Can I get into these places?

voltairing
Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:40:35 +0000

I’m looking at (in the vaguest descending order, I’m very much aware that some of these are high high high reaches so no need to hammer it in)


U Chicago
Barnard
Reed
McGill
U Washington (in Seattle)
UC Berkeley
Occidental
Boston U
Simmons
Macaulay Honors College
NYU
Portland State (or U of Portland… I’m not too picky)
Drexel


and I’m considering Fordham and Lewis & Clark. I’d love recommendations for very urban, sometimes cold, liberal universities with slightly higher admit rates. Preferably not religiously affiliated but not a big deal.

My GPA is a weighted 4.5, an unweighted 3.7 or 3.8, I’m not sure.
My ACT was a 29.
My SAT was a 2050, mid/high 700s for Reading/Writing and a dismal 580 for math. I am retaking but without much hope and certainly without a tutor.

I’ve taken lots of APs (4 this year), gotten 4 teacher academic awards, and have mediocre ECs because I travel a lot.

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