Competitive with 3.86 Weighted GPA?

smart.cookie
Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:07:59 +0000

“Eng 9 Honors- 1st semester 81 2nd semester 75
Algebra 1 - 1st semester 90 2nd semester 85
PE - 1st semester 85 2nd semester 65
Physical Sci Advanced - 94 2nd semester 74
Other classes were electives with A’s.”
Hmm…
The 65 in PE might not hurt him when colleges take out electives and fillers to recalculate GPA, but the As in his electives won’t really help him.
A 3.86 W isn’t really all that good, and a 3.49 UW is not really competitive, no matter how much he has improved.
BU might accept him, and the University of Alabama is a match, not a safety. Also, the SAT score is low for the Universities he is applying to, so I predict that BU and UofAlabama will accept him and that the others won’t.
Also, to Prism123, AP scores are not significant for college admissions, but a score of a 1 or a 2 on an app for an Ivy is a red flag.