I am a junior in high school currently. My gpa is around a 3.3, I’ve only taken the sat once and got a 1640. I know this isn’t great, but I had a rough freshmen and sophmore year, also I’ve only taken the SAT once and haven’t taken the ACT before. I have 2 years of honors science, I have taken 3 years of Honors English, 2 years of Honors Social Studies I am taking APUSH this year. I have taken only 2 years of accelerated math and I am taking 1 year of regular math and science this year. Also I have been on the debate team for 2 years, Student council for two years, Ran track for 2 years so far ( season hasn’t started yet), I have been a varsity starter for 1 year so far and most likely a second. I also did Future Business leaders of America for a year. I have also volunteered at the Veterans Affairs Hospital for 5 years and I am trying to volunteer at another hospital this year. I am an African American Male. I need constructive criticism on what I should do to increase my admission chances, these are also the schools I am looking at and I want to see if I have a chance at any of them. Also, should I take more AP classes?
Rutgers
Drexel
Penn State
Temple
University of Scranton
East Stroudsburg University
Ithaca
Syracuse
George Washington ( I know it’s probably not going to happen but my dad is a legacy)
Boston College and Boston University
pretty much no chance at bc, and small chance at bu and gw, the rest are all possible. ap’s always help, but don’t do too many that it’ll drop your gpa. what’s your intended major?
I would try to bring those test scores up and strive for a 3.5 by the end of the year. Syracuse, GWU, BU and BC are reaches.
Political science or psych
Also do I have a legit chance at temple if I raise my scores because that’s the school I’m really shooting for.
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meh. Bump.
Yeah I believe you have a shot at all these schools. BC and Boston U are going to be the hardest reaches, but it could still happen. I already got accepted to Scranton and a $10,000 scholarship and my GPA is slightly lower than yours. I think you should get accepted to at one reach school on your list. I also applied to Temple, Drexel, Rutgers, and Boston U so hopefully I could get accepted to these schools and hopefully you as well.
What is your class rank and class size?
We don’t do class rank my class size is 200 to 300
Do a few APs, but not too much. Maybe 2 or 3 more of the not so hard ones. Take a few prep classes for ACT SAT to bring those up because I think that would definitely help and try to bring your GPA a little higher. If you do those things, I think you could make Ithaca, Scranton, PS and GW. BU and BC are reaches. Sorry, I don’t know enough about the other colleges.
Chance back?
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