RoyallyScrewed

Hey guys,

I am currently a Junior at a very competitive private school in Florida. I was just wondering as to if anybody could give me some input as to whether or not I have a legitimate shot? I am hoping to go for Business/Management.

ACT - 29, and taking again in June. Hoping for a 31 or so.
SAT - Took the May SAT and am still waiting on those results. I think I did very well (1300+ hopefully!).

-Freshman Year GPA: 3.33 UW/3.33 W (No Honors/AP)
-Sophomore Year GPA: 3.40 UW/3.40 W (No Honors/AP)
-Junior Year GPA (so far): 3.18 UW/3.40ish W (3 Honors/No AP)
-Senior Year GPA: TBD (2 Honors/1 AP)

School does not release rankings.

Essays should be very good, being as I am a good writer. Recs also very good.


Extra Curricular Activities:
- Debate Team (3 years)
- Key Club (3 years)
- Young Democrats Club (1 year)
- Young Republicans Club (3 years... I joined BOTH my Sophomore year to see which one I preferred, before giving the nod to the Y.R.)
- Newspaper (1 year)
- 140 hours of community service
- Treasurer of 11th grade class
- Treasurer of the school for next year
- Internship at local stock brokerage firm

Other things:
-Attended a summer study at University of Colorado at Boulder in the summer before Junior Year.
-Come from a broken home -- Divorced parents. I've been told by a few people to play this card.
-National Society of High School Scholars
-Went on an Outward Bound excursion for a month the summer before my Freshman year.
-Dean’s List in Fall ’06, Fall ’07, and Spring ’07.
-I run a business online buying and selling baseball cards. I started with $500 in 2004 and am up to over $15,000 in inventory. I hope to make it to $20,000 and donate it for Cancer research, a subject very near and dear to me. I've had too many friends and relatives die of this disease.
-I am spending this summer in Tanzania, helping in a few villages with building schools, teaching the children, and helping out.

Granny

You should be in and should have a good chance at a partial scholarship. Get the grade point up.

razordad

Auburn? You're asking about Auburn? With a 3.3 or 3.4 gpa and a 29 on the ACT (and no criminal record) you are absolutely admitted. You might want to apply relatively early (Auburn typically begins accepting applications on June 1) to avoid any issues of the class filling up, but you have no worries.

RoyallyScrewed

Hahaha, no criminal record here.

AUlostchick

Auburn starts accepting apps June 1 but they don't do any decisions until about October 1 (this year they started a little earlier, the last week of Sept). Plus I have seen people apply through January and get accepted so no real rush on that. If you want a really good scholarship (basically it gives you in-state tuition), you need at least a 3.5 gpa and 30+ act (1320 sat), plus get your entire completed application in by Dec 1 at the latest (earlier the better). The schol. website is here: auburn.edu/scholarship. Full tuition schol. for out-of-state is hardcore and requires insanely high scores (33+/1450+ scores, 3.75 gpa, etc).
If you're looking to just get in, then you're set with these scores (and probably offered at least the minimum scholarship for non-res. $3500/year).
To be honest, auburn doesn't particularly care that much about your ECs. They only matter when your scores/gpa might be low for some reason, and they can make the essay look really good. Otherwise, they count for squat diddly.