<p>Hey everyone, I go to the University of Florida where I will end up with at least a 3.91, I will prob bring it up to 4.0 after the first semester. I am taking 16 credits this semester and 17 next semester. My high school was bad, 3.4 uw, 13 or 14 AP and IB courses, 4.3 weighted. 1330 SAT. Applying as sophomore.</p>
<p>I do 2 hours of community service a week and am in a few clubs. I am a Russian major and am looking closely at:
Chicago
USC (cal)
Brown
Stanford </p>
<p>My letters of recommendation will be stellar, 1 from Russian teacher (only bad thing is that her english is relatively weak) and 1 from Italian teacher, but I don't know how the LOR from the dean will be. I never met him. Essays are pretty good, I wrote them already. Thanks for your responses.</p>
<p>I don't believe it's mathematically possible to reach a 4.0 once you've already gone below it, without grade inflation of course. Other than that, you're in fair game -- but your extracurriculars and SAT could be a bit stronger.</p>
<p>the semester isn't over, currently I have 3 A's and a B+. Well I don't think retaking the SAT would make me a markedly better candidate since my grades are high. Well that averages about 6 hours per week of extracurriculars which I think is reasonable. What do you think?</p>
<p>Your gpa is good, but schools like brown, stan, and chicago will also look at your SAT. Your ECs could probably be more focused towards major, interests and career.</p>
<p>My community service is a language learning (my passion)one and I am in the Russian club.
I tutor international students in English.
My first choice is Chicago, and 1330 is 25% for first years, so with college grades, I think academically I am competitive. Is this bad logic? I was advised that 1300+ is good for schools like Chicago and USC.</p>
<p>Interesting article (not to mention, the students who happen to encounter a professor who is willing to dish out C's as if they are, literally, going out of style will be shafted in comparison to those with better luck). Am I missing some sort of implicit point being made? Or did you just give us that for show?</p>
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<p>There is no claim that handing out anything above a 4.0 is grade inflation. Grade inflation does not constitute the type of grade given in a single instance, but rather the frequent occurance of giving above-average grades. </p>
<p>Earning an A+ is a rare occurance in the schools that offer it.</p>
<p>derek -- chicago and usc, you seem to be competitive enough. stanford and brown may be a stretch. (except if you have a ton of money for brown. brown likes their tranfers' pockets to be bulgy).</p>
<p>I already acquiesced, nspeds, you needn't provide me any further goodle search results; I said fine, it's not technically grade-inflation. However, it's still providing some students with an opportunity to tip the 4.0 scale that most do not have.</p>
<p>what do you think about my chancesnspeds? I appreciate the article but would also like some opinions. Thanks. Anyone else can give me feedback as well. :-)</p>
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<p>Assuming you do not apply for financial aid at Brown, you have an excellent chance at all those schools except Stanford.</p>