Please please chance me!

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Hello everyone! If any of you have the time could you please chance me for American University! I visited the campus two days ago and I fell in love with it! I’m going to apply early decision and after speaking to their admissions counselor I will complete their optional Coalition Essay! Thank you all so much!!

I am an Asian Female
I was born in Siberia , Russia and emigrated to the US when I was 8

GPA: 3.91
Weighted: 5.6 (our school does it out of 6 points)
SAT: 1240 (ahhh i know it’s so low and I’m trying my best to get it up)
AP Scores: Psychology 4, AP Lang 4, AP US 4
Intended major: International Relations

9th grade classes
Honors algebra 1, honors Biology, honors english one, accelerated world civilizations, accelerated french 1, art 1

10th grade classes
Honors algebra 2, honors english 2, honors us history, honors geometry, accelerated chemistry, accelerated french 2, intro to business

11th grade classes
honors pre calc, ap lang and comp, ap us history 2, ap psychology, honors french 3, accelerated physics, art 2

12th grade
ap literature, ap economics, ap world history, ap calculus, honors world cultures, honors french 4, art 3

Awards
AP Scholar
National Honor Society
French Honor Society
Academic Honor Roll
Varsity Letter
People’s Choice Awards
Certificate of Recognition of Volunteers

Extra curriculars
JV and Varsity tennis team (captain 12th grade), Asian cultural club vice president (10) and president (11,12), french club (treasurer), model congress (12), volunteer club (9,10,11,12), art club (10,11,12), anti defamation league (11,12)
Also I have volunteered for 4 years at a pediatric center hospital and I am highly active in walks against cancer and bullying
Also, i paint tiles for children in the pediatric center

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You can always go test optional if you can’t raise the score up. Also some people test better on the ACT. You might want to take a practice ACT to see if that test is more suited to your strengths. My son took both and his ACT was at American’s 75% of admitted students but his SAT was well over the 75% of admitted students. American does not use standardized test as one of their top criteria for admittance - It’s GPA, rigor of coursework, and level of interest. Scores are “considered” but not a high priority. You have rigor and level of interest nailed. What is your unweighted GPA? Your EC’s look great. ED 1 had an 89% acceptance rate for the incoming freshman, so I think going ED is the right call if you know this is your school. My son will also apply ED1.

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My unweighted GPA is 3.91, I’ve only had two B’s throughout my three years of high school. Thank you so much for your advice I will def try the ACT!

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That’s an excellent unweighted GPA. On American’s website it says their middle 50% is 3.44—3.97. However, they allow students whose schools grade on a 5 point scale to submit their weighted GPA’s, so I think that contributes to the high GPA. US News & World Report says their GPA average is 3.7 and college data says it’s 3.66. Remember if you can’t get your test scores up, it’s ok. They only “consider” the test scores. Much more emphasis is put on other factors. From their webpage “Please note that applying to American University without submitting your standardized test scores will not affect your consideration for merit awards or admission to the AU Honors Program.”