My GPA is 1.6 Any chance for Harvard?

<p>Haha just kidding. ^^ Please chance me anyways though</p>

<p>Asian Male 17 Years old
Live in Massachusetts</p>

<p>GPA Weighted 4.419
Class Rank (School only reports quintiles. I made it into the top 20% i think but barely!)
SAT R730 W770 M800
SAT2 Chemistry 780, Math I 800, Math II 750</p>

<p>Academics:
Took AP Chemistry and AP Biology in junior year
Currently taking AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Physics
Took all honors courses except 2 years of History and 2 years of English</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Chess Club President/Founder
Suicide helpline volunteer
Member of after-School Acapella Group
Work as a cashier
Other random, insignificant and bland tasks</p>

<p>Applying to:
Tufts (Early Decision I)
Bates
Bowdoin
Boston College
Colby
Colgate
McGill
Connecticut College
University of Vermont</p>

<p>Please chance me. A percent would be more helpful so that I could get a more precise idea of my chances. </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>I would say you are a shoe in at UVM and bates. you're also looking real good at BC, colby, tufts and Connecticut college. I would say bowdoin and colgate are certainly harder to get into; I would estimate like 40-45% for both of those for you, maybe a little higher, but they are both small schools and thus will be hard to get into for most people. McGill is an interesting situation: have you already applied? They have "rolling admissions" which is, if you don't know, a system in which they accept qualified applicants as soon as their applications are sent in. Thus, it benefits you to send in your application as soon as possible. If you've already sent it in, I'd say you have about a 65-75% chance of getting into mcgill but if you're waiting, that estimate will drop, just because they will keep accepting people until they have enough and then you will get waitlisted after that even if you are an extremely qualified applicant. Hope this helps a little and please check out my thread! <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/583457-how-likely-i-will-get-into-williams.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/583457-how-likely-i-will-get-into-williams.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You're DEFINITELY qualified for ALL of those schools. I'd say that not a single one is a reach, all are matches or lower. Don't sell yourself short, apply to some IVIES!</p>

<p>Unless of course your GPA is worse than it sounds...
What is it unweighted?</p>

<p>If you're at a 4.419 and you're just barely in the top 20%... Then maybe its out of 5 or something?</p>

<p>If the UW GPA is lower, then its a different story. Get back to us!</p>

<p>please chance me back at <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=581852%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=581852&lt;/a> :)</p>

<p>I don't think my school does unweighted GPAs</p>

<p>I've never gotten under a B in anything. I almost always get A/A- in math and science courses. B+ in English B+/A- in History and B in Latin courses</p>

<p>Not sure if its out of 5 or weighted.</p>

<p>Honors Courses count as 5 for an A, Advanced Courses count as 4.5 for an A, Regular courses count as 4 for an A</p>

<p>And theres a lot of very good students in my school I guess thats why my percentile is so low. Some have perfect 5.0</p>

<p>Bump Please Chance me</p>

<p>he doesn't have to apply to ivys if he doesn't want to... and none of those schools would be "selling yourself short" (well maybe UVM, but I digress). I know someone who went to cornell and was miserable and I also know someone who is at Harvard and feels she is unchallenged and unmotivated. Also: look at his list... 5/9 are small liberal arts school, then there's the 20,000 student mcgill, BC, UVM and tufts all schools very different from the ivys. He probably isn't looking at the ivys for a reason</p>

<p>I dont think ED at tufts is needed you could get into some other good schools, maybe even ivies like brown. You have decent stats.</p>

<p>bowdoin might be a slight reach, you're in at colgate and all the others.</p>

<p>Any other opinions?</p>

<p>ur class rank doesnt help your case much but i believe that you proved through EC's and test scores that it was a fluke
in Tufts ED.</p>

<p>plz return the favor.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/585047-chances-mit-stanford-princeton-dartmouth-northwestern-uchicago-umich-ross.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/585047-chances-mit-stanford-princeton-dartmouth-northwestern-uchicago-umich-ross.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>bump bump ^^</p>

<p>Also, the SAT score I got was in 1 sitting (I only took it once) My writing multiple choice score was perfect my essay got 9/12 and killed me =&lt;/p>

<p>I assume the OP is applying ED to Tufts because that is his first choice school, not for any implied admissions "boost." He has already decided on where he is applying -- i.e., he has done his research and decided that these particular schools are the best fit for him. He has some truly excellent schools on his list and the qualifications to get into most of the schools on his list, if not all.</p>

<p>Do you have a USCF rating/ has your chess team or you won any tournaments? I think talking about the successes of your club will give us a better idea of the strength of your ECs. Also, to bad you didn't take the Oct SATs. 80 MC + 9 Essay = 800</p>

<p>You've good a great shot at all of your schools except UVM. Maybe if you boosted those SAT scores…</p>

<p>I wouldn't retake a 2300. Trust me.</p>

<p>LOL volunteer as a suicide hotline helper!!!
that takes the cake...</p>

<p>Haha my USCF rating is weak (1450) , don't wanna say that! Others on the team are like 1800+</p>

<p>And it sucks that I didn't take the october SAT I would have gotten 800 x.x</p>

<p>I thought UVM was a safety for me. o.O</p>

<p>I was kidding about UVM :) What state do you live in? I'm 1940 and live in Maine. I would absolutely die to have the other four boards be 1450. My next highest board is <1100 :(</p>

<p>I live in massachusetts :) Ya think that helps my chances any since Tufts is in massachusetts also o.o</p>

<p>1940 wowww you're amazing x.x
But sucks you have to play with all bad players ;P</p>

<p>Our top players are</p>

<p>1870
1800
1650
1500
then me :)</p>