USC, UT, NYU, Emory, Boston College, Notre Dame, and Rice

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I plan to apply to the schools listed above this year, and I will choose to apply as early-decision to Rice University. Please tell me your honest opinion of what you think my chances are.
USC= University of Southern California and UT= University of Texas.</p>

<p>Here is some very general info:
Asian female
first generation to attend college
living with guardian</p>

<p>from junior year transcript:</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 3.98
Unweighted GPA: 3.89
Grade avg: 93.4
Rank: 14% </p>

<p>SAT Score: 2010 (I will retake this soon.)
SAT II Scores: 610 and 690 (I know they are low.)
Total AP courses: 10</p>

<p>Involved in 6 clubs (president of one, officer of another)
JV sports team for 2 years
varsity orchestra
600+ volunteer hours
internship in biotechnology
merit scholarship to attend science camp</p>

<p>major: biology, biomedical sciences, or sociology
minor: Spanish</p>

<p>I'll really appreciate any advice as long as it is insightful.</p>

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<p>^You took 10 ap courses but your the difference between your weighted gpa and unweighted gpa is .10?? What happened?</p>

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<p>radtomato47, I didn’t take all honors classes my freshmen year, which is something I really regret. Also, to calculate my unweighted gpa, I converted all B’s to a 3.0 and all A’s to a 4.0 instead of all 93-100 to 4.0, 90-92 to 3.7, etc. Do you have any advice on applying to the above schools? I would really appreciate any comments at this point.</p>

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<p>i think you can get into USC , my friend got in with a 1800 and 3.7 - 3.8ish gpa</p>

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<p>Thanks, pranavbijlani! I hope I get more replies… I chance back!</p>

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<p>^Check out USC’s really insightful freshman profile, below.
<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for this link! I didn’t realize that part I was due in October until I saw this web page.</p>

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<p>i think USC and NYU are match for you, not familiar with the other ones.
and im confused with your GPA too, a A for a AP class is a 5.0 on a 5 scale if you weight it, isnt it? .1 difference seems strange to me.
anyways i think you got a solid application~ good luck</p>

<p>chance me back :D</p>