"screwed up" junior year, so what are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>i had mental health problems my junior year, which was last year, and now my stats are a little screwed. what do you think?</p>

<p>class rank: top 10% (but just barely holding it)</p>

<p>sat score: 2250 (but im gonna retake in december. i really want a 2300+)</p>

<p>sat subject tests: 790 math2, 560 physics (LOL yeah not gonna report), 750 literature, 800 for both biology tests</p>

<p>ap tests: 5 for stats, 3 for euro (not gonna report), 4 for biology, 5 for chemistry</p>

<p>EC's: cancer research (10, 11), habitat for humanity (all), environthon (10, 11), science olympiad (9,10,12), semi finalist for usabo (not that great but eh), intel isef 2nd place (10)</p>

<p>so clearly my EC's and gpa suck. the ruin of those things happened in junior year, when i had a severe long term illness. i got c's in physics and ap euro, so my class rank is hanging by a very delicate thread, and my uw gpa sucks. i also have a rec letter from research mentor, who went to washu.</p>

<p>i want to know if it's unreasonable to apply to colleges like: george washington, nyu, ithaca, university of rochester, washington university, university of portland, reed college, loyola university, university of pitt</p>

<p>or what are some colleges (urban campus, not in pa) you would recommend?</p>

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<p>58 views and no response?? :(</p>

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<p>Your stats are incredible. What are you talking about? :D</p>

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<p>that’s nice but lol they are not incredible</p>

<p>i got c’s and my ec’s are next to nonexistant for junior year.</p>

<p>plus, looking at the majority of chance me threads on here i’m like o.o</p>

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<p>pretty please :(</p>

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<p>What’s ur cumulative GPA and ur GPA for your junior year</p>

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<p>uw or weighted?</p>

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<p>Lol I guess both</p>

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<p>this is for junior year:
uw is 3.35
weighted is 3.96</p>

<p>cumulative:
uw is 3.7ish (i have to calculate uw on my own, since my school doesn’t show it)</p>

<p>weighted is about the same as junior year, but that was the first year that i took ap classes (my school only lets juniors and seniors take ap)</p>

<p>yeah it’s bad, but my school only ever uses weighted, including for class rank</p>

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<p>I had mental health issues when I was a sophomore: I know your struggle. I suggest that you speak to your recommenders and have them exemplify in their essays about how YOU have overcome your illness with tenacity and strength. Judging by your SAT, you are intelligent and ambitious thus, I don’t think admission officers will have an issue seeing your character.</p>

<p>My best advice: don’t victimize yourself. Talk about how strong you are in the academic comment section of the Common App. You are an amazing person who has accomplished so many academic and social feats. You should be proud of where you are and how far you have come, as well as reflect that within your essays.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>actually i wasn’t planning on mentioning my mental illness in my college essays, and nobody but my therapist, doctor, and parents know about it. i was gonna ask my guidance counselor to mention a long term illness. i heard colleges are really weary of admitting students with a shaky mental state; even though i’m better, i think that they would still worry if i’m capable or not.</p>

<p>but why do you think that it’s a good idea to tell colleges?</p>

<p>i’ll chance you back! :)</p>

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<p>What State are you from?</p>

<p>WashU - reach
Rochester, NYU - semi reach </p>

<p>Alabama will give you money for that score and GPA.</p>

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<p>yeah, but i don’t really like that location :/</p>

<p>i live in pa, and i would prefer to leave the state</p>

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<p>I think that it shouldn’t be specific: have your writers of LoR mention how you OVERCAME IT rather than the real illness itself.</p>

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<p>Temple has good merit money. People are coming from NJ to claim full tuition waivers.</p>

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<p>@ssmith96: but my teachers and my research mentor don’t know about my mental illness, so they wouldn’t be able to write about it</p>

<p>@texaspg: yeahhhhh ik, but i would really like to move far away, just to experience something new</p>

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<p>Then, put it in a comments section in the Common App! :)</p>

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<p>Do your parents want to pay for going far away?</p>

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<p>@ssmith969: should i though? someone told me that i shouldn’t personally address it, but leave it for my gc to mention, and even then it should just be a “long term illness.” no mental illness stuff…it’s like repellent to the adcoms</p>

<p>@texaspg: LOL they’ll pay no matter what, really. do they WANT me to move far away? probably not, but it’s my four years.</p>

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<p>My son went through a similar situation junior year and we have been advised strongly NOT to mention it in college applications, other than to say that he had to deal with a health issue. Unfortunately, colleges are less likely to view it as “obstacle overcome” and more likely to see it as “trouble down the road.” The privacy laws will protect you, and even if your HS knows the details they are not allowed to divulge anything.</p>