High SAT- Chance me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA: 3.33 UW
Class Rank: 15%
SAT: 2310
ACT: 34
AP Scores: Government, English, & US History all 5s
Upward trend
Taken all honors and AP classes, for the most part (took one main-stream math, french, and biology class)
ECs are good, not spectacular though- I play a a lot of sports (4-year golf w/ captain senior year), and about 100 hours of community service</p>

<p>(these are only my reaches, so don't worry I have UConn and UMass too, and some more as well)
Cornell
Duke (I'm having someone who is heavily involved in Duke write me a letter of reference)
McGill (I'm from the US)
New York University
Boston College
Boston University
Northeastern</p>

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<p>you in everywhere except nyu duke and cornell-your gpa is KILLING YOU</p>

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<p>BU I think you’ll get in no problem . My sister got in last year same exact GPA well 3.3 . She had no sports and less AP’s . Her entrance essay was amazing though . Im pretty sure her SAT was 2100</p>

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<p>He’ll get into NYU.</p>

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<p>I got into BU with a 3.3 and a 1960 (dam you writing…)</p>

<p>They didn’t give me much money though…</p>

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<p>I could see you potentially getting into Cornell or Duke if your class rank was top 10 %, aside from whatever your GPA may be. However, 15% is kinda pushing it…</p>

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<p>Thanks for being honest, and would it help if I told them that the reason I’m not in the top 10% is because of 10th and 11th grade French (79 & 74). Because I re-calculated my GPA without those two classes and I was just in the top 10%</p>

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<p>You can add that to the additional information section however it will still be a slight blemish</p>

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<p>No, telling them that your rank would be higher without bad grades won’t help. Of course your rank would go up if you didn’t consider your worst grades…</p>

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<p>duke and cornell are unlikely, but you have a slim chance. the rest of your schools you either are in or have a solid shot at. </p>

<p>do NOT say your rank would be higher without your french grades… thats obvious</p>

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<p>Likely in at McGill except for Life Sciences, Management and Architecture which have a minimum UW GPA of 3.7. Your high test scores MAY offset that though.</p>

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<p>lol bu is not close to a reach for you. i know someone with a 1600 sat score, no hook, decent/mediocre grades with decent ecs who got in.
reaches/unlikely = cornell/duke
others are target - safety</p>

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<p>haha thanks, i would have said that on the additional information section; good thing i didn’t</p>

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<p>“Hi, my gpa is low, but if you don’t count the classes I did poorly in, then it’s higher.”
is like saying
“Hi dad. I spent a lot of money shopping, but if you don’t count the expensive stuff I bought, I actually didn’t spend that much money.”</p>

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<p>Yeah, but they were in the same class, and usually, that class (french) is considered the least important. If you had taken the classes that I applied myself, which are the core ones, my GPA would have been to where I could have had a chance to get into some top schools.</p>

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<p>I don’t think French is considered unimportant to Duke and the other colleges you are interested in. I agree that it’s not the gpa that kills you, but the rank. Colleges like being able to write that the vast majority of their student body graduated in the top 10% (or higher) of their high school class.</p>

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<p>Might look at Tufts, Holy Cross.</p>

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<p>yeah that makes sense</p>

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<p>I think your GPA will be an issue at Boston College as well, even with your superlative SAT scores, but I encourage you to apply.</p>

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<p>“Hi, my gpa could have been higher if I applied myself in school, but French class isn’t good enough for my attention, so can we not count that one? Learning another language isn’t important anyway.”</p>