<p>okay…so i checked my admission today, and i got on the waitlist and they offered me 2013 spring semester admission…
my gpa is low: unweighted 3.45 , weighted slightly higer than that cuz i studied in differnet school & curriculum and they didn’t hav gpa system and stuffs but then when i transferred to american high school they just took it without considering the differences and stuffs… i came here last academic year by the way…
i took 2 aps so far, and taking 3 right now and got 4s for the two ap exams i took last yr
i have 2010 sat, reading 680 math 800 writing 640, and its my 2nd sat score…
i wrote pretty good essays i would say… but then why am i waitlisted?
because of my gpa??
cuz my friend has high gpa but low sat score like around 1900 but got into honors…
and i selected my major as chemistry…which is limited…
i really wanna know why i didn’t get into the fall semester if not honors because my counselor told me that she would explain why my gpa was so low in her letter…
and after i came to america i only had one b and the rest all As…
im in such panic right now… why you guys think i didnt get into 2012 fall semester class?</p>
<p>It almost certainly was the GPA. Don’t panic, you might still get in. Did they offer you Freshman Connection?</p>
<p>yes they did offer me that…but i can’t just believe it
i thought they were considering lots of factors in determining the admission and
even my counselor said it would be fine if she explains why i hav so low gpa which does not reflect my real ability and my increasing trend in grade…</p>
<p>I might’ve taken your spot, 800 math 690 reading 590 writing 4.0 gpa, got into honors and engineering school for chem E</p>
<p>what was your weighted GPA?
i got in with a worse unweighted than u, but im in-state and was in a really good high school</p>
<p>my weighted gpa was slightly higher than my ugpa… probably like 3.5… but this is because my old schools did not hav ap classes and had british curriculum…
and i still took higher level classes and some ib classes for an year (after the first year of ib i moved to the States)…</p>
<p>so this school decides based on gpa really much… huh?</p>
<p>i guess, my weighted gpa was 3.95, uw was 3.3
my sat was 1960, im assuming your weighted gpa brought you down, but hey, freshman connection is nice
you get to spend your first semester with other freshman in an apartment and you can still take core classes to fulfill credit requirements</p>
<p>apparently, we had the same SAT’s so it had to be GPA, but i had a friend who got into honors with a 2.5 and a 2390 so i dont know</p>
<p>alright… id like to appeal this decision but how?? please help it will be the most important action im taking in my life so far</p>