Low GPA Chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background
Ethnicity: African-American (First-Gen) Parents are immigrants from Africa
Sex: Male
Residence: VA
Graduation Year: 2009
Major interests: Business/Economics
School: Highly Competitive
Class Size: About 600</p>

<p>GPA:
4.0 Scale
Had a 2.75 freshman year which put my GPA in a hole, then turned it up Sophomore-Junior Years with a combined 3.5 in my schools AP/Honors program. My counselor will talk about my great turnaround in her recommendation.
UW:3.2 W:3.3
Had only one C after freshman year in 11th grade AP Macroeconomics.
My schools weighting system is strange in which theirs no more than a .1 of a difference between the two. So the highest unweighted that can be acheived is 4.1</p>

<p>SAT/SATII
SAT: 2070 {Math-720, Cr-650, Wr-700}
SAT II's:Taking in October/November in Math Level II and probably US History</p>

<p>Rank: School Doesn't Rank</p>

<p>Course Rigor:
Most Rigorous
9th-12th:7 APs, 7 Honors, 4 years of Spanish, 4 years of Business Classes
11th:3 AP's Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Language
12th:4 AP's Calculus BC, Biology, English Literature, US Government</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
1. (9-12)Future Business Leaders of America (President)
2. (9)Freshman Basketball Team (Co-Captain)
3. (10) JV Basketball (Co-Captain)
4. (10-12)National Business Honor Society
5. (9-10) JV Winter/Spring Track
6. (10-12) Varsity Track Team
7. (11-12) Science Honor Society
8. (9-10) Junior Math Team
9. (11-12) Senior Math Team</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience
Many Hours in:
1. Local Church Helping First Graders
2. Library Helping Librarians
3. Cleaning local Neighborhoods</p>

<p>Other
Recommendations: 2 Amazing Rec's from rigorous Chemistry teacher with a PhD and business teacher at my school.
Counselor Recommendation: great explaining how I've matured in four years
Essays: good</p>

<p>Schools I will be applying to:
1.University of Virginia
2.William and Mary
3.Virginia Tech
4.James Madison
5.Fordham
6.Boston University
7.Pittsburgh
8.George Mason</p>

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<p>I don't think that some schools look at your freshmen yr GPA so you should be safe there. I know that a lower grade in a harder class is better than a high grade in an easy class so I think you should just try to retake the classes if possible. Also, a high SAT score could help make up for a low GPA so try retaking them if possible. As for the schools, B.U., Pitt, and UV might be harder to get into with your score. I really don't know much about schools on the East so I hope this helps. Good Luck.</p>

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<p>bump!!!!!!</p>

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<p>bump!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Absolutely, positively NO. Go to another college and transfer in.</p>