Where can I go to school??? I don't know what tier schools my stats fall into!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello, I really just have no idea what category I fit into. I don't know if I could get into UNC-Chapel Hill, U Mich, USC (My top tier 1 choices), and I might be able to get into Wisconsin-Madison, U of Miami-FL(My top 2nd tier choices), or schools like Ohio State, Iowa, Indiana, or Mizzou. I know my ACT score is low, but I am taking it again in April, so we'll see what happens. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 5.2 on a 5 scale, because of honors classes. I also have no idea as to how to change it to UW's GPA.
ACT:27
Didn't take SAT yet, but planning
From Illinois
Caucasian</p>

<p>Activities:</p>

<p>Freshman Year Activities:
Student Council
Baseball
Fall Play
Spring Musical
Guitar lessons</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Habitat For Humanity
Acafellas Acapella Group-On ABC 7 Chicago News Morning Television broadcast
Snowball Club
Snowball Retreat in Wisconsin
Lacrosse
Guitar lessons </p>

<p>Junior:
Honors Choir (In School)
Acafellas Acapella group
Habitat For Humanity
Habitat for Humanity Summer Building trip in West Virginia
Snowball Club
Lacrosse
Fall-Play
Spring Musical
National Honors Society
Choir-Section Leader
Community Service:Ronald McDonald House, 20 hours
Community Service: Toy Express, 35 hours</p>

<p>Also , I have taken all 4 years of all the required subjects.</p>

<p>2 AP classes currently; AP US and AP lang and comp
3, possibly 4 next year; AP Government, AP Micro-Economics, AP Environmental Science, and AP Literature and Comp
honors spanish, english, and history all 4 years
honors science 3 years, and honors math freshman year (Got a B, so went down to regular).</p>

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<p>Both the Peterson’s and College Board web site can do a good first cut. Go forth and reasearch - there are not shortcuts.</p>

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<p>i think I know what school you’re from because I have a friend from Illinois that also goes to a school using that weird GPA system. (6.0 is an A for Honors/Weighted classes, correct?) and this same friend had only a slightly higher GPA than you and got into UNotre Dame, UNC-Chapel Hill, UMichigan, Pepperdine, U of Chicago, northwestern…etc.</p>

<p>Honestly, the sky is the limit if you have taken challenging courses, work well on E.C.'s, leadership, etc and write a stellar essay! I think most kids who have similar stats but don’t get into similar schools are most likely lacking in a lot of self-confidence.</p>

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<p>To calculate unweighted GPA -
A = 4 points
B = 3 points
C = 2 points
D = 1 point
F = 0 points</p>

<p>Add points for all your classes, dividing by the total number of classes.</p>

<p>It would also help to have your class rank when asking “what are my chances”.</p>

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<p>thanks everyone…toadstool…yeah i have a college board account and I still have no idea because like hope2getrice said people from my school get in to schools with a lot less than what the requirements say…so that’s confusing…and fireflyscout my school doesn’t do class rank anymore, and thanks for the gpa help…overall i just don’t want to waste time applying to schools where i don’t have a chance</p>