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@freakchild12 Dont worry about your gpa. If you have strong ECs and at least a 1500 on the new SAT you are still on the race to get into a very competitive school.
3.45 UC UW GPA
3.6 UW GPA after mid-year report
University of Michigan
Boston College
University of Texas(McCombs)
UC Berkeley(!)
You never know! Granted I had a 33 ACT but I’m 100% positive it was my LOR and essays that got me in
@Decently you are my idol right now :))
3.1UW/3.8W so Level 4
Colgate
USC Marshall
UChicago
Note: Had >2300 SAT w/near perfect senior report
@imadeitsomehow that is so great, congrats!! Are you by chance a URM? And did you have any C’s on your transcript? Asking because I’m in a similar situation. What do you think accounted for the GPA (essays, letter of recs, etc)?
3.5 Core class UW, 3.9 core class W
4.7W senior year first semester gpa
11 AP’s total
34 ACT (35 Superscored)
Junior year had 2 C’s in non-ap classes, a B in an AP class, and failed a non core class.
EC’s were decent but not extraordinary
Accepted into USC Dornsife, UGA,
Transfer option at Georgia Tech,
Waitlissted at Williams College
I’ve been waiting to post here forever and with Georgetown’s decision in I finally can
level 5: 3.62 unweighted
6 APs the rest honors
33 ACT 2130 SAT 4 SAT IIs with 730+
ECs solid but nothing too special: tri-varsity athlete, co founder of a nonprofit, camp counselor
Accepted:
BC (honors)
BU (honors)
Loyola Maryland (honors)
University of Maryland College Park (honors)
The Ohio State University (honors)
Ithaca College (w/ merit)
Providence College (Liberal Arts honors)
Northeastern (w/ merit)
University of San Diego (w/ merit)
Georgetown University
American University (half tuition scholarship)
General Comments: GPA isn’t everything, granted I had good scores and am a URM but still. Making my decision now will likely be attending American University Next fall.
Son is Level 4 UW (but full IB diploma student, so much higher weighted).
Rejected: Hamilton, Wesleyan
Accepted: U of Oregon (merit), Willamette (merit), Ursinus (merit), Dickinson, Union, and Skidmore
Still undecided.
@ZBlue17
Yes to both actually.
I knew the GPA would be a major issue so made sure every other element was top notch- I think ECs and essays played a big role.
Best of luck to you.
level 5 3.7 flat, 2300, EC’s can be found on my chance thread
accepted Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, Northeastern+Merit, CWRU+Merit, Rutgers + Merit, Union + Merit
Waitlist: Vandy, Uchicago
Rejected: Stanford
waiting on ivies and like 2 others. will update once I have everything
upper middle class asian~so there’s hope
3.3 UW/3.9 W = Level 4, top 25% of class of 100, 1940 SAT, low-income, first-gen Asian male, good ECs and essay, did fly-ins to Bates and Swarthmore.
Accepted: Bates College/Trinity U/Texas A&M/Washington College
Waitlisted: Kenyon College/Connecticut College
Rejected: Colby College/Grinnell College/Macalestar College/Middlebury College/Swarthmore College/Vassar College
Honestly still shocked I got into a top tier liberal arts college with a 3.3 UW GPA!!!
Replying for my son, with his permission.
Level 4 - 3.31 UW 4.19 W
6 APs total; rigorous classes throughout HS
HS doesn’t rank
1500/2280 SAT
Accepted: CU Boulder Engineering (with merit $), Boston University Engineering (blatantly said no merit $), Rensselaer (with merit $), U Rochester (with merit $), Worcester Polytechnic (with merit $), Wake Forest (too soon to tell re: merit $)
Waitlisted: Case Western (oddly, said, we’ll give you merit $ if we accept you), U Chicago, Villanova
He had very strong EC’s
@Momofmrb congrats to your son! What were his ECs?
Thanks @ZBlue17! He’s very happy. EC’s were: FTC Robotics (leadership Jr./Sr. year), chess club (leadership 3 years), physics club (leadership 3 years), math team, school paper, local volunteering since 8th grade, 911 Memorial (NYC) volunteering last summer. Nothing national award-y, but still pretty strong.
Bump…
level 5 - waitlisted at Penn and Columbia. Not an acceptance but better than expected with my grades lol
level 5: berkeley, usc, rice, nyu
Believe it or not, level 1 (or lower) in high school and level 4 (3.4) first semester of college, and got waitlisted at UVA. I always thought it was a mistake lol.
I’ll post again now that everything’s in.
3.63
URochester (merit), Tulane (merit), Clark U (merit), UAlabama (full tuition), UNew Hampshire (merit), Conn College
Waitlisted at Reed and Trinity CT, rejected Oberlin and Colby.