<p>2.9 UW, 3.5 W…
1830 on SAT I’s…500 on CR, 630 on Math, and 700 on Writing. Looking to get atleast a 620+ on CR, 670+ on Math, and 750+ on Writing, because I know I can. If possible, I know I can get higher. Atleast a 2000, aiming for over 2100.</p>
<p>Junior year, working on EC’s this summer with volunteer work.</p>
<p>Instate Georgia…</p>
<p>Looking for </p>
<p>uga
gtech
emory
vanderbilt
boston univ.
syracuse
tulane
UC-Davis
University of Rochester
UC-Irvine
Uni. of Miami
Ohio STate-columbus</p>
<p>I know all of these are likely be reaches, but I just want to know how to increase my chances, like improving my SAT’s. Like what’s the least I can get on my SAT to actually have a chance at Emory or Vanderbilt? Thanks</p>
<p>Sorry to tell you, but you won’t have a chance at Emory or Vanderbilt unless you have an EXTREMELY GREAT hook along the lines of started charity with $1 million raised or have divorced parents with dead siblings.</p>
<p>Bottom line:Colleges like Emory and Vanderbilt will not look over such a low GPA. Your best chance is to go to community college or a relatively easy to get into public or private school, do AMAZING there, and transfer.</p>
<p>Any others? I’m trying my best to raise my gpa up to atleast a 3.0 before I start sending apps. Then, studying for the SAT’s in which I want atleast a 2000.</p>
<p>Taking all A.P./honors. UW-2.9 W-3.5</p>
<p>I’m in many volunteer clubs as well as after school programs as well.</p>
<p>They all take weighted GPA, by the way. The unweighted GPA, though, is important and has more sway in admissions. It shows your work ethic and performance in your classes, without adding extra points.</p>
<p>With that GPA and SAT score mostly all of your schools look like reaches to me. Unless you can score about 200 points higher on the SATs and at least raise your 2.9 average to about a 3.3, you are just going to have to look at state schools.</p>
<p>There are plenty of students with GPAs like yours at my son’s school that get into great schools —pick a couple of reach schools and some safeties and tell your story in your essays—you never know it may work and you may get into one of your reaches</p>
<p>Somebody tell me a national university/college that you believe to be the lest exclusive. By national, I mean anything that requires something beyond a high school diploma.</p>
<p>Some national universities that have lower requirements for acceptance (but are still really good schools–like rank in the top 350 colleges overall) would be:</p>
<p>University of New Orleans
Xavier University (the one in Louisiana, not Ohio)
St. Bonaventure University
Temple University
City University of New York–Brooklyn College
Cal Poly Pomona (not to be confused with Cal Poly SLO which is very tough to get into)
Sonoma State (Cal State Sonoma)
Bennington College
University of Dayton
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Maine
University of Montana at Missoula
State University of New York at Buffalo
State University of New York at Purchase
Suffolk University
University of Hawaii at Manoa, and
the University of Rhode Island</p>
<p>Then how come on Collegeboard.com, universities like Syracuse and Tulane have people who get in, over 9% of all people who applied? Is it because they’re all special or something? They’ve actually focused their whole life on EC’s?</p>
<p>Could’ve been any number of reasons. Great ECs/awards/essays, a good reason of why the GPA was lower, etc. Their parents could’ve contributed money, or they could’ve been a development case, and so on. 9% is pretty low, so it’s still a reach, i.e. not very likely.</p>
To clarify for others - 9 % of the students at Syracuse had a 2.5-2.9 GPA.</p>
<p>You have to remember that these people likely had very special circumstances. I also wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the athletes GPA’s fell in that range (mostly basketball and football).</p>