I saw another user by the name of “Deadroses” post this so I thought why not? Its a game where you look at the stats and predict the results.
Race: African American
Gender: Female
State of Residency: Georgia
Major: Computer Science
Income: >75k
Stats:
Freshman: 2.45
Sophomore: 3.38
Junior: 3.88
Senior: 4.11
EC:
Dance Team Co Captain 4 years 12 time regional champion
Debate Club
Senior Class Representative
Online Business Owner
Part Time Job
School Newspaper
Photography Club
Girl Up Chapter Founder
Academic Team
560 Community Service hours
ACT: 24
Extenuating Circumstances: Severe chronic depression and bipolar disorder didn’t receive proper treatment until summer of Sophomore year (hence why there is such a difference when it comes to grades)
Applied To:
Spelman College (First Choice)
Howard University
UMass at Amherst
University of Denver
Colorado State
GA State
Bethune Cookman
Extenuating Circumstances: Severe chronic depression and bipolar disorder didn’t receive proper treatment until summer of Sophomore year (hence why there is such a difference when it comes to grades)
Sorry to say but university usually don’t give any special exceptions. However, since you aren’t going for Ivy League don’t worry about it too much.
Freshman: 2.45
Sophomore: 3.38
Junior: 3.88
Senior: 4.11
Yea your GPA clearly reflects what you said. 3.455 average GPA weighted (I assume) isn’t that good. But again, we have to consider what schools you are applying to.
EC:
Dance Team Co Captain 4 years 12 time regional champion
Debate Club
Senior Class Representative
Online Business Owner
Part Time Job
School Newspaper
Photography Club
Girl Up Chapter Founder
Academic Team
560 Community Service hours
This is where I think you really shine. Your EC’s are no doubt the strongest part of your application. It really helps to show your dedication, even if your grades are somewhat lacking.
ACT: 24
This is another academic part in which you don’t do so well. A 24 is fairly low for most college hopefuls. Just curious, did you not take the SAT?
Anyways I would say Spelman perhaps. It isn’t too competitive (although it is a decent school). While you aren’t academically outstanding, you have an array of good EC’s.
All the other universities on your list rank fairly below Spelman so I would assume you have a 60-70% chance of getting into each of them.
I very much disagree with the above poster saying that your academics aren’t very good. Sure, they’re not exceptional, but they are definitely very solid and I’d consider them good, especially for lots of these schools. I think you have a good chance at these schools, though I don’t know too much about most of them. I can tell you that Georgia state is a solid match.
@jo59811 You made an amazing comeback from freshman year. Be proud of that.
I feel you have a great chance at CU and UDenver, UMass Amherst will be a tougher one though. Your ACT score looks good for Spelman too. I wouldn’t be worried…