New Discussion Please Chance me Class of 2022

Chance me for the following schools please
GW, BU,UCLA, Rutgers ,Michigan, American, Fordham, TCNJ, Georgetown ,University of Richmond, and University of South Carolina

Stats:
Intended major: Political Science
W GPA: 3.74
ACT: 32 (retaking it in September)
SAT II: Taking in August (took US history, World history, and Bio E)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Took APUS History (5), APES (4) , AP Psych, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics,
Classes Taken
Freshman Year

  • English 9 Enriched
  • World Hist/Cult Enriched
  • Algebra I
  • Biology Enriched
  • Mandarin I
  • Business Law
  • International Business
    Sophomore Year
  • English 10 Enriched
  • U.S. History I Honors
  • Sociology
  • Geometry
  • Chemistry Enriched
  • Mandarin Chinese III (teacher thought I showed enough talent to skip a level)
  • Accounting I Honors
    Junior Year
  • English 11 Honors
  • AP Psychology
  • AP U.S. History
  • AP Economics
  • Algebra II Enriched
  • AP Environmental Science
  • Mandarin Chinese IV Honors
    Senior Year (this is what I will be taking next year)
  • Pre-Calculus
  • AP American Government & Politics
  • AP Human Geography
  • Computer Science
  • English 12 Honors
  • Mandarin Chinese V Honors
  • AP European History

Extracurriculars In school (Been a member of all clubs since freshman year):

  • Speech and Debate Team. My events were Congressional Debate, World School Debate and Extemp. I was the
    Congressional Debate captain (2016-2017), and Vice President (2017-2018). I am ranked number one in the state for
    Congressional Debate. I have qualified and attended the Tournament of Champions and the National Tournament in
    Birmingham. I have major breaks at national tournaments like the Yale Invitational and the Princeton Classic.
  • International Concerns Club (it is linked to Amnesty International). I am fundraising director and treasurer of the club
    (2016-2018). I host bake sales every month and typically earn over $100. I also host round table discussions. Hosting a walk a mile in there shoes event to simulate a refugee camp.
  • Girl Up. Girl Up raises money for the United Nations for Girls all over the world. I am the Public Relations officer, but also
    act as fundraising director. I have held multiple fundraisers like a self defense fundraiser, international culture night on the
    nations Girl Up effects, and a drive at our school that collects pads, tampons, and other stuff for women at a local
    battered woman shelter.

Extracurriculars out of school:

  • Intern for local Democrats office and helping to campaign for the governors election in the fall.
  • Play piano ( 5 years)
  • Volunteer at a local elderly home and play piano there.
  • Volunteered at a orphanage
  • Volunteer annually at a 5k in memory of a friend of mine that was killed
  • Baby Sitter
  • Camp Counselor at a debate camp

Summer Activities

  • NSLI-Y (State Dept Scholarship that allowed me to go to China to study Mandarin last summer), also had a blog to
    document the program
  • AMP Global Youth (program in D.C. where you have policy seminar some days and have meetings with different NGOs and Institutes.)
  • JHU CTY

I’ll only speak for GWU since that’s the school I hold some special knowledge from (I’m a current student and have worked limited roles in the admissions office previously).

I’d say your chances are decent. Your test scores are great, but to be frank, you’re GPA is on the low side. However, that can be mitigated with some effort. GWU really values people who are committed to their intended field of study. If you apply as a political science major, make sure to put emphasis on your congressional debating, international concerns club, state department scholarship, and volunteering with political campaigns. If you do this, you’ll be seen as a great fit and your chances will drastically increase.

I’d also recommend trying to take an official visit that goes on the record and reaching out to some admissions representatives. That’s true with any school, but especially with GWU.

If you’ve got specific questions about GWU’s international affairs or political science programs, feel free to ask me!

Tho only school I really know about is TCNJ and I’m pretty sure you’ll get in there. I know a guy who got in with a 2.8 GPA, not very many EC’s, and an 1170 on the SAT