Please help a girl out [TX resident, 3.81 UW, International Relations/Econ, <60K/yr]

Chance Me / Match Me
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Demographics

  • US domestic (US citizen or permanent resident) or international student
  • State/Location of residency: Texas Resident
  • Type of high school (or current college for transfers): large public high school
  • Other special factors: African, second generation (first generation to college, legacy, recruitable athlete, etc.)

Cost Constraints / Budget
my parents can pay 50-60k a year

Intended Major(s)

International Relations/ econ

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.81 (calculate it yourself if your high school does not calculate it)
  • Weighted HS GPA: 4.36 (must specify weighting system; note that weighted GPA from the high school is usually not informative, unless aligned with the recalculation used by a college of interest, such as CA, FL, SC public universities)
  • College GPA: (for transfer applicants)
  • Class Rank: 167/641 (top 25%)
  • ACT/SAT Scores: TEST OPTIONAL but 1220 (only submitted to TAMU and UT)

List your HS coursework

(Indicate advanced level, such as AP, IB, AICE, A-level, or college, courses as well as specifics in each subject)

  • English: 9-10th grade pre-ap, 11- ap lang 12:dual credit english
  • Math: 9: pre ap 10:on level geometry 11: on-ramps algebra 2 (UT dual credit) 12: on level precal
  • Science: 9: pre-ap bio 10: pre ap chem 11: apes 12: ■■■■■■■■ aquatic science
  • History and social studies: 9: pre ap world geo 10: WHAP 11, sociology : dual credit us history 12: ap gov and macro,
  • Language other than English: spanish 1 and 2
  • Visual or performing arts: 9: choir
  • Other academic courses: 9: intro to engineering 10: ap seminar 11: ap research and ap psych

AP EXAMS

  • ap world- 4
  • apush (only took exam)- 4
  • ap research- 4
  • ap lang - 3

Awards

ap scholar w/ honors

smaller local ones for a debate comp

nslc best delegate?

Extracurriculars
VP and Secretary of rho kappa (social studies honor society), public relations of unicef, interned with a judge, volunteered with a youth philanthropy group, a part of my local fair committee, coordinator for my friends non-profit, raised money for my church, had a job for a year, over 100 service hours

Essays/LORs/Other
essay on growing up abroad and how the people and experiences shaped me as a person, my willingness and ability to rebuild etc.

Schools
rolling : Texas A&M , Bryn Mawr , gwu (george washington uni), McGill

EA: dickinson, american, fordham, UT austin, UMD (maryland)

  • Assured (100% chance of admission and affordability):
  • Extremely Likely:
  • Likely: dickinson, american, McGill(likely-ish), Texas A&M (not super competitive major)
  • Toss-up: fordham, gwu, UMD
  • Lower Probability: Bryn Mawr
  • Low Probability: UT austin

PLEASE BE HONEST AND LMK MY CHANCES THANK YOU

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Let us know if you want suggestions for other universities in Canada. Concordia (just up the street from McGill), York, Carlton, and Simon Fraser might for example be a bit easier for admissions. The cost for international students can vary among various universities in Canada although I have not paid much attention to the details. The exchange rate is of course currently in your favor.

There would be a significant amount of travel needed for any of these since you are coming from Texas.

Do you have a solid affordable safety picked out? I wonder about adding another application or two to public universities in Texas, although I would not be familiar with which ones have international relations as an option.

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I already got into UH but otherwise no

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