Low GPA-- which colleges?

greengirl937
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:04:26 +0000

I have a 4.21 GPA (weighted) and 3.6 (unweighted), took the most rigorous courses that my school offered as a Junior and got mostly B’s. I tried my best, but best wasn’t good enough. At the end of Junior year I have taken 6 APS. I got a 5 on AP CALC AB as a sophomore, and the tests I took as a junior were Statistics, Physics, Latin, Macroeconomics and English Language. (i am waiting for scores)

I have a 2200 on SAT, and lots of Extra Curriculars. I play three varsity sports, 2 of which I captained as a Junior where there were seniors on the teams. I tutor kids through NHS for three hours a week, and I tutor a ten year old boy with brain cancer at least once a week. I volunteer for the observatory, Habitat for Humanity, the aquarium and the food bank. I have summer employment at NASA. I am president of the Latin club, treasurer of student government and participate in Model UN and Mock trial.

I have the opportunity to not return for senior year and instead go on a gap year program. Would that help my application to colleges? I seriously am depressed regarding my junior year grades, and am hoping that there is some retribution in other things that I do. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do.

Yale
WashU
Vassar
Emory
UChicago
UPenn
Wisconsin
Michigan
UT-Austin
USC
what are schools that seem in my range even as reaches

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