High SAT/downward trend GPA - Where should I apply?

MYOS1634
Sat, 21 Feb 2015 15:36:17 +0000

What classes are you taking (APs, Honors)…
To give you a real-life examples of schools where you have a shot and others where you don’t – African American student with actual SAT scores in the range of your predicted, same GPA as yours, roughly same level of ECs and income, but with actual extenuating circumstances for the GPA; the student got into Rider, Stetson, Hofstra, UNC Wilmington, Pitt-branch campus, and got denied at Binghamton, Northeastern, UF, Pitt Main campus.
In local equivalents, that means that UVA and W&M are out of reach, VCU and JMU are reaches, UMW, GMU, or CNU are matches, ODU or Longwood are safeties; Appalachian State, UNC Wilmington, and UNC Asheville would be matches, NCSU would be a reach, UNC-CH out of reach, UNC-G or UNCC would be safeties.
If you manage to pull your grades to get to a 3.0-3.1 by the end of junior year, you may have a shot at Howard and Spelman (no full tuition scholarship at the latter, but some scholarship at the former as long as you apply by September 1st, meaning your GPA has to be above 3.0 by the end of the semester).
Among the women’s colleges, Sweet Briar, Hollins, Meredith, Chatham would be matches, Agnes Scott a reach.