Rising senior '09 who knows her stats are lower than some seeks chances...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Female from Michigan
Major: Psychology
High school is ranked 2nd in state and first in state for AP scores</p>

<p>GPA: 3.86W/3.84UW (not that good, I know)
SAT: Horrible. 1820 (660 CR, 590 M, 570 W), will retake almost immediately in fall
ACT: 29 (retaken in June—waiting on scores)
School doesn’t rank</p>

<p>Courses:</p>

<p>Freshman year:
Italian I
Civics (requirement)
Honors Earth Science
Honors Freshman English
Algebra I</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
Italian II
World History
Honors Biology
Honors American Literature
Honors Accelerated Geometry</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Italian III
AP US History
Honors Chemistry
AP English Language
Honors Accelerated Algebra II
AP Psychology</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Italian IV
AP European History
AP Biology
AP English Literature
Honors Precalculus</p>

<p>Plus Computer Applications (10), Health (11), and Art History (12) to meet graduation requirements</p>

<p>EC’s:
Italian Club (4 years) and Italian Honor Society (11 and 12)
Interact (a community service club sponsored by Rotary)—secretary junior and senior year (member all four years)
SADD (10, 11, 12)
Volunteering at public library sophomore year
Volunteer tutoring summer between 11 and 12
I might pick up more volunteering this summer—not sure</p>

<p>Other information: I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder, and receive special accommodations which I rarely use (not sure how to express that in applications). Does have an effect on my school work, but for the most part I’ve been able to work through it. Freshman year, the year I was diagnosed with Panic Disorder, was especially hard.</p>

<p>I attended pre-college at Carnegie Mellon University the summer before my junior year.</p>

<p>Colleges:
University of Michigan
Michigan State University
Providence College (legacy)
University of Richmond
Albion College
Kalamazoo College
And I might apply to Villanova University…not sure yet</p>

<p>I fully expect to be told I’m not good enough for at least some, if not all of these colleges. But thanks anyway</p>

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<p>Okay, I don’t know much about all your colleges but University of Michigan. That said, I don’t think that you should put yourself down just because your cumulative GPA isn’t a 4.5+. It’s true that’s it’s a bit low, but you took a pretty rigorous courseload (which colleges will definitely take into consideration). Your ECs are related to the courses you took and probably what you enjoy doing, which is good, because it contributes to the overall picture an admissions officer will have after reading your app.
I think you have a decent to good chance at U Mich, especially since you’re in-state.
Anyways, don’t put yourself down about college admissions-- just take critiquing and use it to improve your applications.</p>

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<p>I had stats just like yours. And, I faired pretty well in the admissions process. (PM me if you’re curious!)</p>

<p>Relax!</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance for U of M because you are in state. I know people from in state with a lower gpa and and the same act as you that got into U of M</p>