<p>I don’t think GPA is looked at the same way at your school as it is at other schools。For example，4.8 out of 6 is an 80 （B-) but schools would probably look at it as a B+ mayyyyybe A- average。</p>
<p>Not necessarily so. Michigan, for example, says they weigh GPA more heavily than standardized test scores, and their 25th/75th percentile GPAs of 3.7-4.0 on a 4.0 unweighted scale reflect that (28% of entering class have unweighted GPA of 4.0). On the other hand, they only count sophomore and junior years for purposes of GPA and they recalculate GPAs by rounding off + and - grades to the full letter; so an A- and a B- count as an A and a B respectively = 3.5, which can really help some students.</p>
<p>Prepstar, what are you interested in studying? It’s hard to determine a good match without knowing that. </p>
<p>^ pmrlcomm, I believe OP said U Washington, not Wash U. Big difference. U Washington could very well be a safety, especially in OP is in-state.</p>
<p>Michigan counts everything from an 80-89 as a 3.5? Then of course their average accepted gpa would seem super high. Since that is usually counted as a 3.0 when you don’t have +s and -s.</p>
<p>On topic, ah, what types of things are looking for in the school? Geographic area, size, things you want to study, intellectual atmosphere, social atmosphere, etc?</p>
<p>looking to study anthropology, english, and/or business. would love to go somewhere with strong creative writing. don’t really care about setting but really like the “college within a city” atmosphere of washu. and yeah, i meant the university of washington as a safety, i realize that washu may even be a reach! anyway, yeah, looking for a medium sized school with a somewhat urban or near urban setting. </p>
<p>doesn’t rank or anything, i really have no clue where i’d fall but a 4.5 is average a 5.0 is considered good and a 5.5 is considered ivy league material.</p>
<p>“looking to study anthropology, english, would love to go somewhere with strong creative writing. don’t really care about setting but really like the “college within a city” atmosphere”
consider the U of Chicago as a possible match/ reach</p>
<p>I’m assuming you’re both Asian and White? Otherwise the list of schools you have can very easily change. I would recommend Rice, Cornell, and Vanderbilt as high matches and low reaches. I’d consider a school like Case Western as match. Tulane would be a safety. If you like LACs, consider schools like Grinnell, Macalaster, and Carelton as decent matches. For research U’s, consider Carnegie Mellon and Tufts. Since you already have a safety, you really don’t need another one.</p>
<p>thanks so much, tulane looks like a good one and so does carleton. so, would 2 safeties be plenty? nice guess, basically on target. i’m pac islander and white.</p>
<p>Reed is another LAC that might fit, has good anthropology, english and creative writing but no business. A small school in Portland, a great city. Some similarities with Carleton, Grinnell, UChicago, Oberlin, Swarthmore students.</p>
<p>Are your HS grades pretty lopsided (e.g., weaker in math and sciences but very strong in everything else)? If so, assuming you can write compeling essays, Brown may be a possibility and perhaps Chicago. I know a student who got into Brown with a B+ GPA and near perfect SAT. He got in with his essay as he was told that his was the best they read that year.</p>
<p>oh wow, that’s good to know. yeah i’ve gotten 6s in english since freshman spring, and junior year i took english electives and philosophy courses with 5s and 6s in those too.</p>
<p>any other schools good for kinda lospided students like me? i’m actually decent in math, mostly 5s… my gpa just got trashed by my sophomore physics course :(</p>
anyway, yeah, looking for a medium sized school with a somewhat urban or near urban setting. </p>