Not an outstanding GPA but aiming high.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, I am a junior in high school trying to apply to some high level colleges.</p>

<p>First here are my classes.</p>

<p>My Academic GPA (9-12) is 3.75nw, 4.75w
(10-12) is 3.8214nw, 4.8214w</p>

<p>9th Grade: English 1H(2Bs), Spanish 2(1A1B), Chemistry H(2As), Chemistry AP(2As, 4AP), Biology H(2As), World History AP(1A1B, 3AP), Precalculus H(2B), Science Research(2A)</p>

<p>10th Grade: English 2H(1B1A), Calculus AB AP(2As, took BC AP and earned 5), Computer Science AP(1B1A, 4AP), Physics B AP(2As, 4AP), Spanish 3H(2As), Advanced Science Project (2As), Science Research (1D)</p>

<p>11th Grade: US History (2As), English 3H (2As), Advanced Calculus (2As), AP Statistics (2As, 5AP), AP Physics C (2As, 5AP both Mechanics and E&M), Advanced Science Project (2As), AP Spanish Language (2As, 4AP), Ceramics (2As)</p>

<p>12th Grade(coming year): English Language AP, Advanced Computer Science, AP Economics, AP American Government, Linear Algebra (Stanford EPGY online course), Advanced Science Project</p>

<p>Awards/Honors: AMC 12(103), AIME(5)
First place individual in regional math league.
Second place team in state level in TSA.
National AP scholar
AP scholar with distinction
Physics Bowl 4th place school
President Volunteer Service Award Gold
Mu Alpha Theta (4 years)
Spanish Honor Society (3 years)</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activies:
Tae Kwon Do Black Belt
Tennis
Cello
Math Club (4years) VP and President
LEO Club (5 years) president
Medical volunteering in Mexico during summer
10 Years of scouting, Eagle Scout</p>

<p>ACT: 30 composite (first time. Probably the next one will be higher)</p>

<p>SAT II: Math II C 800, Chemistry 780, Korean 800</p>

<p>Strength: Math and Science
Weakness: Social Studies, English, low ACT, </p>

<p>The pressure from the school workload and lack of time from frosh/soph tennis resulted in 6 Bs my Freshman year.</p>

<p>I hope i can major in engineering, but I think I will apply as undecided.</p>

<p>My dream schools are Ivy Leagues, but they are reaches due to my low GPA.</p>

<p>I really would like to know colleges, public or private, 9th grade gpa is weighted less or not counted at all.</p>

<p>Which kind of colleges would be safe and suitable to apply?</p>

<p>Is Ivy League too much of reach?</p>

<p>I will be thankful for your replies.</p>

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<p>You’re GPA is outstanding. What are you talking about? It’s your ACT score that will hurt you, especially as an ORM.</p>

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<p>You should check out Michigan and UT- Austin.</p>

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<p>Yea really improve your ACT and you should be fine. Not many freshman and sophmores take that rigorous of a schedule so I’d say that your in a better standing than you think. If you can really get your ACT 33+ or even 34+ then I think you stand a good chance of upper tier colleges. You should look at UMich, Georgia Tech, maybe Carnegie Melon, UT Austin, Illinois Urbana Champaign, and Purdue. I think you have a good shot at all of those. Maybe get your counselor to explain your struggles in the beginning. Also if you’re applying internationally it might be harder for you.</p>

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<p>I am practicing ACT to get to above 33.
My current ACT superscore is 33.</p>

<p>If I can achieve around 34 or 35, what would be the colleges I can take a shot at?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Everything above 34 looks the same. I don’t get why people on here say that. “If you get almost a perfect score, you would be in better shape”. Well, duh! Your ACT is low for an Ivy League, but you should set your sights elsewhere as well and be reasonable. A 2-3 point increase is all you really need for those schools though. It’s unlikely that you will go from 30 to 35, but you can look at any school with a 35.</p>

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<p>I actually would agree with you that your GPA is low for the top Ivies (HYP). Your ACT score isn’t great, and I would recommend retaking it. Still, you’d be best off with a school that will superscore the ACT if you can’t significantly improve it, since you said your superscore is a 33 currently. Here’s a list of schools that will do exactly that: </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.freetestprep.com/blog/resources/list-of-colleges-and-universities-that-superscore-the-act-test/”>http://www.freetestprep.com/blog/resources/list-of-colleges-and-universities-that-superscore-the-act-test/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If you want an Ivy, I recommend applying ED to Cornell. They superscore the ACT, and you are definitely qualified with regard to everything else. It isn’t a guarantee, by any means, but I’d say it would only be a low reach school for you. Best of luck!</p>