APPS SUBMITTED -- IN or OUT?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Please just reply with an in/out for each school.
First Generation
I’m an african american male from atlanta from a family that makes less than $20k
Father was abducted while i was a child, havent seen father (my essay topic)
Upward Trend (2 Deaths in family Freshman/Sophomore year)
Overall GPA: 3.42</p>

<p>1st semester Junior year: 3.75
2nd semester Junior year: 4.0
1st Semester Senior Year: 4.5</p>

<p>Rank: 24%
ACT: 26 (28 Math, 27 English)
SAT II: MATH IIC - 700
MATH IC - 710
Great Recs</p>

<p>EC’s:
Part time worker for 4 years
FBLA Secretary
French Club Treasurer
Psychology Book Club President
Cultural Diversity Club
100 hour’s of community service
Volunteer at Local Hospital & Dentist Office</p>

<p>Senior Classes:
AP World
AP Govt
AP Econ
AP Statistics
AP Calculus
Honors Lit
Honors chemistry</p>

<p>Essays: Excellent (got them read by Georgetown prof, he said they were absolutely fabulous)
Recs: Excellent, Including 1 from a world-renowned Georgetown Professor.
Took 2 classes at UCLA (2 B’s)</p>

<p>Boston U CGS
NYU CAS
Cornell CALS
Carnegie Melon H&SS
Georgetown SFS (Cousin is one of the top professors for 10 years + part of the adcom a few years ago)
Washington U St Louis
Oxford College @ Emory
Dartmouth</p>

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<p>everything’s really great, the only major obstacle might be the act score…</p>

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<p>Yea that’s what I was thinking…I was hoping my urm status + low income + excellent essays will make up for 1-2 points.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>I don’t think college allow both Math IC and Math IIC to be submitted…</p>

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<p>Yes they do…</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>216 views and 1 response?</p>

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<p>A lot of people viewed mine and hardly anyone responded as well, so I’ll help you out.</p>

<p>Boston U CGS - In
NYU CAS - Given circumstances, match imo
Cornell CALS - Will probably have a hard time overlooking your ACT score, so reach
Carnegie Melon H&SS - Not sure, somewhere between match and reach
Georgetown SFS (Cousin is one of the top professors for 10 years + part of the adcom a few years ago) - If your cousin helps you out the way you predict, then match
Washington U St Louis - Also will have a hard time with ACT score - reach
Oxford College @ Emory - Match, - my friend was very similar to you in stats and even circumstances and got in
Dartmouth - Dartmouth is very standardized test score conscious, so reach</p>

<p>Maybe its hard for us students to consider your application holistically and thats why most ppl havent responded. But who knows about the ivies. they are usually unpredictable</p>

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<p>Boston U- IN
NYU- MATCH/SLIGHT REACH
CORNELL-HIGH REACH (STILL HAVE A CHANCE)
CARNEGIE MELLON- MATCH/SLIGHT REACH
GEORGETOWN- WITH CONNECTIONS (MATCH)
WASHINGTON U- REACH
OXFORD- MATCH
DARTMOUTH- HIGH REACH</p>

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<p>Correct me if I am wrong but a match is you have a 50% chance to get in. It is not a safety but it is not a match either.</p>

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<p>Thanks – Any other opinions?</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>don’t worry about it, you will get into some good schools, and even if you don’t get in, here’s some advice: keep applying the same effort you applied during high school and you will go places, big name college or not</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice.</p>

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<p>Probably not Cornell or Dartmouth. Georgetown depends on the strength of your connection probably. Don’t know about the other schools.</p>

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<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>Make sure you send out a couple of applications to safety schools ASAP. You’re a smart kid but admission to top tier schools is extremely competitive.</p>

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<p>I think ACT and rank are going to be a problem, but obviously your jr/sr grades help where GPA/rank are concerned.
I’m bad at these, and you are in a very unique situatioon, but I would say:</p>

<p>Boston U CGS in
NYU CAS reach
Cornell CALS reach
Carnegie Melon H&SS don’t know
Georgetown SFS (Cousin is one of the top professors for 10 years + part of the adcom a few years ago) high reach
Washington U St Louis high reach
Oxford College @ Emory in
Dartmouth high reach</p>

<p>Just curious, did you apply anywhere else?</p>

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<p>Georgia Tech, which is about a match.
I’m getting really nervous right now. =(</p>

<p>My cousin at Georgetown said all of the adcom are his friends, and he wrote a 2 page letter concerning me, hopefully it will help =/</p>