What are my chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pittsburgh
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<p>A little info about myself:</p>

<p>I am currently in my senior year of High School.
I did not start out as someone who took all AP/Honors classes however I took all the courses that the teacher recommended me. I started with 1 honors class and 1 CHS class in 9th grade. When the 2nd year of high school came around, I am currently enrolled in 2 honors classes and 1 CHS class. When 3rd year came around, most of my courses are honors class (5 classes) and 1 CHS class.. a total of 6 classes. Now in my final year of High School, I am currently enrolled in 1 CHS Physics, 1 AP Calculus AB, 1 Honors English 12, 1 CHS Economics. The rest of the class are the classes I want to take for example guitar/ music tech production. My current class rank is 36 out of about 253 kids. My GPA Weighted is about 4.1126. </p>

<p>I have been an awful test taker ever since I was born. I tried to improve as much as I could considering English is my second language. My first ACT test, I scored an composite score of 23. (21 English, 25 Math, 23 Reading, and 21 Science) I did not take the ACT writing.</p>

<p>When I applied to Pitt, I got a letter back stating that they want to see my midyear transcript and my act/sat retake. </p>

<p>I retook my ACT and this time, I still received a composite score of 23 ( 24 English, 26 Math. 19 Reading, and 23 Science)
This time I did took the ACT writing and scored a 8 out of 12. </p>

<p>For the first quarter grade, I have all A's and 1 B (CHS Physics).</p>

<p>For extra curricular activities, I did track for 1 year but I did not do so well therefore I did not letter.
Starting in 11th grade, I was accepted to National Honors Society and was part of NHS ever since. </p>

<p>What exactly are my chances of being accepted to University of Pittsburgh considering all that info? </p>

<p>When Pitt send me the letter requesting ACT/SAT retake and my mid year grades, I feel like I have been rejected once but they have given me another chance to prove myself. I feel like I did not prove myself once again during the ACT retake....</p>

<p>I really want to get into Pitt... What are some few extra steps that I can take to improve my chances of being accepted? I am trying the best I could in High School leading up to the midterms. </p>

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<p>Retake the ACT.
Study especially hard in reading… which just includes taking a LOT of practices tests (lots of free ones are online). Focus in every subject… you don’t wan’t anywhere else to go down… you only want it to go up.
So, study every section by just taking practice tests. Try to recreate the testing environment (timed, quiet, etc.)
Once you are more familiar with the test, it relieves some stress and helps you pace yourself better.</p>

<p>But yea… just retake the ACT one more time. If you can increase your composite, then that will look great.</p>

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<p>actually, from other posts i;ve seen, pitt is very interested in the math and i think English scores on teh ACT so if you are pressed for time, at least focus on those pulling those 2 subtests up. </p>