<p>Knowing your unweighted GPA would make this easier. The statistics from the Miami (FL) '09-'10 common data set show that your SATs are around the 35-40th%tile. I’ll make a wild guess about your UWGPA: 3.4. Last year 74% of of the entering class had a GPA of 3.75 or higher and another 13% had GPAs in the 3.50-3.74 range. That means your 3.4 puts you in the bottom 13%. I’m sure that MIami will know about the rigor of your high school, but at best it’s going to put you in the bottom 25% of applicants. So…</p>
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<li>Get those SATs up at least 100 points.</li>
<li>Blitz senior year.</li>
<li>Hope that Miami concentrates on your sophomore and junior year performance.</li>
<li>Write an essay highlighting your improved performance for those last two years.</li>
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<p>I think you have a fair shot at getting in, but the last few years has seen Miami getting more and more attention for its academics, so academic profiles have been rising. I think your chances are similar at Villanova. Tulane and USC especially are going to be reaches. I think you’ll get into the others (though I don’t know the admit rates for OOStaters at all those schools - Illinois might be a little tough in that regard).</p>