<p>Hey, this is my friends post-name, but I'm gonna use it. I am a junior in the IB program, planning on getting my full IB diploma, and I have a 2.84 unweighted, 3.84 weighted, and a 1520 SAT. I know my GPA is bad but I have a strong upward trend (I finished Freshman year with a 2.25, so you can see why it is so low). My GPA solely for junior is a 3.6. I started a club called S.A.P.I.F., I have a year of varsity XC, I have a year of student government, I box, I have 2 years of Spanish Club and 2 years of film club, and I have volunteered at a local elementary school for 80 hours. I live in Gainesville, Florida, but want to go to school near Louisville, Kentucky (Within 3.5 hours driving time) because I have alot of family there. Where should I go/Could I get in?</p>
<p>PS. By graduation I will have taken 14 AP/IB courses, 6 pre-IB courses, and 3 honors.</p>
<p>Indiana- you could get into the Honors College. Less than 2 hours from Louisville, I think.</p>
<p>will get you further than you think from Louisville.</p>
<p>You can drive to Nashville, West Lafayette, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, and depending upon the weight of your accelerator foot - Charleston, WV and St. Louis.</p>
<p>That means that the following universities are within your driving range: Vanderbilt, Indiana, Purdue, Kentucky, Ohio State, Dayton, Xavier, Cincinnati, Illinois plus a number of very good smaller schools such as Centre College, Bellarmine, and Earlham. You didn't say what you were looking for in a college so I don't know which of these (or others) to recommend.</p>
<p>As for getting in, I would think you can make a compelling case at any of these schools. My guess is that Vanderbilt and Centre may have the lowest acceptance rates of the private schools but some of the public schools may be tough for out-of-state also. Good luck!</p>
<p>Rhodes, University of Louisville</p>
<p>Rhodes (Memphis) is about a 6 hour drive from Louisville (380 miles). That may be too far. </p>
<p>The University of Louisville has a very specific mission, which primarily supports the interests of the city. As an example, only 16% of the students live on campus and only 10% are from out-of-state (and most of those are from just across the river in Indiana). Because it's not the typical experience that non-residents are seeking, it's frequently left out of the college guide books. However, they have a number of excellent professors and programs.</p>
<p>I'm not gonna apply to U of L, I don't like the campus, and I've talked to alum, and they agree that it is not great in the ways of education. However, I will look at Vandy, IU, PU, UK, Centre, and UIUC. Possibly even Suwanee? I have family that went to UK, Vandy, Centre, Suwanee, and Transylvania. Plus my great grandfather, who went to Centre was a U.S. congressman from KY, and my Great Uncle Johnny, went to UK and was the gov. of Kentucky from 1979-1983, as well as CEO of KFC. Hopefully that'll score me some brownie points.</p>
<p>Sounds like you already had it all figured out. You probably won't need to use the John Y Brown name to get you in (and I'm not sure how much it helps outside of Centre and UK).</p>
<p>Sewanee is a five hour drive from Louisville.</p>
<p>There's no reason to trash U of L. The school does a fine job with the mission it has. I've taken post-grad classes there and the professors I had were very competent.</p>