<p>I have a am a junior with an academix gpa of 3.46(4.0 scale) and a 4.12(weighted).</p>
<p>attend a California Distiguished School 2007 (dont know what it is but everyone says its good for college)</p>
<p>I have 24 act 10/12 on writing.
I have a 610 on math II 520 in us history</p>
<p>My EC are
HS soccer (9-11th)
Track (9th).
Key club (9th-10th)
soccer club president (11th)
church youth counsel member(9th-present)
Church soccer team founder/captain (11th)
I plan to get a summer job and attend a community service trip to mexico for a week.</p>
<p>Im shooting for:
University of Washington
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbara
Cal Poly San luis obisbo
Cal Poly Pomona</p>
<p>I think a 3.5 is not average at all. For UW it is low, though, even if you lived in Washington. Kids who live near it with a 3.8 can be rejected these days. It’s becoming more like Berkeley in terms of admissions (not quite there, but well on its way). </p>
<p>I am sure you can get into one of the easier UC schools with that GPA. Maybe not Berkeley or UCLA, but others. You’ll get a great education at a California state school and it will be quite a bargain $ wise.</p>
<p>I think most people would call someone like you a very good student. On paper you look like a great kid to have around both in and out of the classroom. Many schools will be thrilled to have you. :-)</p>
<p>I disagree. Those stats really are quite…average. As a matter of fact, the average ACT score is a 22. 10/12 Writing is impressive, but the SAT 2’s are average as well. Keeping in mind that SAT 2’s are usually only taken by the more academically talented in subjects in which these students thrive, 5-600 scores are seen as pretty much…average.</p>
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<li>there are also few leadership positions on the EC list, and no national awards at all.</li>
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<p>Maybe take an SAT prep course, study hard, and get higher standardized test scores that way. The ACT could be higher, although if the last poster correctly reports 22 as average then at 24 the student is already above that. There certainly is time to bring up scores for this individual.</p>
<p>It isn’t fair to call this student average, as it is the sum total of his file which will be reviewed. Perhaps he would get a better shot at schools with holistic admissions. </p>
<p>In any case, with a 3.5 UW and a 4.12 weighted, he is anything but average in his classroom performance. He isn’t going for top tier schools, which is wise. He is a solid student in a challenging curriculum. Nothing average about that. Classroom performance is more important than standardized test scores.</p>
<p>EC wise, you simply don’t need a “national award” to go to a good school. This student is very well rounded. He actively participates in sports, key club, and church activities, and showed a little leadership by being a club captain/president, founding something, and being on church youth counsel. If he travels to help others in a foreign land (or just does something locally) this summer, that is a nice service boost to his record as well. </p>
<p>Colleges will see this student as someone who can handle a challenging work load and contribute to a campus community. He could bring up the test scores and maybe shoot for another leadership challenge next year, but overall he is more than average. </p>
<p>CC has some pretty incredible students on it. I think that spending time on this site can warp one’s view of what “average” actually is. I would predict that across the board an “average” applicant would have a 3.0 in an average curriculum, with very minimal participation in EC’s. This student should just do the necessary research to make sure he is conservatively on target with his safety/match/reach schools.</p>
<p>My God a voice of sanity. Very well said spideygirl.</p>
<p>It is important to keep in mind that those visiting CC are the more concerned and concurrently, the higher achieving students. You can’t judge a whole populations by the skewed data you collect here. Take everything with a grain of salt. That being said, the board scores aren’t fantastic, but they are solid. There is always time to improve, and I’ sure you have a shot at those schools.</p>