeah, i got in off the waitlist. such a happy day for me haha. i don’t know if most of the students got in off the waitlist, this year was delaware’s hardest year for admissions. honestly, i think they accepted less than 50% of the students that applied. the freshmen class is 3,855 so i’m guessing they accepted 10-11,000 out of the 26,000 something. i guess we’ll have to see when the common data set comes out.</p>
<p>Congrats. I was told by an admissions rep while at NSO, that this year there was a strange occurrence. Apparently, 200 more instate kids accepted. This threw off things. They were 200 kids short on OOS. That represented a 4 million dollar shortfall. Apparently, they offered all the OOS kids admission who were on the wait list…They are still short OOS kids. Not sure why the yield was higher this year from Delaware admits.</p>
<p>Just a fact that I thought I would share…</p>
<p>Not all OOS kids that were waitlisted were offered admission because I know of one that wasn’t (at least as of last week). He would have accepted if offered, but is very happy going to his 2nd choice university instead.</p>
<p>it is not surprising to me that in today’s economy and with the steady rise in college tuitions that more students would choose to stay in-state. This is the likely explanation for the rise in IS acceptances and reduction in OOS ones.</p>