Low GPA/decent test scores - chances? I'll bake you cookies (and chance back!)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Female, Caucasian/Middle Eastern, from a large-ish public high school in Illinois. Prospective theatre major.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.82 UW, 4.15 W with an upward trend
Class rank: Somewhere in the top 5% (weighted).
Courseload: 8 APs total by the time I graduate. The music/arts classes I've taken have cheated me out of a lot of challenging courses because my school is on block schedule. My counselor explains this in her rec.
ACT: 33
SAT: 2260 (780 CR, 710 M, 770 W) [I'm retaking this in January, not because I'm score-obsessed, but because my math score could and should be a lot higher.]
Honors/awards: National Merit Semifinalist, a couple of in-school choir/theatre awards.</p>

<p>Essays: Should be decent. I love writing and apparently have a "strong narrative voice"... so we'll see.
Teacher recs: One very, very good, the other spectacular.
Counselor rec: Honestly, probably dreadful. She can be a bit of a dragon lady.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Theatre - 4 years (acted in eight shows, directed, and worked tech for every other show since I started high school. I plan to attach my performance resume with my Common App.)
Show choir - 4 years (500+ hrs/yr commitment, member of two national champion-level groups, featured soloist & performer)
Concert choir - 2 years
Band (top concert band, top jazz band, marching band) - 2 years (played trumpet for 7+)
Graphic/web design for a lot of school-related things - 2 years
Model UN - 1 year
Some minor volunteer work</p>

<p>**My list of schools<a href="I%20probably%20won't%20end%20up%20applying%20to%20all%20of%20them%20-%20these%20are%20just%20the%20schools%20I'm%20considering.%20Oh,%20and%20they're%20in%20no%20particular%20order.">/b</a></p>

<ul>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Tufts</li>
<li>UNC - Chapel Hill (OOS)</li>
<li>Vassar</li>
<li>Brown (legacy)</li>
<li>Boston College</li>
<li>Emerson College</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>Kenyon College</li>
<li>Muhlenberg</li>
<li>Skidmore</li>
</ul>

<p>Thanks in advance! Oh, and if you want me to chance you back, just give me a link to your thread. :)</p>

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<p>i think u should be good at all of them Tufts, northwestern, and Brown are prob going to be the hardest but ur stats look good, however if u are applying theater isnt it more stressed on how well u perform than ur grades <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/822268-chance-me-please-ea.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/822268-chance-me-please-ea.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>is your weighted gpa on a 5 or 6 scale?</p>

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<p>You are in good shape for all :slight_smile: Btw, I’m applying to Emerson too! Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816473-chance-aa-female-elite-schools-updated-stats.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816473-chance-aa-female-elite-schools-updated-stats.html&lt;/a&gt; <–Include Yale also!</p>

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<p>mvm - For schools where you have to audition to get in, yes, admissions are much more audition-based. I didn’t include the schools I’m auditioning for in this thread. The programs I’m applying to at the schools I listed are non-audition. :)</p>

<p>Lrn5321 - It’s on a 5.0 scale, but because it’s impossible to take a schedule of entirely AP classes, the person with the highest weighted GPA in my class has like a 4.5.</p>

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<p>ur in NOW GIMME MY COOKIE BIOTCH</p>

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<p>I would say that with a good essay and recs (which you say you have) I think you a pretty much 95% in at all of them except Brown. You definitely have the GPA and scores to have a shot and legacy will help you. No one is for sure in at any Ivy but you definitely have a good chance at Brown. Good luck!</p>

<p>Please Chance Back
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<p>I would say that you should be matched or in for all…except (of course) Brown…which is a reach, but certainly possible! If you raise the SAT, you’ll have an even better chance!
GOOD LUCK!!!
chance back?
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<p>Thanks for chancing me. . .and I’m going to warn you right off the bat that I’ll be saying stuff similar to what everyone else is saying.</p>

<p>Northwestern= about 50/50- this school is less selective than brown but you lose the legacy hook, so I’m going to say that your chances at the 2 schools are comparable

  • Tufts=in
  • UNC - Chapel Hill (OOS)=in
  • Vassar=in
  • Brown (legacy)= again about 50/50- it’s selective but you are competitive and have the hook of being a legacy
  • Boston College=in
  • Emerson College=in
  • USC=in
  • Kenyon College=in
  • Muhlenberg=in
  • Skidmore=in</p>

<p>Brown and Northwestern are obvioulsy the two hardest for you but you are very competitive for both of them. You are clearly a good student and will have pretty impressive transcript to match your good ec’s, awards, and standardized test scores. That being said, being a white female will probably hurt you. . .all in all I’d say that you have as good of a shot as anybody at those two and shouldn’t worry about any of the others. Best of luck to you</p>

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<p>probably a good shot at most of these schools. if you’re applying as a theatre major, your chances should be pretty good. for arts majors the standard unspoken ‘requirements’ are much lower.</p>

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<p>I think you’ll be in at all, your GPA shouldn’t hurt because theater is considered a less ‘academic’ sort of major and you’ve shown your strength in theater with your ECs</p>

<p>chance me back :)</p>

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<p>In vassar kenyon skidmore emerson. Tufts northwestern muhlenberg fifty fifty. Brown closer to forty percent</p>

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<p>I couldn’t find the low Gpa? But you should get in most of them.</p>

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<p>Northwestern, Tufts, UNC, and Brown are your only quasu-reaches, i would actually say that UNC will be the hardest because its OOS and they accept very few OOS students. Brown i would say you have a great shot with your legacy, Tufts is a high match, as is Northwestern. NW is maybe 50/50. Good luck!</p>

<p>Chance me back?
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<p>In to basically all of them except for Brown but with the legacy you have a good shot.</p>

<p>Your GPA isn’t low… your SAT isn’t decent. They’re all great. Maybe not to the standards of the college you have selected…</p>

<p>Chance me back.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys!! :slight_smile: I chanced all of you back.</p>

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<p>i’d say the only 100% one is Muhlenberg, though there are lots that are matches.</p>

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<p>you seem like you have good chances for all of them.</p>

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<ul>
<li>Northwestern- match maybe a little reach</li>
<li>Tufts - match</li>
<li>UNC - Chapel Hill (OOS)- match</li>
<li>Vassar- match</li>
<li>Brown (legacy)- very good chance</li>
<li>Boston College- match</li>
<li>Emerson College- match</li>
<li>USC- match</li>
<li>Kenyon College- match</li>
<li>Muhlenberg- match</li>
<li>Skidmore- match</li>
</ul>

<p>you are in amazing shape
good luck</p>