Chances?

Colleges & Universities Southern Methodist University
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<p>Applying RD</p>

<p>3.3 unweighted GPA at a pretty rigorous prep school on the East Coast
1450/1600 and 2140/2400 SAT
APs: Comp. Gov. (5), Eng. Comp. (5), U.S. History (4), currently taking AP Chem, AP Euro, AP Latin, self studying AP Eng. Lit. and AP U.S. Gov.
SAT IIs: Literature (760), U.S. History (760), Latin (530, not sure if i should send)</p>

<p>Jv Football 9-11 (captain 10-11) Varsity 11-12
Jv Lacrosse 9-11
Spent a week in Key West with church group in summer of 2011 on missions trip
About 100 hours volunteering with local cancer foundation and church
Young Republicans club member
Won the school Latin Award junior year
AP Scholar
Went to a summer precollege program at Northwestern, got a 3.5 GPA in two classes, and got a strong letter of rec from one of my professors there</p>

<p>Good letters of rec from my college counselor and two teachers</p>

<p>Hope to major in Political Science, if that makes any difference</p>

<p>Thanks for the responses!</p>

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<p>Well your gpa and test scores are very similar to my son’s and he is a freshman right now at SMU (also majoring in Political Science). That being said you never can tell with the admission process. My son did get in EA last year.</p>

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<p>Your chances should be very good.</p>

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<p>Your SAT score is above the 75th percentile. Your GPA is below the average GPA of 3.6, but since you go to a rigorous prep school, this will probably not have a negative impact. Your chances are very good. I would be surprised if you didn’t get in.</p>