UW-Madison chances? Will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Racial minority junior in an affluent neighborhood in a great school of Northern Illinois

  • Progressed to get into honors classes and AP classes.
    Junior year: all honors classes except for math, and AP French (highest level in my school)
    Senior year: AP Bio, AP AB Calc, AP Literature, and AP Psych (then gym/free period/etc)
  • My cumulative academic GPA is always unweighted at our school and is a 3.54/4.0. My cumulative all subject weighted GPA is 3.87/5.0.
  • 31 ACT

ECs

  • Editor on my school’s nationally recognized newspaper (2 years)
  • Student leader in one of those “get-to-know-yourself” retreats sponsored by the school this year (was accepted to be one next year as well) (2 years)
  • Medical Club member
  • After School All Stars member (tutoring kids in less fortunate areas)
  • Tutor for kids in a writing program at my school
  • French Nat’l Honors Society + Nat’l Honors Society

Extras

  • Work at a juice bar and now at a frozen yogurt bar
  • After School All Stars’ volunteering counts in my hours, however I plan on volunteering in a hospital soon
  • Played lacrosse fresh/soph year, not anymore.
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I think you have a fair 60/40 chance in my opinion. Bring up the GPA a slight bit and you should be in. Good luck!
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3

Work on your GPA. Your GPA isn’t very impressive and will definitely hurt you. A 31 on the ACT is okay for UW Madison, but I think you should take it again and try to raise it to at least a 33. The reason I’m saying is because your GPA is a disadvantage, so having stellar standardized test scores would definitely help make up for your GPA. Your ECs are good for UW Madison. Work on your GPA, test scores, and you have a great chance of getting accepted. Good luck! Please chance me back at http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1710594-do-i-have-a-shot-for-ed-cornell-princeton-uchicago-give-me-a-reality-check.html#latest

4

I’d say UW is a match for you. Make sure that your essays are strong and you shouldn’t have any problems.

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5

Match definitely, IMHO you can definitely get into UW- Madison.

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