<p>4.0 GPA(Weighted) for 9th and 10th we don't have unweighted at my school- tryin to get GPA to 4.2 this year
I'm a rising junior this year
Co and extracurriculars:
1 School ambassador(2 years)
2 Admission department intern
3 Editor of school life section in school newspaper
4 editor and chief of online newspaper
5 member of NHS
6 freshman orientation leader
7 student council 3 years so far hopefully another year 9th&10th-secretary 11th-VP hopefully 12th-president
8 I have been a Girl Scout for 8 years and I have a pretty high rank
9 creator of my school app
10 started my own nonprofit-sends supplies to women around the world
11 creator of a writing contest that helps students become published authors
12 technology company marketing intern
13 creator of international penpals program</p>
<p>Taking SATs this October I have been scoring around 2000s working on raising that and taking subj tests in December
Could someone please give me tips and/or chance me for some schools or what schools would be a good match for me? Thanks:)</p>
<p>For the ivies, you need 2100 (preferably 2200) and upwards. At the moment, it’s hard to suggest or chance you for anything with no test scores set in stone. Just keep practicing. Your GPA and E.C.'s seem to be quite good so far, so keep that up too.</p>
<p>Both schools will also superscore, so if you are still a rising junior, you’ll still have a chance to retake the SATs a third time to bring your score up more! </p>
<p>Your ECs look good, you could look into Georgetown of UPenn.</p>
<p>Schools care more about your unweighted GPA than your weighted. They look to see whether you got an A, B, etc. rather than a 4.0 weighted because that could mean you took all honors/AP classes and got straight B’s. They will compare your GPA to other students’ in your school. To calculate your unweighted GPA, multiply the A’s you’ve received by 4, B’s by 3, and so on, and then divide by the number of total grades you’ve received.</p>
<p>I don’t know how your schools calculates weighted GPA, but 4.0 seems quite low. Have you earned many B’s or C’s? How does your GPA compare with your peers’?</p>
<p>Most of my peers have 3.6-3.7 GPAs at least in freshman and sophomore year. I mostly got As and 2 Bs last year. The highest GPA at my school is probably a 4.4 but that is only when you take like 4 AP classes and I only have access to that many classes senior year but I think that I will definitely have my GPA up o a 4.2 this year</p>
<p>Just try to get straight A’s for the rest of high school because you’re going to be competing with other students who have the straight A’s at competitive high schools. The Ivies are reaches for everyone, and the best thing to do is to also find schools that are not as difficult to get into but you’d be just as happy at. If you can get your GPA to 3.8-3.9, you’d have a better chance, but it’s hard to raise your GPA because classes keep getting harder.</p>
<p>I’m in a similar boat - my school does not report UW GPAs. We just don’t calculate them. That said, you could probably calculate it yourself - I don’t know how your school weights, but it might be something to find out. Depending on your weighting system a 4.0 W could mean your UW is a 3.5 or a 3.8. That’s why UW is more important, along with class rank (although if your school doesn’t report that either you may be in a bit of a pickle.)</p>
<p>That’s not a problem, it just means that it’s going to be very hard for your average college to gauge how good your grades are in comparison to other applicants. Like I said before, you might be going against another applicant with a 4.0 weighted and around a 3.6 UW, but it might turn out that his high school is incredibly competitive and he’s actually valedictorian. In that case, he’s got a better shot than you do because, all things considered, his scores are better. </p>
<p>Yes that makes sense thank you. So if I score high on the SAT will this help with the fact that my school doesn’t have a rank system or uw GPA present?</p>
<p>Don’t forget to try the ACT! I could barely push myself past 2150 on my SAT / practice test but I easily got a 34 on the ACT (equivalent to ~2250-2300).</p>
<p>Well, most schools rank GPA higher on their list of things that are important to them than SAT scores, so it might be a good idea to talk to your guidance counselor about UW GPA, just for comparison purposes. You might ask how the process of them sending the grades to college works.</p>
<p>Schools see your transcript with the letter grades alongside the class you took, so they can calculate your uwGPA (and a lot of colleges do). Your guidance counselor will also send a school report which will usually show what AP classes are available and because your school doesn’t rank, the report will also probably show what percentile your GPA is in. You can ask your guidance counselor and you can probably ask to see the school report from last year’s graduating class.</p>