Low(ish) GPA and High(ish) ACT?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background
Ethnicity: White
State: Colorado
Income Bracket: ~$80,000
Requesting Financial Aid?: Yes
Prospective Major: Double Major in International Business/Finance (if available at school)</p>

<p>Objective
School type: Public (ranked as top 6, public or private, in the state)
GPA: 4.08/3.57
SAT: 2100 Superscored (700, 700, 700)
2090 Single Sitting (700 CR, 690 M, 700 W- 10 E)
ACT: 33 (33 M, 33 E, 33 R, 32 S)
Rank: School doesn't rank</p>

<p>AP/College Credit Classes:
AP Lang (Awaiting results, probably a 4)
Marketing 3 (Dual enrollment with University of Colorado)
College Accounting (Dual enrollment with local CC: Actually will be certified to do low-level and intermediate taxes by the IRS at the end of first semester)</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Baseball (9,10) shoulder surgery prevented further play
FBLA (10, 11, 12)
DECA (11, 12)
~120 hours of miscellaneous volunteer work, most through DECA (80 of which will be filing taxes for low income families)
Will be NHS member this fall</p>

<p>Work Experience
Summer 2012: Paid internship with International Industrial Manufacturing company doing Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing (~5 hrs/wk)
Summer 2012: Paid internship with International Consumer Services company doing Financial Metrics and Reporting (ranked as one of the top 50 fastest growing companies in the world) (~16-20hrs/wk)
Leadership:
Vice President of DECA (12)</p>

<p>Awards/Recognition:
FBLA: First at districts (E-Business), 7th at State (E-business)
DECA: 3rd at Invitational (Financial Services Team Decision Making), 1st at districts (Financial Services Team Decision Making), 4th at State (Financial Services Team Decision Making), 4th at State (International Business Plan), International Competitor (International Business Plan)
*All FBLA Awards from 10th grade, all DECA awards from 11th grade</p>

<p>Team leader on several fundraisers for DECA (~$1500 raised)</p>

<p>Upward Trend:
Significant upward trend in grades.
Freshman year: S1-3.285/3.571
S2- 3.5/3.833
Sophomore year: S1-3.428/4.0
S2- 3.571/4.143
Junior year: S1-3.857/4.429
S2-3.833/4.5
Senior year (predicted): S1- 3.833/4.5
S2-3.833/4.5</p>

<p>Projected cumulative: 3.642/4.184
All A's in every business/marketing class I've taken
High School of Business Diploma <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1339553-high-school-business.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1339553-high-school-business.html&lt;/a> (some info on the HSB, if you don't know about it)</p>

<p>Senior year course load:
College Accounting
Marketing 3
Principles of Business Strategies and Management
Advanced Physics
AP Stats
Senior English</p>

<p>Schools:
Vanderbilt (for Economics)
Emory
NYU Stern
UCLA (for Economics)
University of Denver
University of Colorado Leeds (Safety)</p>

<p>Sorry for the long post. Thanks for your time</p>

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<p>Bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt (for Economics)- low reach
Emory- high match
NYU Stern- not sure (match?)
UCLA (for Economics)- reach (they care about gpa more than test scores)
University of Denver- safety
University of Colorado Leeds (Safety)</p>

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<p>Thanks! More opinions welcome!</p>

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<p>Miami of Ohio
Virginia Tech
Lehigh</p>

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<p>Bummmmmmmmmp</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>bumpitybumpbump</p>

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<p>Right now the only thing holding you back is your GPA. I know Vanderbilt and NYU Stern have rely heavily on GPA (Vanderbilt accepted undergrad applicants had an average GPA of 3.9 something, and I believe Stern looked mainly at applicants with a 3.75+); however, your ECs could make up for this.
Vanderbilt (for Economics) - Low reach
Emory - Match
NYU Stern - mid-reach
UCLA (for Economics) - low to mid reach. I’m not 100% sure on this one. They rely heavily on GPA, have a lot of applicants each year, and OOS applicants have a harder time getting in).
University of Denver - Match
University of Colorado Leeds (Safety) -Match</p>

<p>What I would do, which is what I’m doing, is just apply to another school at NYU and then try to transfer to Stern later on. Good luck on your applications, and remember to apply to each school regardless of what people on here say.</p>

<p>Chance me back, please.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1357944-chance-me-nyu-cornell-miami-more.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1357944-chance-me-nyu-cornell-miami-more.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks! Any more?</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt (for Economics)- low reach
Emory- match
NYU Stern- reach
UCLA (for Economics)- reach
University of Denver- high match
University of Colorado Leeds- high match</p>

<p>Chance me back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1358147-chance-duke-ed-vandy-cornell-georgetown-u-florida.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1358147-chance-duke-ed-vandy-cornell-georgetown-u-florida.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Bummmmmmmmmmmp</p>

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<p>bump bump bump bump</p>

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<p>I understand your school “doesn’t rank” but most of these colleges kind of know approximately where your gpa puts you. I’m sure you have some approximation too. So fess up. Is this top 25 percent (at public hs here it would be)? Top 50? What? Once you give that info chancing you will be much eaier.</p>

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<p>Honestly, they dont tell us. My group of friends is not what one would consider “the smart kids”, so its hard to put it into perspective. I would say around 20%, but its a guess.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>I’d like to add USC (California) to the list. Also, if you are knowledgable about AFROTC, What are my chances of receiving a Type 2 scholarship?</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>