<p>I'm a junior in high school, and I am worried that the schools I am thinking about applying to are too far out of line for me.
Info:
Grades
3.23 GPA Unweighted
1 AP (test later this year)
Tests
1870 PSAT, 630 math 630 critical reading 610 writing
Goal: 2060 SAT, 680 math 700 critical reading 680 writing (just a goal, hasn't happened yet)
Xtra Curriculars
Over 250 hours community service, volunteering with special needs children (school year and summer)
Weekly political internship
3 year member varsity bowling team, two year captain (by next year 4 years, 3 yrs capt)
Weekend job at bowling alley</p>
<p>Schools I plan on applying to
Safeties:
Ithaca College
Hofstra University
Regulars:
University of Delaware
Syracuse University
University of Connecticut
Rutgers University
Penn State University
Boston University
Reaches:
Union College
George Washington University
McGill University</p>
<p>Thinking about GW or BU for ED, but not sure...
Do I have chance at GW or McGill? My grades are up this year but by end of junior year, realistically the most I could pull my GPA up to is 3.3-3.35. Please help...</p>
<p>So McGill does everything based off GPA and SAT/ACT? In that case, I might as well not apply. Most likely I am going to be majoring in Education, History, Poly Sci or something else relating to history and politics. I am going to be a lawyer or a teacher, I am pretty sure, so I want to find a school that I can get into, and that has good history and education programs. I realize not every school has education programs, so that might be a little annoying when trying to find a school. I really would love to go to GW, because they have a great political program, but my grades most likely aren’t good enough. Or are they? I really don’t know…</p>
<p>I found out how to recalculate unweighted gpa, and I actually have a 2.95
but will a school like UConn or BU still accept me? I figure ill probably be around a 3.15-3.2 unweighted by end of junior year, and maybe closer to 3.3 by end of 1st semester next year. I think my extracurriculars are pretty solid, do I still have a good chance?</p>
<p>If you get the 2000+ SAT score, or even close to it, you can get into McGill if your average grade on your transcript is a B+. Remember, McGill also takes into account specific grades (i.e. your prospective major and school). If you apply to the School of Arts (English, History, Philosophy, Economics, Math, Foreign Language etc.) they will focus on your humanities grades, and not as much on your science grades.</p>
<p>I did awful freshman and sophomore years. I would want to do something with either history, poly sci, education, law or some combination. I got B’s in English and History freshman year, B+ in both sophomore year, and am on pace to get B+/A- in history and A- in english. Then will I have a chance if it is an upwards trend? I am also taking AP Gov later this year which would also look good. The problem with B+ is that it hurts for the unweighted GPAs because it still goes down as a 3.0. Our school does semesters, so overall I have had 5 B+, 2 B-, 1 C+ and the rest B’s. Not very good. But my lowest grade this semester should be a B+, with a few A- in there as well. Do they look at trends also?
And does McGill have early decision?</p>
