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Chances! :)
bashi
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Im currently a Junior In A competitive Atlanta HighSchool. Born in North Africa and moved here at the age of 4 (Considered African American).
Here is what my problem is! Current GPA 3.2..BUT...There are 3 semesters left. So I can potentially get up to a 3.45+ (Which I mostly am going to do!) Huge rising trend.
Want to know something weird? Past 3 years at this school , we have had full new administration,principle,counselors every year! This eventually led to schedule changes (Blocks to Periods and vice-versa). Im sure this issue can be brought up during the application process.
My SAT is going to be taken at the beginning of December...Hopefully Santa can bring me good SAT Scores! I will hopefully get a 2000-2100.
PROS:
-African American
-Hopefully SAT Score
-Rising Trend
-Live in Atlanta?
-Great Rec's.
-Will be able to visit the school once again
-Will be doing Early Action (If its even worth it)
-Great EC's (Hands on Atlanta,Work (YMCA),Fund Raisers around the area,Soccer Team,Chess team captain,French Club)
CON:
-GPA!
I have been keeping my eye on this school for a while!
Other Schools Im looking at: GaTech,BU,UofC
Probably looking into BioMedical Engineering.
5 repliesHere is what my problem is! Current GPA 3.2..BUT...There are 3 semesters left. So I can potentially get up to a 3.45+ (Which I mostly am going to do!) Huge rising trend.
Want to know something weird? Past 3 years at this school , we have had full new administration,principle,counselors every year! This eventually led to schedule changes (Blocks to Periods and vice-versa). Im sure this issue can be brought up during the application process.
My SAT is going to be taken at the beginning of December...Hopefully Santa can bring me good SAT Scores! I will hopefully get a 2000-2100.
PROS:
-African American
-Hopefully SAT Score
-Rising Trend
-Live in Atlanta?
-Great Rec's.
-Will be able to visit the school once again
-Will be doing Early Action (If its even worth it)
-Great EC's (Hands on Atlanta,Work (YMCA),Fund Raisers around the area,Soccer Team,Chess team captain,French Club)
CON:
-GPA!
I have been keeping my eye on this school for a while!
Other Schools Im looking at: GaTech,BU,UofC
Probably looking into BioMedical Engineering.
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Replies to: Chances! :)
-Living in Atlanta will greatly deflate your chances at UC Davis, because UC's are funded by the people of California to educate the people of California.
-UC's don't take recommendations nor do EA.
-A rising trend sure helps, but even a 3.45 won't help you much. Put this in perspective, you are competing against in-state applicants whose GPA averages around 3.7. On top of that, you're looking at an engineering major, which is even harder to get into.
-UC's only look at sophomore and junior year GPA. So, you only have one semester to bring up your GPA.
I think it's very easy to get into Davis, the acceptance rate of C/O 2010 was like 68% so depending on what your UC GPA is, you're a possibility. Being out of state makes it more of a challenge though.