I know these are very annoying, but could you chance a student with a really bad gpa?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am Currently a Junior at a prestigious Catholic high school in New York.</p>

<p>GPA: 77.8/100(Unweighted) which is Equivalent to a 2.28(Unweighted)</p>

<p>Major(s): Psychology and History(Double Major)</p>

<p>IB Courses for Junior Year:
IB English HL
IB History HL
IB Psychology HL
IB Spanish HL</p>

<p>Courses for Senior Year:
IB English HL
IB History HL
IB Psychology HL
St. John's Spanish(AP)
Advanced Journalism(honors)
Pre-Calculus
Photography</p>

<p>Full Honors in my Freshman yr
2 Honors courses in my Sophomore year</p>

<p>SAT: 2030
Math: 630
CR: 690
Writing: 710</p>

<p>SAT II's:
Math LVL1: 600
Global History: 680
Spanish: 710
Lit: 670</p>

<p>Activities & Qualities:
- School Newspaper(11,12) I am the Committee of Ways and Means, which handles all the technological aspects of my paper. I do the formating, designing, and proofing of the paper before it is sent to the publisher.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Psychology Club(11,12) Co-President</p></li>
<li><p>Concert and Jazz Band(9,10,11,12) Play the Saxophone and Clarinet!</p></li>
<li><p>Advanced Drumline(11,12) Play the Snare drums!</p></li>
<li><p>Guitar Ensemble(12) Already starting intro class.</p></li>
<li><p>Short Stories and Writers Circle Club(11,12) President/Founder</p></li>
<li><p>I have done Photography for 4 years(8,9,10,11,12) I have done countless celebrations, engagements, weddings, etc.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>-Summer job as an assistant manager at a restaurant in Europe(10,11,12) I work with the organization of money and make sure all the drinks/food are correctly placed and make sure nothing goes missing.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Just started to work as an Intern for a local daily newspaper where I do photography and write articles. I get paid for them as well. </p></li>
<li><p>I can speak 4 different languages(English, Serbian, Albanian, and Spanish). I am currently taking classes in American Sign Language as well.</p></li>
<li><p>First-Generation College Student.</p></li>
<li><p>Religion: Muslim, but Caucasian.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>I can assure you that my App Essay and Recommendations are going to be STELLAR!
- Rec's are going to be from my IB Psychology Teacher and my IB English teacher.
- My App essay is going to be about me comparing myself to the philosophies and the main character of Anthem by Ayn Rand. </p>

<p>Colleges I am Applying to:</p>

<p>Hampshire College TOP CHOICE
St. John's College(Maryland) TOP CHOICE
Bennington College TOP CHOICE
Goucher College
Moravian College</p>

<p>Drew University
Susquehanna University
Catholic University of America
University of Maine at Farmington</p>

<p>I would really appreciate it if you chance me! :)</p>

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<p>I wish I could help, but I’ve just never heard of any of those schools :(. Although, with your stats, I would recommend looking at Syracuse. You could definitely be a match for it. Good luck though :)</p>

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<p>Nah, Syracuse is definitely not a match. Only 1% of the students who applied were accepted with my gpa :&lt;/p>

<p>Thanks anyways! :)</p>

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<p>try: Pennstate main campus. When you apply do main campus, main campus is amazing, and its harder to get into Penn state main campus then just Penn State itself. Penn State main campus loves IB kids, so your a shoe in there…</p>

<p>I honestly do not know about the other colleges/chances of you getting in…
but your spanish SAT II is great, and the fact that you did IB should give you an advantage at some schools. </p>

<p>good luck :smiley: sorry if this didnt help much.</p>

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<p>Your test scores are consistently high; what happened with your GPA? What is your rank, more or less?</p>

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<p>Have you considered Canadian schools? A predicted score in the low-mid thirties would get you into most arts programs here. UBC, UofT, Queens…</p>

<p>On a side note, ew, don’t write about Ayn Rand.</p>

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<p>It would help if you were a legend.</p>

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<p>Setgoals: Are you crazy? lol Penn State is impossible for me to get into(thanks to my GPA).</p>

<p>GreennBlue: I do not know what my class rank is, and i do not want to know because it is probably bad lol. Honestly, I do not find my GPA to be a precise representation of me. There are students at my school who have 90 averages(3.5 GPA UW), and yet don’t do any school work because they happened to have a bunch of teachers who give out easy A’s. </p>

<p>ATTENDANCE is one of the main reasons to why I have a horrible GPA.
Freshman yr= 26 days
Sophomore yr=38 days
Junior year= 59 days</p>

<p>I’m going to try and get perfect attendence in my senior year. </p>

<p>Christiansoldier: ■■■■■, that seriously made my day.</p>

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<p>Please chance? :(</p>

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<p>I think you might have some problems with Hampshire and Bennington, but you’ve probably got a decent shot at Goucher and St. John’s. UMaine at Farmington may be a bit of a stretch, but they place a lot of weight on ECs so you may be okay. I’m not sure about the rest, which is pathetic because I’m also planning on applying to Drew. I can assure you of this: if you work hard first semester your GPA will go up and that means that your chances at getting into the schools you’re applying to will go up. Then, right after the end of the first semester, you’ll be able to send in your applications with that higher GPA, at least if the colleges you’ll be applying to don’t have earlier deadlines than the end of your school’s first semester (and most colleges don’t).</p>