University of Washington (Seattle) with a low GPA?

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Female
-Asian
-In-state student
-3.4 UW GPA (STRONG UPWARDS TREND, 2.5, 3.5, 3.9)
-9 AP classes (All A/A-)
-1360 SAT
-Raised $400 for a charity (10)
-President, Model UN (11-12)
-JV Athlete, Track (10-12)
-Future Medical Professionals (11-12)
-Physician Shadow 100+ hours

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UW would be a slight reach with your GPA. Do you have a weighted?

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Any feedback on my ECs? Should I retake the SAT?

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Thank you for your response! My weighted is roughly a 3.7 by the end of junior year. Any feedback on my ECs? Should I retake the SAT?

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Your GPA is going to make UW a reach. Check out the entering class profile on their website: https://admit.washington.edu/apply/freshman/by-the-numbers/ Middle 50% GPA for WA residents is 3.86-3.92 Your SAT is a hair above median, but higher would be helpful since your GPA is a weakness. Hopefully the improving trend will help but padding your qualifications a bit on the testing front wouldn’t be a bad idea. And let’s face it, if you want to go to med school, the MCAT is going to be important, so sharpening your standardized test-taking skills won’t be a waste of effort.

What would your budget look like for going out of state? The U of California system does not count freshman grades in their UC GPA calculation. That would be a big advantage for you. If you’re interested, you can use this calculator to determine your UC GPA: https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/ (for OOS, only AP classes count for weighting, not honors - but you should have the max 8 semesters of weighting with just AP’s, anyway.) However, UC’s are very expensive for non-residents (except for Merced where you could get the WUE reciprocity rate).

In the northern direction, I believe UBC disregards freshman grades as well. But there are reports of Canada restricting US admits right now - not sure what will be happening next year.

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I (white male, in-state) had very similar stats to you and was waitlisted (yet to hear back about that). My GPA was 3.39, SAT 1380. I did not, however, have ECs that could even touch yours, and didn’t take APs until senior year. I would focus on writing an EXCEPTIONAL essay to get in. I would expect in-state acceptance to go down next year as well, this years class will be much, much larger than usual