<p>Hey guys! Im like extremely nervous of getting in Auburn! Auburn is my dreammmmm college since i was a little kid! ive gotten accepted to Alabama, and south alabama, and i think UAB. and here are my details. </p>
<p>GPA: 3.5
ACT: 19
Class Rank: 22
Honors Diploma!
National Honors Society
Key club all 4 years
SGA all 4 years
Tennis. captain. mvp. played since 7th grade
im fluent in english, gujurati, hindi, and some spanish.
im Indian. but i have to put Asian as my ethnicity
single parent household
30,000 less income
my brother graduated from Auburn
I was selected to go to Boy’s State this past summer
i volunteer a lotttt!!!
tennis camp instructor job during the summer
i have taken all of the hardest classes possible at my high school!
i have taken college classes during the summer since the 10th grade! and i think i have around 21 college credit hours.
i send Auburn Recommendation letters from my Science teacher, tennis coach, and spanish teacher. only because they know me the best out of anyone.
my friend got in auburn with a 21 ACT.<br>
anybody know anybody that got accepted with a 19 or around there?
and what are my chances?!</p>
<p>not to be mean, but how did you only get a 19 on the ACT? If you have a 3.5 GPA and a 22 class raank, you ACT score should be like over a 30. But maybe you have a chance of getting in since you got in other schools</p>
<p>honestly…my dad gives me a really hard time…and i get extremely stressed out, before any major exams. i just get realllllly nervous for any major exam.</p>
<p>1) Did you already apply to Auburn for regular admissions? If you have, were you deferred for decision in February?
2) What school did you apply to? Engineering, COSAM, Business, and the Architecture program are definitely tougher to get in with a low ACT score.
3) It sounds like you are a good tennis player – are you good enough for collegiate-level play? Have you advanced to any state-level competitions? Do you play in tournaments that have junior-ranking ramifications? Just curious about this, since institutional need is a definite factor in admissions.
Your pros:
You have a good GPA and AU puts a big premium on GPA.
You have a brother who attended and graduated from AU.
You have taken a very rigorous schedule
You have actually taken college-level courses and come into the school with a lot of credit hours.
You have a great deal of EC’s, have leadership qualities, and speak multiple languages.
You most likely have under-represented minority status</p>
<p>Cons:
ACT score
You will need financial aid</p>
<p>I would hope you get in – you have already demonstrated that you can handle college-level material. Moreover, your “pros” are in your favor. However, deciding factors often have little to do with holistic variables. For example, if prospective students in this admissions cycle all generally have lower ACT scores, AU may get skittish about taking another low score – colleges don’t like to see their stats drop. Now this is strictly a hypothetical instance; I absolutely cannot predict what AU may be considering in this particular cycle. My point here is that admissions is often a numbers game, and the factors involving getting in are quite varied and sometimes depend on logistical issues. Let’s hope this one factor does not affect your admissions chances.</p>
<p>That said, you may just be one of those kids who has difficulty with standardized tests. Did you take a prep class? How about some individualized tutoring at a place like Princeton Review? I can understand how parental pressure can just add to test anxiety. If you have been deferred, I would seriously consider discussing your testing issues with AU admissions. All of your other stats are great, so some discussion about this with the Admissions office is in order (if you haven’t done so already.) Get your high school guidance counselor to write a letter if necessary. I would also consider taking the test again (when’s the next test date? Have you taken this test more than once?) Obviously, you would need to talk to admissions about this last possibility and see if they would want or accept one more score. </p>
<p>I hope AU admits you into the upcoming class – minus the ACT score, you have done all the right things to make this happen. Your resume is quite impressive.</p>
<p>wow! thank you very much! this helped a ton! and I took act prep class twice…and it did not help at all! 
and could i really get my counselor to write me a letter to Auburn?! cuz if i could! than that would be amazing! and that would help me out a lot! if i could ask my counselor to do that…what should i tell my counselor to say in the letter?</p>
<p>and if my application got deferred to February…then will they send me a letter telling me that it got deferred to february? or what?!</p>
<p>i applied and send in all of my stuff November 17th!</p>
<ol>
<li>additional information! i send in 3 recommendation letters!</li>
<li>college transcript! </li>
<li>high school transcript</li>
<li>act!</li>
<li><p>act writing!</p></li>
<li><p>i applied to COSAM!</p></li>
<li><p>and yes ive made it to semifinals twice during state!
i play USTA tournaments…and the highest ive been ranked is 103 in Alabama!</p></li>
</ol>
<p>See PM – I had not checked the forum before I sent it. </p>
<p>It sounds like you have applied, but you haven’t heard anything yet, is this correct?
You sent your materials pretty close to Thanksgiving; since Thanksgiving break took up about a week (Nov 21-25) Your app most likely sat idle during that period.</p>
<p>The additional letters of recommendation certainly can’t hurt. Refer to PM and get the counselor to send letter addressing testing issues ASAP – counselor must be the one at this stage reaching out to AU; you have to let this person be your advocate. </p>
<p>I hope that you fully elaborated your sports success on your application – state semifinals is very, very impressive. If you haven’t been recruited, then walk-on status is probably your only route to AU tennis, but communicating your tennis accomplishments just demonstrates to Auburn that you have balanced your studies and sports and a very effective manner. (If you were considering walking-on, then you would also need to tell AU this and have your coach contact AU tennis – the NCAA has definite rules that must be followed for all prospective athletes.)</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK! With all your accomplishments, the odds are in your favor.</p>