<p>I'm currently a junior in high school. I live in Indiana and plan to stay in-state for college.
At my high school they make it sound darn near impossible to get accepted. I'm stressing out.</p>
<p>What are my chances at getting into either Purdue, Ball State, or ISU?</p>
<p>My GPA is (unweighted) 3.7 on a 4.0 scale. I'm in NHS and tutor but I'm afraid that I'll either screw up the SAT or have my GPA drowned by a poor algebra 2/pre cal grade.</p>
<p>So, knowing what I know currently, what might my odds be?</p>
<p>Purdue: Get 1750+ on the SAT/25+ on the ACT for best chance (you could get into IU-Bloomington with that kind of stats; what made IUB not fit you?)
Ball State: Get 1600+ on the SAT/22+ on the ACT for best chance
ISU: See above</p>
<p>1750 definitely sounds doable. but my nerves probably won’t go away until I get an acceptance letter.
IU is my 4th choice, but I don’t have a real feel for it yet. I’ll probably apply there as well.
All in all, do you think NHS and my tutoring/community service could give me an edge?</p>
<p>We are in state in Indiana – recs and ECs don’t matter much for the instate applicant, really gpa and test scores. With an ACT of 26+, my guess (and it is only that), is you would be fine for Ball State and ISU since Bloomington, which we researched, is looking for a minimum 28 ACT. </p>
<p>At Bloomington, average gpa for admitted students is a 3.6 unweighted, with a 28-32 ACT being the middle 50% ACT score. There are lower ACT scores at Bloomington for sure, but the unweighted GPA for instate applicants is higher than people are used to thinking. </p>
<p>Sorry, my son only did ACT so I only paid attention to that.</p>
<p>The best way to get a handle on this is to go to each school’s web site, and search the term “Common Data Set” – that will pull up the annual report the school completes identifying, for admissions, the top 25 and bottom 25% of its class in terms of grades, scores for both SAT and ACT etc. That is the most reliable information. </p>
<p>Good luck, and try not to worry so much (I know it’s hard . . . .)</p>
but my nerves probably won’t go away until I get an acceptance letter.