Parents.. where do you think I will end up next year?

[Ny0rker]

Hi I am a senior applying to colleges this year. I came into the Parents Forum looking for some solid analysis of my qualifications to see what schools I will most likely get into and which ones are out of the question. Here are my stats:

-White male from NY
-public pretty competitive high school (sent 12 to ivy's last year, and a bunch more to top schools)

-SAT: 1400 and 2130 (630 CR, 770 M, 730)
-GPA: 96.5
-Class Rank: 45/280
-1 AP last year (4 on USH)
-5 AP's this year (Spanish, Calculus, Physics, Government, Literature)

-10 varsity letters; captain of 2 sport teams, schools awards, all league, all county, etc. (not being recruited)
-NHS, art honor society, and spanish NHS
-over 200 community service hours
-job since freshman year (9 hours a week)
-DECA
-summer program (took a business course last summer)

-I think my essay is strong but who knows. it made a couple people cry.. about something unique in my family
-Same with teacher rec's

So how do you think I will fair at the following schools? idk and I am nervous!
-I applied to undergrad business schools and if the school didn't have one, then a mathematics or economics major

1. Cornell ED (applied to their AEM program) (1st choice I LOVE CORNELL)
2. Notre Dame
3. Boston College (3rd choice)
4. NYU Stern (2nd choice)
5. William and Mary
6. Boston University
7. Northeastern University
8. Villanova University

also thinking about maybe UNC? UVA? tufts? CMU? do you think I can get in?

and then two safeties

i hope my class rank doesn't completely own me

Thanks in advance! I look forward to hearing your responses!!

[bartnawer]

Cornell ED (applied to their AEM program) (1st choice I LOVE CORNELL)- Competitive, you have a chance
2. Notre Dame-same as above, but still a reach
3. Boston College (3rd choice)- your right in there again
4. NYU Stern (2nd choice)- should be OK
5. William and Mary-OK chance
6. Boston University- probably in
7. Northeastern University-in
8. Villanova University-probably in

[dragonmom]

Remember that top state flagships (like UVa and UNC) are much much harder to get into from out of state.

[Ny0rker]

yeah I'm aware of that.. i think I might try applying to one of them.. don't know which yet

[oldfort]

You'll get deferred from Cornell, end up with a guaranteed transfer.

You may get into NYU, and wonder if you would take up Cornell's GT.

[Ny0rker]

hahah that would be the most difficult decision ever.

[EngProfMom]

^^ agree with bartnawer. First two are reaches, then BC, NYU, Wm and Mary, are OK chances, and you're definitely in at BU, Northeastern, Vilanova. Really good essays could help balance out your class rank.

[Ny0rker]

thanks.
I feel my essays are really strong but who really knows. I have sent them to a few people on CC and they all loved them.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

I think you are out at the first two and in at the rest.

[JHS]

What is your financial aid situation? I think you have at least a decent shot at your reaches, and you don't need any safer safeties from an admission standpoint. But a lot of those schools either don't guarantee meeting 100% of financial need, and/or have a funny enough definition of it so as to have the same effect, and/or force you to take a lot of loans. Can your family pay for private college with little or no aid? If not, you may need to add some schools that would be affordable (e.g., a SUNY).

Along those lines -- although it's waaay late for this -- you might want to check out liberal arts colleges with good aid and high need for athletes. Places like Wesleyan, Trinity, Connecticut College, Vassar. In terms of stats, some of those would be reaches, some matches, but if you are really an all-county kind of athlete in the sports they play, you are possibly very recruitable at those schools, even if you are not Division I scholarship quality. They don't have athletic scholarships, but their need-based scholarships may be just as good or better than partial D-I athletic scholarships.

[Ny0rker]

hey thanks for the responses!
my family does not qualify for need based aid. we can pretty easily afford my safety schools (a SUNY and University of delaware) and Cornell (since I am applying to one of their land grant schools and I am from NY). The rest we can afford, but I will be applying to many outside scholarships to try and cut down the price to make it easier.

and i can play at the D III or II level most likely..

overall, Cornell is the best school for me, the price is great for my family, offers the exact kind of education I want, perfect size, challenging, i LOVED the campus, etc etc. But I do realize it is a significant reach so we'll see..

I love all of the schools on my list however and would be happy to attend any one of them

[Rachacha]

Do you know if any of your classmates are also applying to Cornell? If your HS is in-state and competitive, that might work against you if too many who are ranked above you (I see you are in the second decile) are also applying. That is what I see at our HS (similar size, also in NY) - Cornell would only take one, two at the most right away. I agree with oldfort about guaranteed transfer - you might want to think about where you could start and then finish at Cornell. GOOD LUCK!

[Ny0rker]

i know a couple of other students applying ED. I have a better GPA and SAT score than them all.. RD is a different story, not so sure. My school has a 50% acceptance rate to Cornell (12 admitted last year). my stats are right about average for the accepted students but I assume a lot of the people with lower stats had hooks

[Ny0rker]

also, I am not a fan of LAC's

[oldfort]

AEM is a harder school to get into, I think it is especially the case for New Yorkers because it is such a good value for them.