I am going to be a senior next year with a weighted GPA of around 3.26 and unweighted GPA of around 2.52. My school also did GPA kind of strangely since my first two years there we had a 7 point scale and my last two year will be on the 10 point scale. I’ve also taken 4 AP’s and 8 honors courses when I graduate it will be 4 and 11. I have a 20 on my ACT and am retaking it soon because I know I can score higher. When I graduate my GPA should be around 3.4 Weighted while my unweighted would be around a 2.72.the AP courses I have taken are AP human geo, AP world history, apush, and AP psych. My honors courses are all honors English 1-4, honors chem,earth and environmental,biology math 2, and civics and economics the rest are electives. I am also 25% NA im not sure how much that will help. I am also wanting to be a pharmacist so my major would be in pharmacy due to this most of my electives have been health courses such as health sciences and bio-medical technology. Also two summers ago I volunteered at two pharmacies four times a week for four hours or eight hours a day total.
This website also reports their weighted gpa average is around 3.48 not sure how accurate this is though http://www.campusexplorer.com/colleges/262C301A/Virginia/Richmond/Virginia-Commonwealth-University-Richmond/admissions/
It’s a reachable reach - your odds are perhaps 20 or 30%, so it’s worth trying, but not worth betting the farm on it.
What are your SAT scores? VCU is mighty competitive for health care majors. When I researched in state VA colleges for someone with a GPA similar to yours it looked as though Norfolk State, Virginia State, ODU, Longwood and Radford would be the give the best chances for a 2.5 GPA. About 34% of Radford freshman come with a GPA at 2.5 or lower. Only 8.45% of freshmen had a 2.99 or lower at VCU. Colleges usually look at unweighted grades because weighted GPAs vary by school district. You should google “Common Data Set” for all the schools you are considering. Here’s VCU’s Common Data Set. Section C is what you need to read:
http://www.opds.vcu.edu/media/decision-support/factandfigures/commondatasets/CDS2014-2015OPDSWebsiteVersion.pdf
There is always guaranteed entry through community college. If you graduate with a 2.5 or higher from a VA community college and follow the program requirements closely you can transfer to VCU for your last two years of college.
https://www.ugrad.vcu.edu/pdfs/VCCS_GAA_2013.pdf
Thanks for the help so far guys also i found that VCU looks at weighted gpa for admissions so I believe they would be looking at they 3.26 or 3.44 and i very well could be wrong so please correct me if I am here is my source. https://wp.vcu.edu/ugradadmissions/2012/11/19/10-top-faqs-answered/ Also I haven’t taken the SAT yet but am in senior year. Thanks again for the help.
Are you taking the SAT and the ACT this June?
ACT im already signed up on SAT more likely than not would be the start of senior year