Weak Schedule, Mediocre EC's, Good GPA and ACT - Chances?

RonPaul_2012
Sat, 23 May 2009 09:58:33 +0000

I am just wondering, percentage wise, what do you think the chances are that I will be accepted next year? I am planning on going into finance and I live just outside of St. Paul. I really want to go to Wake, it seems like a perfect fit, but I am not sure if I will get in or not. Here are my stats:

GPA: 3.94 W 3.85 UW
RANK: 32/216 (Top 14%)
ACT:32
-English: 35
-Math: 31
-Reading: 33
-Science: 30
-Writing: 10

Have a number of honors classes, but not the hardest possible schedule. Only will take one AP, American History which I will take the test on in a few weeks. This is proably the weakest part of application, cause I went to a public school for middle school so when I went into a private Catholic school in 9th grade, I wasn’t able to meet the pre-reqs to get into the most advanced tracks for math and english.

My EC’s are Weak Though:

-High School Golf Team (10-12)
-MN Junior PGA (9,11,12)
-Work at UMN Gopher Hockey Game Concession Stands to help pay for high school tuition. (9-12)
-Caddy at Country Club - Honors Caddy (9-11)
-Work as a Baseball Umpire at nights (11,12)
-MN Gopher State Traveling Baseball (9, 10)
-Peer Tutoring (11,12)
-Church Service Trip to help restore homes in N Carolina (11)
-Other various awards like academic letter, student of the month, bronze service award, etc…

I might get another summer job on weekends at Domino’s or something to help save up for college. I am also planning on reffing hockey games this winter, but I don’t know if that will be soon enough to go on my app.

Anyways, do you think I have a good shot at getting into WF? And will raising my ACT to 33 or 34 make any significant difference? Also, my school is really competitive and is one of the top schools in the Twin Cities; I don’t know if that means anything or not.

Also, are you required to do an interview when applying?