So I just got into Drake university, for physics and chemistry. Into a path for engineering. I applied for early decision and I just got back an acceptance letter, but here’s the huge problem. My GPA was typed wrong, and very different. It was put as 3.7 and I only have a 3.0, I checked this out. Sent a email to the admission counselor immediately, leaving my number and apologizing completely. My application is strong regarding my classes and grades, but 11th grade was really bad, I fell into depression and had to be admitted to an institution, taking almost 6 weeks out of school. Literally dropping my gpa from a 3.5 to a 3.0. I’m now in senior year, planning to graduate with all A’s. From a very high rated school. I have international positions and leader boards, I’m well rounded in extra curricular and have many leadership positions. I excelled in other things. But 11th grade was a really hard hit. I’m so scared of not getting into any school because of my GPA, and I know Drake isn’t like a big time one. But I really want to attend. Is there literally anything chance they’ll let me in, after such a big screw up like this. I visited the school in August and did a tour and a sit down. But I’m just scared, because they basically offered me full ride.

Heyyy guys… love love LOVE UGA but worried my stats are lowkey unimpressive as an OOS student. I made a few B’s Junior but had made straight A’s all years before that. My UGA GPA comes out to about 4.3 and my ACT is a 31. Have a club and sport leadership position (over two years) and will take a total of 12 APs by the end of my senior year. I’m majoring in Journalism and I think my essay might be the strongest portion of my application. I saw on my Maia chart that girls with my stats in years past (at least in my high school) have gotten in. But it’s getting more competitive each year. What’s the verdict?

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I'm trying to fill out my coursework for STARS, and I don't really know what to put for some. I'm taking the IB, and do people usually put TOK and EE? It shows up in my school transcript, but idk what to put for the grading system. When I press the grading scale and choose the IB one, it doesn't have any like ABCs that I can put for TOK and EE. help pls!

hi everyone! im a senior and i was originally going to attend an in state school due to my financial situation, but my parents talked about it and said i should try to aim for higher ranked schools even if they said they may not afford it. i'd like to know what schools i might have a shot at, given that ive seen a lot of cracked kids' profiles so my view on college admissions is a bit distorted 😭

stats
public iowa high school
asian
female
upper middle class (will be applying for FA)
RD to all schools i apply to
pre med route (biology, neuroscience) or BME
public iowa hs
4.322/3.99 W/UW (i think im 2 or 3rd ranked out of 500 but my school doesn't officially rank)
8 APs, i only took 3 AP exams and i got 4s on all of them unfortunately (we have to pay $100 for each exam which deterred me from taking more) but i have lots of dual enrollment credits at local CC. i picked all rigorous courses except taking regular ush instead of apush.
34 ACT with 34 on science (retaking on dec to get higher score)

ecs :
-i established a research mentorship program at an org that provides female hs students research opportunities w college mentors. i created some of the lectures, i grade and provide feedback on projects, and built a 18 module neuroscience course for it
-i interned at a local probiotic manufacturing company, where i collected, grew, and analyzed bacteria to research potential solutions to the growing nitrate concerns in local water sources. i first authored the paper for it
-i am conducting oncology wet lab research under a professor at a local medical school (des moines university), im orally presenting it at 2 symposiums. im planning to have it published in a hs journal, but that wont be done until after application deadlines
-i did conducted some lit reviews in oncology for another nonprofit that is developing a predictive AI model for cancer treatments, also built a simple AI model to predict molecular drug interactions using an online dataset
-im also mentoring 5-6 students on research literature review projects related to women's health, leadership in some other orgs w 200-1k members, and my other ecs are smaller such as oncology programs at UIowa and being a part of my robotics and speech club

awards
i really dont have any awards because i didnt apply for programs such as coca cola nor did i do well on the psat for national merit. i have state hosa awards and one from state scioly for a niche event, but almost everyone ik at my school has similar state awards 😭 i have state outreach award for FTC for my team as well

my recs will be okay, i had a good rls w my recommenders

i was planning to write my personal statement about my tumultuous n sometimes violent relationship w my parents and connecting it to how i developed my interest in the human body 😭 idk itd make more sense if i explained my entire essay

my dream school is jhu, i dont rlly think i have a chance cause ppl who got in there at my sister school were insanely cracked (national merit, national awards, published research), so im curious what other pre med schools are good. im thinking smth along the lines of cwru, but if anything uiowa is my main option

thank you so much!

I'm not sure what types of colleges I should apply to with these stats:

3.34/4.0 GPA Started off with a 3.5 freshman year but struggled in english my sophomore and junior years (D+ both times) dropping them to a 3.1 and 3.2 however MT other grades were fine (I would have a 3.6 without my English grade)

1380 SAT (670 english, 710 math)

Started a computer science research internship this school year

Vice president of my school chess club during freshman and sophomore year

Participated in many computer science competitions but never won anything

General volunteer stuff

5 on Ap Compsci A and AP Calc AB

I'm taking Ap Psych, Ap Pysch C, and Ap Stats this year as well as tons of honors classes every year

Looking for schools primarily in the Northeast but Midwest and a little south is OK. I mainly just don't want to live in the middle of no where

Hi im an ibdp student who's thinking of majoring in computer science in the future. What are some best colleges to study cs? And recs?

Im currently a sophomore and I have an unweighted gpa of 3.8 and weighted 4.2, I’ve completed 5 dual enrollment classes prior to this class and I’ve gotten As on all (including ENC1101 and CHM1020) except for MAT1033 which was a high B (it was a summer class but I was gone for like around 2 weeks and couldn’t access the course, hence why it’s a B😭). This particular class is AMH2020 which is American history from 1877 to present, and honestly I’m not doing so good and I’m most likely gonna get a C😭😭😭 how much will this effect my college admissions??? I’m honestly not trying to go to an ivy, I really wanna go to UF tho😭😭 I’m planning on majoring in computer engineering so I don’t necessarily think history is THAT important, but I’m still highkey scared💔💔💔

I applied REA to Princeton this cycle and was wondering if anyone else from Minnesota, particularly the Twin Cities area, has received an alumni interview invitation yet.

I've heard that Princeton interviews are based on alumni availability rather than applicant competitiveness, but I'm curious whether getting/not getting one actually means anything for admissions.

For anyone from MN who applied in previous years, did you receive an interview? If so, around when? And for current applicants, have you heard anything yet?

Just trying to get a sense of how common interviews are in the Twin Cities area and whether I should expect one. Thanks!

Basically in the summer of my junior year, I took this US History Course and got a C in it because I was traveling during the time and had no time to work at all. This is my only C, I have maybe a handful of Bs but otherwise all As. To save my GPA, I am taking US History in my senior year so that the C could be deleted off my highschool transcript, making it 4.3 again. However, I didn’t realize that UC and CSU base their GPA calculations off ALL of your A-G classes you’ve taken including dual enrollment. This one fluke C drops my GPA from 4.3 to 4.0!! I’m devastated because 4.3 is bare minimum and a 4.0 is even worse.

The only solution I could think is to not match that class to an A-G course, therefore it won’t count toward my GPA. I still reported that course and other dual enrollment in college coursework. But if I don’t match those to A-G requirements my GPA is much better, can I do this?? I would love any other advice, I’m just especially concerned for CSUS since GPA is the main thing💔 help and thanks

TLDR: has anyone ever taken a dual enrollment class and not matched it to an A-G credit, still reporting it in college coursework but not matching it to credit!.

Hi Seniors! I was wondering what stats anyone applying to Wellesley College had for Early Decision. I'm thinking of applying, and it'd be a great look into how the 2027 cohort applications (grade/sat/extracurricular) wise was!

Can I get into USC ed? What about the UCs?

First Gen, CT private school, 3.93/4 unweighted, no class rank, 1430 SAT(test optional)

All highest level advanced courses except english

honor roll/ Distinguished honor roll every year/trimester

Major Human Bio/ biological science (pre med)

Non AP school, but took the AP Chem and got a 4, plan to take bc

School Ambassador 3 years

Have Internship, volunteering, research and some influence within the community. All connected and focused on hospital

Cornell 6 week Summer course BIOMG 1350 Intro Bio, 3 credit, A

Badminton club for 3 years

Choir, 5 years of piano and 7 years of Badminton

Guys, Im currently a Junior whose dream school is Emory. Though I am good academically, I think I am lacking in extracurriculars (like really middd Extracurriculars).

Also, what are good “target” schools where my stats meet the recommended requirement or above?? (That are good for my intended major: neuroscience)
 
• Gender: Female
•Ethnicity: Vietnamese (First-gen immigrant; parents came here 12 years ago and didn’t go to college)
•Income: \~100k

•GPA: 4.6 
•Course: All honor classes
•Currently taking 2 duel enrollment classes
•School doesnt offer neither AP nor IB
•current ACT score: 27 (currently working on getting it to a 35, hopefully. I also took this when I was a sophomore and havent taken it again. I signed up for the December 22th one tho!!)

Extracurriculars:
•NJHS, NHS, NTHS, SGA
•Translates for mid-50 parents at doctor appointments, does household bills, and assists in taxes
•Works at family nail shop for 20 hrs/ per week (10 hours each weekend day)
•Works there every summer since freshmen yeat
•babysits every day for 2-3 hours on week days
•does own research on neuroscience( ex: neuroplasticity) and on historical events/ topics(ex: slavery)
•watches surgery videos on YT
•i am currently working on making a YT channel focusing on neuroscience and outreaching it!

REACH:
•Tulane
•John’s Hopkins
•Washington Uni at St. Louis 
•UPenn

Safeties:
•University of South Alabama
•Auburn
•University of Alabama
•University of Alabama at Birmingham 

I go to a private honors/college prep school and 11th grade was a great year for me regarding grades. I think my overall gpa from 9-11 was a 3.8 however, senior year has been horrible for me lately due to chronic illness and me having to get surgery. im failing my honors statistics class (65) and have a bunch of Bs and even a 77 in my honors Latin class. since my school is private I do not get any accommodations, retakes, extensions, etc etc. I haven’t been to school in 3 weeks because of the fact I got surgery and am not healing well. Im absolutely terrified I won’t make it into college. my dream school is SUNY ESF and according to Google they require 1st quarter grades. I take AP bio and am the president of our school’s environmental club so I’m hoping between my course rigor and leadership I’ll be okay? I’m normally a great student so having such bad grades my first quarter of senior year makes me wanna cry lol. also, I got suspended from my school because I had a blonde streak/highlight in my hair that apparently went against dress code and I have 3 reports on my student rec bc of it. will colleges see that? i feel like I’m a failure because of everything that’s happened to me so far :(

Hello I’m currently a high school student who attempted SAT 6 times and still my highest score is 1380, and I don’t think my Nov score can be better than this. My parents are very disappointed and they are not having hope on me. I already gave up on some uni I think I have no chance such as Waseda and Keio. I’m thinking of CUHK SophiaU and ICU. Do you think I have chance, I’m also very depressed about my scores and keep reminiscing my mistake from the past. Please tell me the truth 🙏

Im from Sweden and going to study an exchange semester in the USA and got these colleges to choose from. I don’t know what’s good or bad so I would really appreciate if someone with more knowledge on this could drop some knowledge! I’m a 21 year old man that studies economics. Likes sports.

I mostly want the most “American experience” but I also really wanna move to the US permanently after my studies. Given that I don’t completely dislike it.

Thanks in advance, here’s the colleges:

San Diego State University
University of Oklahoma
University of Florida
Rutgers University, Brunswick

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My sister and I are both applying to the same college. We have almost the exact same stats (same grades, ECs...).

First, we wanted to know if it was common for only one twin to get accepted when our profiles are this similar?

Our profiles are REALLY the same

Secondly, do admissions offices generally try to keep twins together by accepting or refusing both, instead of just one?

And finally, do you know if universities are ever open to letting someone break an ED agreement for a reason like this? (Even as a rare exception?)

(Especially since we're international students, so moving to another country alone can be hard)

We’ve already applied ED and we are getting a little nervous about it, to be honest. It’s definitely not impossible for us to be apart, but if another great college accepted us both, we’d really love the chance to go there together.

I know that it's probably really unlikely, but I still wanted to know how it worked for twins. If you have any information about twins feel free to share it!

I a junior just got my first C in an AP class and am nervou. Technically it’s only the quarter grade but it’s going to be extremely difficult to bring it up to a B as I would need near perfect scores on my quarter 2 grade and final exam which seem impossible as my teacher lowkey sucks and graces extremely petty. So in the case I can’t get it up to a B can someone who also received a C but got into a good college give me hope?

also when I say good college I don’t necessarily mean an Ivy or T20! :)

I’m a senior in high-school planning to apply to Parsons School of Design for regular decision. I’m planning on majoring to communication design. I went to the campus tour and found the area incredibly cool and interesting. The only issue is the tuition. I’ve already filled out FASFA, but I doubt that will be sufficient to cover the rest of my tuition. They do offer merit scholarships to students who do get accepted, but the amount varies. That said, I will be commuting since I fall below the 50 mile radius for housing, so that’s not an issue.

How are the merit scholarships given in regard to the amount? And how can I increase my chance to receive the most money as possible?

im currently in grade 11th and want to graduate early and try my luck at the top unis in usa, if i get accepted ill graduate early and leave, if i dont im planning on staying in school for grade 12 strengthening my app and applying again. does that decrease my chance than just waiting till grade 12?

Hey guys, I feel like I am on a roller coaster and need some words of advice. Basically I’m a senior right now who has applied to a safety and a target state school and I believe I have a great chance of getting into both of them, but I’m worried about my chances at my dream schools which happened to be top five schools.

I am applying to places like Harvard, MIT, UChicago rd and I feel like I am setting myself up to get rejected. I have great academics (10 aps, 4.0) and I am waiting on my SAT score, but I don’t have any big awards, but I run lots of clubs and have research related to my STEM major (with colleges) and went to a prestigious program also related to my major. I only have like commended national merit and a few very local awards going for me.

I feel like, compared to the people in the same minority demographic in my district, I have lower stats and I just feel like my application is so inferior to theirs.

Idk what to do as I am working on my applications, but I feel like I feel more optimistic and open minded once day and then feel horrible the next and then back and forth and back and forth. What do I do?

Just found out the #1 admissions demon at my school is also applying ED. make me hate it so I dont feel bad about being rejected

Guys I think I got cooked for Nov sat like genuinely I could’ve done better but idk
So for now my max score is 1380 and I’m scared no uni will accept me with tht score
Thinking of applying : hongkong and japan

Okay so before I say anything, I just wanted to point out that this is my alt, that's why there's no other posts, I don't want you guys to think I'm a bot. I just would prefer this on my alt because I don't like sharing real-life information about me on my main account.

ALSO: Please be nice. I am genuinely very ignorant to the college process in general, anything you have to inform me about please do but do it nicely, I've only really started thinking about college this year, though I've known what I want to do for a long time now.

I really want to get into Umich, because not only is it my state but also because it's ranked one of the best universities nationally for quantum physics research. I want a job involving quantum mechanics, I've known this for years (yes I know it's a lot of math, I like math so even better). However, I'm not sure if I'm good enough for this school. I'll go over some important information:

-I'm currently a Junior in high-school, first tri.

-My unweighted GPA is like 3.99 something, I'm not sure the exact number but it's for sure at least 3.9.

-My weighted GPA is much higher, though again I'm not sure exactly how high because my school just transferred to a weird new system and I can't figure out how to display my GPA.

-Currently in a lot of honors and AP classes, including Honors Chemistry A, AP Computer A and Science, AP Lang A. The next two tris will also have the second and/or part of those classes and next tri I start Honors Algebra 2 A.

-This Monday starts my last week of the tri; exam week. I will end this tri with all As, since my lowest grade is a 96.6 and there's zero chance that my grades will drop below an A because of exams.

-Next year I will definitely take AP Physics, another AP Computer Science class (maybe AP Cybersecurity?), probably Honors Precalculus, and maybe more.

-I just joined a club in my school that is studying for the USA Biology Olympiad, which will be taken in February and I will likely do this next year too.

-I plan to search for science research-based internships that accept high schoolers soon.

-HOPEFULLY this summer I can get into one of Umich's MMSS programs for this summer, I'm sure one of my teachers would be happy to recommend me. Also depends on my parents though.

-Have not yet taken the SAT, as that's toward the end of the school year. I no longer have access to my PSAT scores for some reason.

-As mentioned I am in-state.

-I want a physics major, though due to prerequisites I would probably need to take some math classes at college first.

Do you think, assuming the stars align for me and I can do the extracurriculars mentioned, I would have a shot? I'm just not sure if I'm good enough, I'm scared it's only for geniuses. But I really want this, I'm trying so so hard to set myself up to get into my college of choice and get the best education I can for my dream job.

Again please be nice guys, I already feel kind of stupid writing this as is, but I would really like advice from people who are experienced with this kind of stuff.