Odds?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Rochester
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<p>I'm a male from Colorado - being forced to apply as an international student since my citizenship is still indian < (how does this affect my chances?)
I did an on-campus interview and that went great i think.</p>

<p>SAT: 2060
Writing - 730
Reading - 640
Math - 690</p>

<p>ACT: 32
English - 34
Math - 30
Reading - 31
Science - 32</p>

<p>(i'm taking this again this saturday, so hopefully i'll improve a LITTLE bit)</p>

<p>IB Program Diploma Graduate
GPA - 3.65
Class Rank - Top 25 percent (it's a bit low)
Senior Year - 6 IB Classes</p>

<p>Activities:
- JV and Varsity football (10th-12th)
- City Cricket team (10th-12th)
- Clarinet (since 4th grade)
- Presidential Service Award (300ish hours of service)
- 8th place in national french contest - nationwide (9th grade)
- Gold Medalist in national Latin contest - nationwide (9th grade)
- trilingual?</p>

<p>That's all i can think of for now. Let me know how i fare... thanks.</p>

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<p>Your ACT is good. Your GPA and rank are a little low; those may hurt you a little. 6 IB classes will help with course rigor. Your ECs are pretty good.</p>

<p>I think you could be a match. It will depend on how they weigh the rank with everything else.</p>

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<p>Thanks... i hope they do not take class rank into too much consideration. There are simply too many students in my school outside of the IB program who take simple classes and get 4.0's... which kills my rank.</p>

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<p>wait, don't your IB and AP courses (if you have AP courses) have the 5.0 weights? if they don't, then that is a disadvantage b/c a lot of people could take easy classes and get higher ranks</p>

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<p>exactly.</p>

<p>we dont get weighted for ib/ap... which means that people can take easy easy classes and match us gpa wise.</p>

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<p>If your GPA is unweighted, then schools will take the rigor of your schedule into account. We heard one admissions counselor (not at UR) explain that they unweigh all the GPA's, then assign a 'difficulty of schedule' rating to each student.</p>

<p>You should be OK</p>

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<p>i thought AP was required to be 5.0 b/c college board regulates that?</p>

<p>and i'm not sure about IB (not at my school)</p>

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<p>Each high school sets its own weighting for AP/IB classes. It varies alot.</p>

<p>D1's public HS set an A in an AP=5.0 and did not distinguish between remedial, regular and honors classes in weighting. A=4.0 regardless of level.</p>

<p>D2's private HS set an A in an AP=4.5 and didn't offer offer honors classes because "all classes are honors level". No remedial classes either.</p>

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<p>O yeah... that doesnt happen for us. Though if it did i would surely be over 4.0 wit all my ib classes</p>

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<p>You're probably in.
Good Work
Don't Worry</p>

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<p>I would definitely think you're in...
Just show that you really like the place... It will help a lot :)</p>