<p>I made a reply in the 3.0 gpa to 3.3 gpa thread ,but I think it will be best to make this a topic. My stats are a bit tricky. BTW I'm a first generation American but not a first generation college student. </p>
<p>Here's a look at my stats.</p>
<p>Stats:
GPA: B or B-. Don't know the exact #.
Rank:Top 50%
High School: Very Tough Public School. Ranked as one of the top 200 high schools in the United States.
State:New York
City:Long Island
ACT:27/36
SAT:1200/1600,1850/2400
Race: African American,First Generation American</p>
<p>Freshman Year:
I did terrible. I failed 2 classes.</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
I did fairly well.</p>
<p>Junior Year:
I did extremely well</p>
<p>Senior Year;
I'm an AP student now.</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Community Service(1 Year)
Church Youth Group(2 Years)
Job(1 Year)</p>
<p>NY Regents Diploma</p>
<p>AP Courses: AP US Government, AP Comp Gov. (Self-study)</p>
<p>Planned College Major: History or Political Science with an english minor</p>
<p>Regents scores:
Global:90
Earth Science:65
Biology:74
US History:93
English:76
Math B:71
Chem:75</p>
<p>Awards:
Most Improved Student</p>
<p>Schools on my list as of now:
Drexel(EA)
Duquesne(EA)
SUNY Albany(EA)
SUNY Plattsburgh
Clark U(EA)
Franklin Pierce U
Roger Williams U
Rowan U
Rider U(EA)
Arcadia U
Bloomsburg</p>
<p>I don’t know a lot about some of the colleges on your list, and I know a little about some. The one that sticks out a bit is Drexel – that’s mainly a science/engineering /business school. I’m sure it has a History Department and an English Department, but I’ve never met anyone who majored in those subjects there. On the other hand, Drexel may be a canny “counter-programming” choice, since it mainly gets applications from kids with other interests. Of the colleges I know on your list, it is probably the most selective. (With Clark, maybe? Clark is a smart choice, too.)</p>
<p>You have a few big city schools there, and some suburbans, but mainly it’s places in the boondocks. And there’s a mix of smaller schools and larger ones. Do you care one way or another?</p>
<p>Some of these colleges are true admissions safeties for you. You WILL be admitted to Arcadia and Bloomsburg, and I suspect Rowan, too. Maybe Rider as well, and some of the others I don’t know as well. You may want to make more choices before you apply.</p>
<p>Okay, I ran some of your schools through our school’s Naviance Scattergrams. We’re a pretty good big public high school also in NY area. It’s hard to know exactly how your grades will get looked at, I’m guessing many schools will forgive you freshman year and really base your GPA on the next three years.</p>
<p>Drexel everyone with >1700/2400 SAT scores accepted, most kids have an 85-95 weighted GPA.
SUNY Albany looks similar but there are a smattering of 80-85 rejectees in the ca 1500 range - none with 1800 scores.
Clark no one accepted with below an 86 weighted GPA, 1800 was average SAT score.
Franklin Pierce, Rider, Arcadia only a few applicants from our school - look like a safeties based on stats of those accepted though.
Roger Williams looks like a match.</p>
<p>Does your school have Naviance? You’d think a school that boasts about being ranked top 200 in the US would. </p>
<p>That one year of foreign language may be a problem at some schools.</p>
<p>liljay, most importantly you want to be sure that you are not rejected because you have not taken the minimal courses that are required for admission. Many schools require either 2 or 3 years of a foreign language. Are you saying that you have only completed one year in high school? You should check with each school to make sure that you met their requirements for admission, and if you are short a class or two you might want to see if you could still be accepted.</p>