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I'm a junior at a suburban-Chicago public high school and I'm looking at a wide range of schools. I'm a prospective history major. My stats are:

ACT- 31 (33 E, 34 R, 29 M, 26 S)
SAT- 1330 (760 V 570 M)
SAT II's (taking in June but predicting mid to high 700's for US History and Writing, and 550-650 on MathIIC)

GPA (weighted on 5.0 scale)
Freshman- 4.3
Soph- 5.0
Jr- 5.33333
Sr-?
Cumulative- 4.9 W, 4.3 UW
Class Rank- 36/345

So far I've Taken
AP EngLang
APUSH
AP Psychology
Next year I'm taking
AP EngLit
AP CalcAB

I've been in mostly honors/AP classes, but regular math for three years (until ap calc next year), and 2 regular science classes (didnt start honors until jr year)

ExtraCurriculars-
Band (I play trombone)
Jazz Band
Marching Band
Pep Band
Madrigal Brass
French Club
Key Club
National Honor Society
Church Youth Group
District Honor Band
All Conference Honor Band
Camp Counselor(3 Summers)
Volunteering (200 Hours+)

I've been section leader in band, was elected into French Honor Society, and have gotten letters in music and academics


What are my chances are at these schools:
NYU
USC
Boston U
UCLA
UCSB
Vanderbilt
Fordham
U of Virginia
William and Mary
U of I- Champaign
Johns Hopkins
U of W Madison

Any help would be much apperciated!

By Topper (Topper) on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 02:17 pm: Edit

How is a 4.3 UW GPA possible?