lisalisa131

I know my scores are going to hurt me, but do I have a chance OOS?

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Selected Colleges:
Your colleges. UNC, University of Illinois-Chicago, Drake University,
Wesleyan University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Purdue University,
University of Michigan,


Standardized Tests: SAT I: Verbal: 590 Math: 570 Writing: 670 (have only taken it once without studying)
ACT: 27 (retaking in september, hoping for atleast a 28 lol)
Academic Strength: Unweighted GPA: 3.86 out of 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.67out of 5.0
Class Rank: 17 out of 643 students.

--White female from Illinois.
Extracurricular Activities

Student Council- Secretary
- Student-Faculty Baskeyball Chairman: helped raise money for Dollars for Darfur and a scholarship in the name of a student that passed away at our school.

Bowling Frosh-Soph team
Varsity Saturday bowling league at Hoffman Lanes.

SAE (student's action for education)- Diabetes and Cancer walks, helped with market day, fundraising, ect..

Science club
Started a tutoring class in the morning for students planning on taking accl. chem next year.

Philosophy club- new to this club, very interesting discussions on life issues, etc..

Co-President of a charity club my friends and I started.
It's based off our campaign for "Autism Seeks," The Kenneth Young Center, cancer awareness/research, and aid for sheltered animals.

Volunteer at Alexian Brother's Hospital. Front Desk-greet the visitors, escort, and give directions, deliver items to patient's rooms.
Volunteer at Volkening Heritage Farm: do crafts/cook with kids, garden, historic preservation, work the special events held for kids, etc.
Foreign Language Honor Society

Awards and Recognitions: Ap Euro- 4


Foreign Language Achievement Award
A-Honor Roll
Scholastic Achievement Award
--edit later, not sure what else.

Sophomore year:

AP European History(4)

junior:

AP Physics
AP lang and comp. (4)
AP U.S History (4)
AP Psychology (5)

and (will be) Currently taking:
AP Bio AP Spanish AP Lit. AP Stat AP Macro/AP gov

svg1990

test scores way too low for OOS. you'll have a good chance if you could get in the 2050-2150 region

j89

the gpa is good, and your ecs/awards seem interesting. Your OOS residency/standardized test scores will probably bring you down though. I would say slight reach for michigan. Try hard on those essays, apply early, and you have a great chance.

Also: what school are you applying to? From what I make out of your interests, it seems like LSA.

As for your other schools, i would say in at uofi-chicago, madison, and purdue. Match at drake. slight reach for wesleyan and unc. How come your not applying to urbana champagne?

lisalisa131

Well, I would like to, but I chose UIC for its Pharmacy program. Even though UIC isn't the best of schools, it's either top 5 or top ten for pharmacy. Kinda stinks though cause I'll only be 20 minutes from home.

*sigh* I hate oos.

blackpen2008

apply early!!!!!!!! like very thing in their office by the end of September.
and you have good chance of getting in.

EL_TACO_GRANDE

apply early, and your in summer term at least........

Nova10

If you manage to raise your ACT to 28, you should apply to UIC GPPA pharmacy program.

rodney

lisalisa: check out the accepted student threads from last year EA at your schools....I don't think your standardized tests will hurt you as much as you think; GPA is much more important for the schools on your list......(except for Wesleyen and UNC).....

apply early to UMich....you should be fine....

Alexandre

Prepare well for the SAT, raise each section by roughly 100 points and you should be in very good shape.

BobbyT12

hey what is OOS?

and by the way i was wondering if i had a shot
3.95 unweighted/4.11 weighted
27 on act (30 on math and english)
good ecs, essays, recommendations

will apply early action
live in michigan if that helps and i have an older brother that goes there
and i am 5 out of 225 students and this past year 13 are going to uofm

Daggerman

OOS = Out of State

Also, there is no early action for UMich, they accept apps on a rolling basis. With that said, there is probably some utility in getting your app in relatively early as there are more spots available and a much smaller pool of applicants.

I'd chance you but I am but a mere rising senior myself, so it's not like I have some fantastic insights that you can't obtain through a few solid minutes of research.

BobbyT12

k thanks and i am pretty sure they do have an early action. you just have to send it in by nov 1 and they tell you by christmas

rising senior...good luck
you applying to mich?