Please Chance my Test Less application to UW Madison

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@anon94785555

You are expected to take rigorous classes and to do well in them. A rising gpa is good- better than the same all years. One bad semester can hurt the overall gpa but if it is a blip in the otherwise good record it can be overlooked. Remember- all the extracurriculars done will not make up for lesser grades. I state this for the sake of other HS students reading this thread. For you, the OP, all you can do now is apply and continue to do your best your final year.

I retook my SAT and got a 1340 (660 reading, 680 math). Do you think you could chance me with the SAT for International Relations?

Btw here’s some other information in my application:

UW GPA: 3.7. I was affected by some family struggles (both grandma and aunt diagnosed with cancers within the same month, unfortunately my grandmother passed away) in the 2nd semester of freshman year and 1st semester of sophomore year, my counselor talked about it in her LOR for me.
By the end of senior year I will have taken 10 Honors courses and 9 AP courses, I have a 4.488 weighted GPA.

My extracurriculars include being commissioner of interstate soccer league, section leader for marching band, Service dog trainer, president of school Chinese culture club, United States soccer federation referee, and smaller stuff like being in a University pep band, concert band, study piano at Carnegie Mellon University, member of a club soccer team, and member of model UN.

Something I’m really proud of is my common app and supplemental essay. I hear they’re really important for UW Admissions. For my common app, I talked about how because of my father’s service in the US Air Force and job as a physician, I’ve lived in the UK, Japan, South Korea, Guam, Germany, and Indonesia, and then I related it to how prideful I am of my unique Taiwanese Jewish identity, and used that to talk about how I can relate to different cultures and have a good understanding of political struggles.
In preparation for my UW Madison essay, I did intense research including contacting professors, and I also gathered a lot of specific information about joining clubs like the Badger Band. The whole time I basically talked about my fit within UWisconsin and my aspirations for what I’m going to do there rather than focus on the campus (as beautiful as it is).

Again, I’m out of state so I hope the essays (which I worked really hard on) and workload In addition to decent grades and test scores can get me in. Also I don’t think International relations is as competitive to gain admission to.

Thanks!