Chance me for Mercer, UGA - 3.83 UW, 1370 SAT, Junior [GA resident, Chemistry/Biology]

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Demographics

  • US domestic
  • State/Location of residency: Georgia

Cost Constraints / Budget
Full Pay

Intended Major(s)
Chemistry, Biology

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
Rank not released, 4.5Wm 3.83 UW
1370 SAT (750RW, 620M)

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.83
  • Weighted HS GPA: 4.3 Using UGA’s weighing system
  • College GPA: (for transfer applicants)
  • Class Rank: Not released
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 1370 (750RW, 620M)

List your HS coursework

  • English: Literature, AP Lang, ELA
  • Math: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, AP Precalc, AP stats
  • Science: Biology, Chem, AP Physics, AP ES
  • History and social studies: APHG, Ap World, ApUSH, AP Macroeconomics
  • Language other than English: 3 years of Arabic and AP arabic
  • Visual or performing arts: Digital design
  • Other academic courses: CAD, intro to computer science

College Coursework (Transfer Applicants)
(Include college courses taken while in high school if not included above.)

  • General education course work:
  • Major preparation course work:

Extracurriculars

  • Helped run a STEM Club for girls, supervised activities related to engineering and led an activity related to Computer Assisted Design
  • Co-founded a crochet club
  • Co-led UNICEF’s Mental Health Club and ran/managed the unicef_mham account to raise awareness about various mental health conditions
  • Cross Country
  • Started an art account and dedicated significant time into producing art to grow it.
  • Facilitated Activities at a religious festival for two years, once under NHS and once independently
  • Tutored Elementary and High Schoolers both under NHS and independently
  • Red Cross
    • Helped manage the Annual Blood Drive
  • NHS
    • Religious Festival
    • Volunteered at a Senior Center and helped arrange their Fall Festival
  • Environmental Awareness Club
    • Co-led a presentation on Water pollution for elementary grades

Essays/LORs/Other
Strong-Ish essay, Great LORs

Schools

  • Assured (100% chance of admission and affordability): GGC
  • Extremely Likely: Augusta
  • Likely:Oglethorpe
  • Toss-up: GA State, Agnes Scott
  • Lower Probability: UGA, Mercer
  • Low Probability: Emory
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So only in state schools?

It’s an odd set of schools - varying sizes.

I’d say Ogelthorpe is extremely likely and Mercer is likely.

Good luck.

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Agnes Scott and Mercer are great matches/likely, Oglethorpe is a safety.
Are they affordable (ie., have you run the NPC with your parents?)

If you’re willing to venture out of state, look into/run the NPC on Sewanee, Eckerd, Elon.

For UGA and Emory, I would NOT apply for Biology.
You should apply to Emory-Oxford and pick Anthropology&HumanBiology for a major, less competitive than basic Biology and just as interesting if not more so. This would greatly increase your odds.
For UGA, see if any of the majors below would be of interest - your odds would be much greater simply because many applicants don’t know they exist.

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I want to do Prehealth, so I want my classes to line up with the requirements

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They do.
The majors I listed line up with the pre-med pre-reqs, which aren’t that onerous anyway: 2 courses in English* (written expression, professional or interpersonal communication…), General Biology 1&2 with lab*, General Chemistry 1&2 w/lab, Organic Chemistry 1&2 w/lab, Biochemistry, Sociology*, Psychology*, a diversity-focused class*, a foreign language* (such as Spanish for Health Professions), calculus 1*, biostatistics or statistics*, Physics1&2, possibly Anatomy/Physiology.
(*= Would overlap with typical gen Ed requirements regardless of major).
Any major that includes a lot of chemistry works but if 2/3 admitted med school students majored in something like Bio, Chem, Biochem, Math, Physics, Bioinformatics, or other sciences, about a third majored in arts/humanities/social sciences and still got As in their pre-reqs.

Pre Health students all need a plan B since so few make it to med (MD DO) school, so the major is often chosen to help with that pivot.

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