low GPA, decent SAT, decent-good EC's what school? What chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi all, </p>

<p>I'm new to CollegeConfidential and reading around has been a great help. This whole application mess has really caught up to me, keep in mind I've always been thoughtful about colleges but now that I really have to say, thats it, you know, I'm out of stuff to build on, I want to know any suggestions you guys have and if you think I honestly have a shot at the schools I'm looking at</p>

<p>GPA
-GPA unweighted 3.46
-GPA core 3.33
-Weighted class rank 154-384
-Note: I missed ~30 days of second semester of junior year because I had a family emergency that required me to go to take a trip to china for several weeks, my previous GPA was around 3.55, counselor says he will mention in his recommendation</p>

<p>SAT
-2150
-1900
-1840
-1640
ACT
24...... (will they look at this?)</p>

<p>EC
Viola for 9 years
-One of the top highschools in nation
-Won national orchestra cup in 2012
-Considering a senior concerto </p>

<p>Crew jv/v for 4 years
-placed 2 and 3rd in some various regional and canadian events
-alternate for 8th place lwt 8 at junior nationals
Internships
-unpaid internship at small start up summer after freshman year ~200 hours
-unpaid internship at same small start up summer after sophomore year ~200 hours
-unpaid internship at University of Washington - Computer Science from summer after junior year to current
-paid internship at NOAA Ecological department from summer after junior year to current (might be releasing some co-authored publications somepoint in the winter)</p>

<p>Various
-president of chinese culture club
-placed second in uw novice team programming competition
-poor sat II's for english and history - ~600
-poor ap scores 3 world history 4 ap us history 3 english composition
-have taken 8 honors courses 4 ap courses 2 years of language and 3 years of orchestra 1 regular science
-currently taking 5 ap's and orchestra</p>

<p>So that is the basic jist of whats going on with me, do you think it would be possible for me to get into any of those higher tier schools because of my GPA? i have ambitious wants here and my counselor simply says "apply to where you want to go". this plays a part but i also do care about the name</p>

<p>schools im thinking of</p>

<p>reaches
-early action to university of chicago?
-cornell
-darmouth
-rice
-duke</p>

<p>safer
uw
occidental</p>

<p>safety
wwu</p>

<p>am i in out of my head? what are some school you guys might have suggestions for? i'm interested in either business, cs, or environmental sciences</p>

<p>thank you!</p>

<p>edit: also, i was diagnosed with adhd in the summer after junior year, worth mentioning?</p>

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<p>I feel like all of your reaches are unrealistic, your test scores are on the low end for them and your GPA is as well (even with the higher GPA before you left for 30 days). I’m sorry I don’t know enough about the other schools on your list.</p>

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<p>thank you, do you have any tips on schools i should look at then?</p>

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<p>I don’t have a specific school in mind (I have no idea what you want) but you should look at schools that are closer to your stats. I would say schools where the average stats are around a 3.5 and 2100-2200 will be better (though you will likely find schools with lower SATs for that GPA).</p>

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<p>Please your reaches aren’t unrealistic, the admissions are done holistically (your essays, recs, transcripts, scores etc), your test scores are fine but yes your GPA is low for those schools and only if you did something extraordinary, will it be overlooked. You should give it a try but have a back-up plan because there’s a very little chance however there’s still a chance, so go for it. If you are Asian I think you should forget it!</p>