<p>Grades:
3.05 weighted (~2.1 unweighted), a few Ds
rank 330/453 (fairly competitive, fairly large IB school)
Full IB/AP courseload, Chem II+Bio II, Latin
ACT: 35 (no essay, state)
SAT: took June SAT, awaiting results, PSAT was 205 but with my ACT and how I felt expecting 2100-2200
Clubs/Experience:
Leader of web team 2 years
Various, occasionally paid computer/network security work for school district
Paid (with travel and housing) summer internship at large (multimillion-dollar) software company (security)</p>
<p>Rec letters:
Latin teacher (had 4 years, nice, likes me, I do comparatively well in her class)
Vice Principal / Counselor (likes me, constantly bothering me for my grades but believes in me and will write a strong letter)
? (probably manager from internship, will be <em>extremely</em> positive, but I don’t think he has any experience with rec letters)</p>
<p>Chance me for … anywhere, I’m interested in anyone who’s gotten anywhere with low grades, especially Ds (since many colleges consider high school Ds as failing prerequisites).
Considering/like:
Oregon State
CU-Boulder
UC Berkley
Probably applying to MIT as a “what if I get in” / super reach</p>
<p>good luck!
write a killer essay</p>
<p>I would just like to say… wecome “lulzinator.” May you have many lulz and drugs here at CC.</p>
<p>Test scores are high… classes good… EC’s good… rec’s mean nothing… Grades bad… If you have some kind of excuse for your grades, like someone dying or getting cancer it might work out. If not, good luck.</p>
<p>I have very similar stats:</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA - 3.0 </p>
<p>SAT - 2130/2400
Math - 750
Reading - 690
Writing - 690</p>
<p>AP Psychology
AP Enviromental Science
AP US History
AP Economics
AP Political Systems</p>
<p>Rest are honors/gifted</p>
<p>EC’s
- Debate Club President
- Debate Team Captain
- Philosophy Club Vice President
- DECA, BETA, FBLA, Interact, and International Club member.
- Mock Trial participant.</p>
<p>Laws of Life Essay Contest winner
Extemporaneous Speaking Contest 2nd Place winner
Literary Meet 2nd Place winner
Intern at hospital
Medical Conference (attending this summer)
250 hours of community service hours (medicine related)</p>
<p>ALSO took the June SAT…SOOO Anxious to see how I did. But to answer your question, a lot of people have told me to write a kick-a** essay explaining my reason for the low GPA and that would make a dramatic difference.</p>
<p>I plan on applying to:</p>
<p>U Illinois-Chicago (Safety/Match)
DePaul U (Safety/Match)
Baylor U (Match)
Loyola U-Chicago (Match/Reach)
U Washington (Match/Reach)
Boston U (Reach)
New York U (Reach)</p>
<p>Best of luck to you!</p>