Higher SAT: Better Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’m freaking out! @_@</p>

<p>SAT: 2120 (800 CR, 640 M, 680 W)
WGPA: 4.2, UGPA: 3.2
Rank: 10/50
Race: White
Low-Income (Parents Disabled/Unemployed)
Learning Disability</p>

<p>Intended Major: Education or Public Policy</p>

<p>Senior Courses: Calculus III, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, American Lit I, Financial Accounting, General Physics I (Calculus-based), Intro to Sociology, Walking, Honors English IV (HS), Honors Philosophy (HS)</p>

<p>ECs
State Education Policy Position, State Superintendent Appointee-11, 12
Other State Education Policy Position, State Board of Education Appointee-10, 11
City Official–Vice-President, Fmr. Parliamentarian; City Youth Council–9-12
State Rep/Consultant, Int’l Education Projects w/ NASA, et al.-10, 12
Attorney, Teen Court–10, 11, 12
Math Tutor (College Employee)–11, 12
Scrabble: High Score 552, >4,300 Games Played–9-12
Secretary/Treasurer//State Qualifier, Bowling League–11, 12
Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do; 1st in Division at State Comp.–9, 10
Church Youth–9-12
Founding Captain, Science Olympiad Team–9
Varsity Golf/Scholar-Athlete --9</p>

<p>Honors
12th: Keynote Speaker at State Educational Event
11th: Guest Presentation for major State Museum
10th: Published Commentary on State Education Issue, State Newspaper
9th: 1st Place, Technology, County Science Fair; Symposium Presenter at State University</p>

<p>Schools
American
Duke–Legacy, Instate, GREAT Interview
Emory
NC State–Instate
Northwestern, SESP
Oxford College of Emory
UChicago
UNC–Instate, Descendant of Important University Historical Figure
Vanderbilt, Peabody–GREAT Interview</p>

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<p>Most of those schools require a higher GPA (3.6+) and since your not in the top 10% your chances aren’t that high. Your SAT scores are matchs for most of them.<br>
Your ECs are good, and could make up for your gpa.</p>

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<p>Yeah, my GPA sucks. It’s mostly because I took a lot of online courses (which don’t work well with my learning issues) and did very poorly… I tried to address this in my application. For example, I made a D in online AP Lit junior year. My other English grades are almost perfect (close to 100%); I made a 4 on the AP Lit exam; and I have a perfect score on the reading section of the SAT. Either I’m lazy, or something else was going on–and my ECs should prove I’m not lazy. </p>

<p>We also have a weird way of doing GPA. In comparison, my Oxford-College-at-Emory–recalculated is a 3.5. </p>

<p>I’m guessing:</p>

<p>Super-reach (i.e., obviously rejected): Duke, UChicago
High-Reach: Emory
Reach: Vanderbilt, Peabody; Northwestern, SESP; UNC
High Match: Oxford College of Emory
Match: American, NC State</p>