Pretty low GPA so far. Chance me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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NJ Sophomore

GPA: 3.7 unweighted, 4.2 weighted

AP/Honors:
-Honor Geometry
-Honors Biology
-Honors English I
-Honors English II
-Honors US I
-Honors Algebra I
-Honors Algebra II
-Honors Chemistry
-AP World History (5)
-AP Computer Science (5)

Extracurriculars:
-Secretary for Future Business Leaders of America
-President of Future Business Leaders of America
-World Language Honor Society Member
-Science League member
-Varsity Cross Country
-Varsity Winter Track
-Varsity Track and Field
-Samsung Mobile App Academy (Summer Program)

Class Rank: Top 5%

Volunteering:
-Donating/Distributing food to impoverished at a church 3-4 times every month
-Supporting rotary club events every year
-Running Halloween event for town children at high school
-Running charity basketball game to raise ~$5,000 for local Special Olympics Team
-Tutoring in Algebra I and Chemistry
-Tutoring in Computer Science and Spanish

Intended Major: Finance/Computer Science

Some Courses For Next Year:
-AP Chemistry
-AP English Language
-AP US History II
-Honors Trigonometry/Analytical Geometry
-Honors Physics
-Honors Spanish V

SAT/PSAT/SAT II:
-SAT: 2180 (Plan to retake early junior year)
-PSAT: 212
-SAT II Biology: 740 (Plan to take Math II and Physics/Chem later on)

Ethnicity: South Asian
Income: Middle Class
Legacy: Rutgers only (siblings)
Parents: Both educated in India

Colleges I plan on applying to:
-UC Berkeley
-Rutgers University
-UPenn
-Stanford
-Carnegie Mellon
-Princeton (huge reach, don’t expect anything)
-Harvard (same)
-Caltech
-NYU
-Columbia
-Brown
-U Chicago

Extra Info:
-Foresee being captain of all 3 sports teams by senior year
-Have won medals in track and field competitions
-Plan to join National Honor Society

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My boyfriend has a 4.2 unweighted GPA. Pretty much all the same classes, Captain of football, lax, and NHS. etc… - rejected from UPenn, all UC schools, Stanford, and Columbia. Deferred from Cornell & MIT. Accepted to CMU. He applied to other schools like Lehigh, UDel, rensselaer polytechnic institute, etc. I hope that gives you some insight. A lot of the schools you’re looking at want students above your academic achievements (although you have done quite well). I KNOW you can get into NYU and rutgers.

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My boyfriend has a 4.2 unweighted GPA. Pretty much all the same classes, Captain of football, lax, and NHS. etc… - rejected from UPenn, all UC schools, Stanford, and Columbia. Deferred from Cornell & MIT. Accepted to CMU. He applied to other schools like Lehigh, UDel, rensselaer polytechnic institute, etc. I hope that gives you some insight. A lot of the schools you’re looking at want students above your academic achievements (although you have done quite well). I KNOW you can get into NYU and rutgers.

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Unweighted is generally reported on a 4.0 scale, so I dunno how kypeet’s boyfriend has better-than-perfect grades. But anyway, a 3.7 isn’t that bad.

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I assume, like mine, his is on a 4.33 scale (A+). Not entirely sure.