<p>Hi, I'm currently a junior, will be a senior this year. As you can probably tell, I'm Indian, but my grades certainly are far from the average. I totally screwed up in school, and I was wondering where am I headed. Much of the things that determine my future have not even been done yet; so please make assumptions based on the fact that I most likely will do these things. Here are my somewhat mediocre stats:
*GPA/EC'S/Advanced Classes
-Freshman year- 2.46 GPA/No EC's/No advanced classes
-Sophomore year- 3.54 GPA/No Ec's/No advanced classes
-Junior year- 3.75 GPA/JV Tennis/Honors Alg II
-Senior year (What I expect) - 4.66 GPA/Varsity Tennis/Precalculus, AP Chem
AP Bio, AP Lit - Expecting all A's
-Cumulative- Weighted, 3.35, w/o my last semester senior year.
*Test Scores
-Sat I- So far, 1900, expecting 2150
-ACT- So far, 26, expecting 30
*Misc.
-Will have good recs
-Will have a good enough essay</p>
<p>*With the above resume, can I expect to see myself in a decent college? I plan on majoring in chemical engineering, and I live in St. Louis, Missouri. I don't know much about the colleges I want to get into, but I've been closely considering the following:
-University of Chicago
-Ohio State University
-Pennsylvania State University
-Washington University
-Purdue University
*I would really, truly appreciate any help here, as I have no idea where I'm headed, or what my future is. Thanks in advance</p>
<p>a guidance counselor could help you better with that. most people here would <em>gasp!</em> at a 3.35 weighted.</p>
<p>Alright.. the reason I posted in the "What are my chances" thread was to find out what my chances were..</p>
<p>University of Chicago-Reach
Ohio State- Match
Penn State- Reach
WashU-Reach
Purude Match</p>
<p>You have had a rising trend in grades so that's good. Strong test scores coupled with a decent gpa and rising trend makes a better applicant but not the best. I would venture to guess that Ohio and Purdue would be the school you def get into. But the others have the same degree of difficulty althought Purdue may be a little tougher to get into. If you keep the rising trend and have better test scores I'd say you have a good shot of getting in to a couple of those schools. Good luck, God bless, and all that.</p>
<p>Not to be offensive, but are you Native American or Asian Indian? If you're Native American, that will give you a boost, as will your upward trend of gpa, ECs & courseload. You should get into Ohio State, Penn State, maybe Purdue. Wash U & UChicago are reaches, and they are tough schools. Honestly, I think that if you work very hard in your classes & ECs this year, prepare for SAT/ACT, you will be fine. Good luck!</p>
<p>I'd also like to note, that I know someone with grade trends just like yours, and she ended up getting in Washu. So keep up the grade trend, and study for that SAT, and you have a shot.</p>