The Ohio State University Main Campus chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’m a junior in high school right now and my college of choice is OSU Main Campus. I struggled my sophomore year due to illness in th family, but I’m ready to work my butt off junior year. My cumulative at the end of junior year WILL be 3.3, the highest it could possibly be (UW). I’m applying early to OSU, by the way. So my grades look like this:

Freshman Year
World History: B+
Theology 1: B
Honors Physical Science: B
Technology Class: B+
English 9: B
Algebra 1: B
Honors Humanities: (Pass/Fail) Pass
(Took all honors offered)
Freshman GPA 2.9

Sophomore Year
Theology 2: B
Spanish 1: B
Physical Education: A
Honors English 10: D+
Honors Biology: C
Geometry: B
Algebra 2: D+
(Took all honors offered)
Sophomore GPA 2.4

Junior Year Course Load (Going for A’s)
AP US History:
Pre-Calculus:
Honors Chemistry:
Theology 3:
World Literature:
Spanish 2:
Health:
Intro to Theatrical Production:
(Took all honors/AP offered minus AP English due to my struggle last year.)
Projectile Junior GPA 4.0 (I CAN do it, guys.)

ACT of 31. Trying to improve.

Tons of EC but since the common app only allows to add 10, I will show you the 10 that admissions will see:
1 year internship at XPO Logistics
1 year Internship at Triangle Properties/DRK Commercial Real Estate
1Year internship at Cardinal Health
Newspaper Committee 2 years and counting
Student Council Treasurer Junior Year-Senior Year
Service Club 2 years, became leader of service club my junior year
Worked at school store for a year and counting
Volleyball my sophomore year
Founded the cultural club at my school
Babysitting over the summers
Volunteer work outside of school

African American Female
In-State

Cumulative by the time I apply (end of junior year): 3.3-3.4

Hopefully they see my upward spiral during my junior year as I plan to get A’s throughout this year. With these stats could I make it into my dream school?

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yes, you have a better than average chance of being accepted if you improve your ACT, your grades improve to your goal range, and if you tell a good story about what happened in your sophomore year and how much you improved after dealing with a family illness. (e.g. Average student, Mom had cancer (maybe you had to work to support the family), got serious, worked super hard and realized her potential… that is a very compelling tale)

Look at the common data set for OSU - they list standardized test scores as ‘very important’ so improving your ACT significantly should also be a big boost to you. 31 is already good for OSU, but higher is better. Concentrate any free time you might have on improving the factors under your control listed in the CDS in order of priority - OSU consders work and volunteer work ‘important’.

Best of luck to you this year!

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Thank you so much @TooOld4School ! With these stats do I look good at getting in?