Hey hey hey!! Chancing time!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello fellow CCers (that a word?),</p>

<p>I am currently a junior at one of the best schools in the nation (top 40 according to us news). Trust me its nothing to brag about, we're all getting our rear ends kicked hard. But I just wanted to mention that so that you guys would get an idea for why my GPA is so low. Talking about GPA, here are my stats: </p>

<p>GPA: 3.4 UW (yea heckka low)
SAT I: 2360 (M: 800 CR:800 W:760) Superscore: 2400 (took it like twice)
ACT: 34 (M: 36 S: 35 R: 33 W:33)
SAT II: Math 2: 800; Lit: 770; Bio:800; Chem:780
AP: Comp Sci (5) {Last year}
Bio; Chem; Lit; Lang; Stats {This year}
Class Schedule Junior Year:</p>

<p>AP Stats
AP Bio
AP Chem
Honors English
Honors Pre-Calc
AP US - not takin the test its useless for what I want to do; just did it for weighted GPA</p>

<p>My schedule may seem easy to you guys but I'm taking this at one of the best math and science high schools in the country. (Again not trying to brag but to explain the relation between low GPA and classes)</p>

<p>ECs:
Sports:
2 years of basketball
1 year of track (so far.. probably going to continue)</p>

<p>Clubs:
President of Bio Medical Research Club
DECA
Alternative Energy Secretary</p>

<p>I was a Bio Olympiad Semi Finalist last year
I am going to take Chem Olympiad this year.(Probably not going to do too well, but its worth a try.)</p>

<p>Did a Projects Abroad Program to Tanzania last summer where I had the opportunity to work as an intern in a hospital in rural Tanzania. I pretty much shadowed a doctor for about 2 weeks along with learning about how hospitals are in a foreign country. Along with this we went on a 5 day trip through villages and provided clinical care and helped the people there set up a local clinic available to them 24/7. Really fun!!!!!!</p>

<p>I also shadowed a nephrologist for around 30-40 hours last summer.</p>

<p>Founder of a non-profit organization in which we learn about finance and the stock market while at the same time donating our profits to the local charity. (A little more complex than this but don't really want to get into the details of it just yet (sorry). But in terms of importance and significance, I believe this is by far my best EC. And also I've gotten professors from Haas and Standard GSB to come give a lecture/seminar)</p>

<p>210 Hours of Volunteer Hours (Mostly at the hospital) (Probably going to stop volunteering now, I think its enough)</p>

<p>Also this summer I'm traveling to rural India to plan + build an electrical wiring system that will supply electricity to 5-10 villages. I'm doing this with a non-profit international company.</p>

<p>Applied for Medical Research Program over the summer.
Applied to LBW in Upenn for the summer.</p>

<p>And I don't think there are going to be much changes to my application in the following year except for maybe/hopefully medical research paper published and LBW at Penn and maybe a few volunteer positions.</p>

<p>So there it is!!! Please chance for the following schools:</p>

<p>University of Chicago
Washington University in St. Louis
Johns Hopkins University
NYU STERN
University of Michigan-Ross
Cornell
Duke
UC Berkley
UCLA
Boston University BS/MD
USC- Marshall</p>

<p>Thanks a lot guys!!!!</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Your ECs are really good, but no matter the explanation, the GPA is a bit lacking, so it will be harder for you to get admitted. That said, I think you have a great chance at NYU, UCLA, Boston U, UMichigan, and USC. UC’s look first for a high GPA/class rank. So if your GPA is low and your rank is high then I’m guessing you have a great chance at UCB. The rest are low reaches/high matches and Ivies are just unpredictable :frowning:
Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1285241-chance-me-carnegie-mellon.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1285241-chance-me-carnegie-mellon.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>What’s your class rank?</p>

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<p>My school doesn’t rank, so I have no clue!!! And thank you for the chance!!</p>

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<p>If your school is as competitive as you say it is then your gpa won’t hurt nearly as much as you think. You are a very competitive candidate</p>

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<p>Hey thanks CrystalJ!!! I hope so too. In terms of competitiveness, my school sends about 30-45 students every year to Ivies, Stanford, MIT, U Chicago, and JHU. And most of them have like a 3.6-3.7 GPA. So yea, I just hope the adcoms actually recognize this when I apply!!</p>

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<p>Good luck!!</p>

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<p>This may not apply to your school, but in my school/area, I think you only get the 5.0 weight finalized into your GPA if you actually take the AP test at the end of the year. You may want to ask and make sure you get the weight in.</p>

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<p>Really?!!!? Oh snap I better go find out about this!!!</p>

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<p>bumpp 10char!!!</p>

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<p>Go for University of Chicago. Schools will recognize the fact that your school is a very rigorous environment, and you have killer SAT and ACT scores.</p>

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<p>But doesn’t NYU Stern have a better program for finance???</p>

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<p>First, the really to schools in the country are not on the US list. it excludes all private schools (35-45 percent of every top college class) and most magnet schools.</p>

<p>Next, even when your school does not trivially rank, colleges will know where you rank. It might be an apron guess from a school little known that sends few applicants, but from your school that have historical data AND score distribution data your school supplies.</p>

<p>You’ll get into some great schools, but not because they’re going to ignore that GPA. It will absolutely register.</p>

<p>Last big question, can you afford the expensive OOS schools? If not, adjust the list.</p>