Average to Good Student - Chances?

A2Wolves6
Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:23:47 +0000

Hmmmm, I had a 3.63 GPA and a 29 ACT out of an Ann Arbor HS. I could give you some sort of outlook. I was accepted to Wisconsin, rejected at Michigan (although I applied to Kinesiology, much harder than LSA), accepted at MSU, accepted at Indiana with a 6000 scholarship per year, accepted at Miami (FL) and Syracuse.

MSU - accepted with MEAP money and MCS scholarship
Indiana - accepted with 6000 scholarship
Kalamazoo - accepted scholarship/aid
Boston - accepted with scholarship/aid
Tulane - accepted with scholarship/aid
DePauw - accepted with scholarship/aid
UC Boulder - accepted with scholarship

Rice - don’t even bother
UNC - same as Rice, admissions are impossible for OOS freshmen, transfer there if you want to go there
Tufts - Not impossible, but not likely. Reach.
Boston College/NYU - These are slight reaches. You may get into one, you may not.
UCs - You’re not getting into Berkeley, LA is like Tufts, unlikely but 2 kids who were in my classes last year did get in and enrolled. UCSD is similar to BC and NYU, not 100% sure, but possible, slight reach.

Sorry, not familar with the LACs. Couldn’t tell you about Denison, Kenyon, Oberlin, Rhodes, or CC without having to look up the info online.

So here’s what I have for you:

SUPER REACH (you’re wasting your money applying): UNC, Rice, UCB
REACH:Tufts, UCLA
SLIGHT REACH: BC, NYU, UCSD
MATCH (probably getting in, chance at merit money): Kalamazoo, BU, Tulane, Depauw, UCI, UCSB, UCD, UCSC
SAFETY (auto acceptance with scholarship): UC Boulder, MSU, Indiana