Scared Senior

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Basic Inforamtion:
Female
African-American
From Connecticut</p>

<p>Looking At:
-USC
-UCLA
-Pomona
-Duke
-University of Virginia
-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
-University of Michigan
-NYU
-Notre Dame
-Northwestern
-University of Florida
-University of Miami
-Clemson University
-Vanderbilt </p>

<p>-9th Grade:
Semester 1:
Spanish 3 Honors C
Algebra 2 Honors C
Earth Science B
English 9 Honors C
Modern World History C
Graphics B</p>

<p>Semester 2:
Spanish 3 Honors C
Algebra 2 Honors D
Earth Science C
English 9 Honors C
Modern World History D
Graphics B</p>

<p>So I know freshman year sucked.</p>

<p>10th Grade:
Semester 1
Spanish 4 Honors C
Pre-Calc A
Honors Biology A
English 10 Honors B
A.P European History B
Government (no honors available) A</p>

<p>Semester 2
Spanish 4 Honors B
Pre-Calc A
Honors Biology A
English 10 Honors B (Hardest english teacher in the school. It's actually noted on our transcripts.
A.P European History B</p>

<p>11th Grade
Semester 1 & 2
Spanish 5 Honors A
AP Calc BC A
A.P Chem A
A.P English A
A.P U.S History A
21st Century Lit. A</p>

<p>12th Grade (prospective)
Semester 1 & 2
A.P Spanish A
AP Statistics A
A.P Physics A
A.P English (12th grade) A
A.P Psychology A
World Lit. A</p>

<p>PSAT:
78 CR 80 M 76 W </p>

<p>SAT Scores:
Total: 2300
Reading: 750
Math: 800
Writing: 750</p>

<p>EC's:
-Varsity Tennis (4 years) Top 50 National Ranking
-Golf (8 years, seperate from school)
-Math and Spanish Tutor (grades 10, 11)
-Empty Bowls (grades 10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Tennis takes up most of my time, so I don't have time for other clubs and after school activities.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading :)</p>

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<p>Since I already calculated your GPA on the other thread</p>

<p>for people trying to help purple out</p>

<p>she has a 3.44 (weighted)</p>

<p>-USC - reach
-UCLA - reach
-Pomona - not sure
-Duke - high reach
-University of Virginia - no
-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - no
-University of Michigan - no
-NYU - possibly, I heard they rank SAT>grades
-Notre Dame - doubt it
-Northwestern - not sure
-University of Florida - no
-University of Miami - no
-Clemson University - not sure
-Vanderbilt - no</p>

<p>most of these schools have an average of 4.0 for incoming freshmen
you need to come up with a list of safety schools in case</p>

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<p>Oh also like I said in the other thread, if you have a legitimate and good reason you could sway them with your 2300 & your junior year scores, compared to the fresh & soph scores</p>

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<p>I’m sorry, 4.0?</p>

<p>I’m applying to NYU, UMich and even with weighted, most of the students do not have 4.0 weighted.</p>

<p>In purple’s case, it’s been an upward curve. Sure, freshmen sucked, but they will see that purple improved a lot over the years.</p>

<p>In my personal opinion, those no’s should be high match/low reach, depending on the universities.</p>

<p>Also, you have great good EC. But if you had a leadership position, captain or whatsoever, add those in. Colleges like Duke will look for those.</p>

<p>Lastly, if you have a reason for the freshmen scores, make sure to explain in the college application (if there is such a section. if not, talk with your guidance counselor, and let everything out. They are there to help you out, not to scare you. Remember: they will also write your rec. You want them to know that you exist, and you care).</p>

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<p>^^ 2.25 freshmen and 3.34 sophomore</p>

<p>her GPA is significantly lower unweighted, and Umich especially looks @ the unweighted GPA compared to weighted.</p>

<p>Average unweighted GPA for umich is 3.8, so that exceeds 4.0 weighted I believe</p>

<p>As for NYU, I know the average is 3.6 with high SAT scores, so that could be a reasonable chance for OP</p>

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<p>No, average UW for UMich is lower than that.</p>

<p>Also, increasing curve comes into effect.</p>

<p>even unweighted, it came out to be 4.0 from 2.25. I would say that’s a dramatic difference, and purple actually did well in school after realizing that her grades were bad.</p>

<p>If you want to ignore the effect, then go ahead.</p>

<p>oh wait, did you put Duke below UMich? </p>

<p>All I can say is, lol.</p>

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<p>Pomona! Wow! That would be great! Good luck!</p>

<p>Have you calculated your UC GPA ? You don’t I have to worry about freshman grades, but probably can’t use honors classes toward a weighted GPA. Actually, it may not matter because extra points are capped at 8, and you have 8 points from junior AP’s.</p>

<p>UCGPA</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.californiacolleges.edu/admissions/california-state-university-csu/gpa_calculator.asp[/url]”>http://www.californiacolleges.edu/admissions/california-state-university-csu/gpa_calculator.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Here is the UCLA admitted students profile.</p>

<p>[Profile</a> of Admitted Freshmen, Fall 2009 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof10.htm]Profile”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/Frosh_Prof10.htm)</p>

<p>Deadline is 11/30 for UC’s, and you need two subject tests (not math I)</p>

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<p>you may have a little bit of a chance. I received something from Umich that say they calculate their "Michigan GPA GPA from your 10th and 11th grade, so freshman year literally gets thrown out. I doubt the other schools do that though.</p>

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<p>All i’m trying to say is that she needs some safety schools because all of the schools she listed will be tough to get into.</p>

<p>yeah and I have no idea why I put that it’s easier to get into duke than florida, miami, vandy, mich & uva</p>

<p>my bad</p>

<p>^^EDIT: If what the above poster said to me is true, then you have a 4.045 weighted GPA, thus giving you a great shot for Umich</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. Can you recommend any safety schools?</p>