<p>The University of Pittsburgh is one of my top choices but I just wanted to see if I would have any chance getting in (by the way, I'm out-of-state).</p>
<p>GPA: (unweighted)
4.0</p>
<p>SAT's: (Probably the biggest thing dragging me down)
1580</p>
<p>AP Classes:
Language & Comp. (Last year)
Statistics (This year)
Literature & Comp. (This year)</p>
<p>Other Classes Over 4 years of High School:
-4 years Math (Geometry, Algebra 2, PreCalc, AP Statistics)
-4 years English (English 9&10, and 2 AP)
- 4 years Science but 5 classes total (Integrated Science, Biochem, Anatomy, Chemistry, and Physics)
-3 years History (World History, Civics/Economics, and US History)
-3 years Spanish
- 3.25 years of a Dental Assisting Class</p>
<p>Extracurriculars/# of years:
-National Honor Society (Member)/ 3 yrs
-National Technical Honor Society (Member)/ 3 yrs
-Key Club (Member)/ 3 yrs
-HOSA Future Health Professionals (Member) / 3 yrs
-HOSA Future Health Professionals (State Officer-Vice President)/ 1 yr
-Dental Job Shadowing/ 3yrs</p>
<p>Volunteering:
-Hospital Transporter
-Various School Related Activities</p>
<p>Awards & Accomplishments:
-Honor Roll (All 4 years)
-Placed 6th in the country in a HOSA Dental competition (2013)
-Was sponsored to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (2014)
-Placed 2nd in the country in a HOSA Dental competition (2014)
-Passed my Dental Radiology Examination (2014)
-Was chosen to be a HOSA State Officer for the 2014-2015 school year</p>
<p>College:
Preferred Major: Biology
Pre-Professional Program: Pre-Dentistry</p>
<p>I wanted to give the best description I could so that people could try to chance me. I love everything this school has to offer and hope what I have is simply good enough. Please give me some feedback! Thanks.</p>
<p>I think that you have a chance. I would be able to chance you better if you could provide the weighted GPA and combined critical reading and math scores from your SAT.</p>
<p>you have a great chance of getting in. you sound like a fantastic student</p>
<p>problems in this app: lack of rigor as given evidence by honors or AP courses (only 3, and without scores?) and no calculus suggests that the OP doesn’t like to challenge him- or herself. When the student had the opportunity, presumably, to take AP Calc the OP took AP Stats. Was the OP preparing him- or herself for a pre-professional course of study or an English or History major? How will the OP do with the challenging college-level courses in biology, chemistry, physics, orgo, pchem, biochem, etc. that OP will have to take? there’s little here to suggest that the OP is ready for the rigor of college Bio, Chem, and Calc, along with FE and a GenEd, the first and second semesters. </p>
<p>The absence of rigor, and the near absence of college-level courses, suggests that the GPA is not as valuable as it might be in another student. This skepticism about the GPA is reinforced by the poor performance on the SAT. Yes, I know, the OP could just be poor at taking standardized tests, but if I’m the AO I’m having my doubts. </p>
<p>OP is OOS. How does the AO make the argument for this student over the in-state student who doesn’t have a 4.0 but has evidence of rigor, challenging him- or herself, and preparation for college-level courses. </p>
<p>Assuming your 1580 SAT is out of 2400, I’d say your chances are dicey for admission to the main campus in Pittsburgh, although you’d be a shoe-in for any of the other four regional campuses. Pitt really only considers reading & math scores, but your combined score suggests you are likely below the middle 50th percentile of admitted and enrolling students in SAT CR+M. These days, I’d say you’d need to have around at least a 1200 CR+M to feel safe on the SAT side of things for freshman admission to the Pittsburgh campus. As jkeil noted, they also put a lot of weight on the rigor of your high school curriculum. However, being out-of-state won’t hurt you at all as Pitt isn’t “public” in the traditional sense of public universities nor does it give preference to in-state applicants. Depending on whether you are from an “underrepresented” geographic location (one Pitt doesn’t have many students from), being out-of-state could actually help you. I’d consider retaking your SATs, or taking the ACTs to get those score up (and the good news is that Pitt superscores), and finish high school strong. However, the only way you’ll really know your chances in the end is if you apply.</p>