Hopefully OP made that deadline. I can’t comment on whether or not OP’s UTK calculated weighted core GPA meets the OOS mins for merit consideration. Depends on OP’s grades in only core classes and also likely depends on whether or not UTK counts OP’s ‘accelerated’ courses as honors courses. Engineering won’t be considered core.
Right - no telling on the UTK calculated GPA and how it fits into their matrix but would guess if it falls a tenth or two below the minimum acceptance is unlikely.
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I agree.
My school does use Scoir, this is where I fall for historical clemson acceptances. (keep in mind my star should be up a little higher as scoir doesnt display my correct ACT scores.)
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I’m trying to infer what criteria created your list of colleges, and I can’t quite put it together. Most are larger schools, but not all. Most are a little on the “party school” side, so I’ll take it that this is the vibe you want. No clear trend re: urban vs. suburban vs. rural. No clear preferred geographic region. How did you pick these schools, vs. so many others you ruled out?
How happy would you be to attend UofO, if that turns out to be your only option?
Did you consider U of Utah? It has a lot in common with CU Boulder, but it’s even closer to good skiing (one of the best schools in the country for this), a lot less expensive (you can even gain residency after the first year, so even without merit it could be less expensive than Oregon), and quite a bit closer to the airport as well. Plenty of school spirit, sports fandom, parties, etc. Easy access to both the resources of a major city, and spectacular outdoor recreation. Excellent life sciences/pre-health. Not sure if you could get into the Honors College, but maybe. You could still apply here, if you think you might choose it over Oregon/Boulder/UTK. (Of course, it’s just one of many possibilities that you apparently ruled out earlier in the process; it just stands out to me because of the superlative skiing and the guaranteed financial value, and seeming to land within range of your other preferred schools in terms of “vibe.”)
I think what others have said, “chancing”-wise, is on target. Reaches are very reachy, and ED2 is your best shot at Tulane, if you think full-paying there is worth it compared to the more affordable options. Bottom line is that your course rigor and GPA aren’t quite up to what your reachier schools are looking for in an “unhooked” applicant. It’s always possible that they’ll consider you based on your other strengths, but you’ve aimed pretty high, stat-wise. And as others have mentioned, if you want to aim for med school, it might be better to attend someplace that’s a true match or safety rather than a reach, so that it won’t be quite as difficult to stand out academically in college.
If you really love New Orleans & Tulane, you might also toss an app at Tulane’s next door neighbor, Loyola New Orleans. But all of your schools are secular so maybe that’s a criterion.
If you really love Clemson, did you consider Auburn? Your odds there based on pure stats are slightly better, and they have a lot in common. (Feb 1st RD deadline.)
Good luck! You already have a good option in UofO, if you like it well enough to travel that far, so all you need to do now is hope for the best, and perhaps add a few additional apps if there are additional schools you like better than Oregon.
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Why not convert from EA to EDII? I think they let you do so at Tulane.
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OP may like Davidson or Furman if willing to go smaller, as you well suggest; both have decent Div I sports, which seems to be a criteria.
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OP doesn’t favor Tulane - which would be reason enough not to go ED.
“All in all I think I like Clemson more than Tulane which plays a bigger part into my ED2 decision, financial commitment is large but parents are able to pay.”
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Sorry, missed that down the chain.
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@lolocacch Is biology your desired major based on interest or because of medical school? If the latter, consider a different major and check out this program at Tulane. Creative Premedical Scholars Program | School of Liberal Arts
If Biology is your passion, dive into what current bio students report about faculty and department at Tulane (vs Clemson vs your other top choices) and whether there is grade deflation. Clemson being a larger school will be more competitive in the premed track. What type of tutoring/peer support is offered at each of your schools? Also look at 1st year retention rates at each school.
While converting an EA application to an ED2 specifically at Tulane historically improves admission chances, you might want to make sure your path to premed and/or research is probable.
I wouldn’t rule out Richmond, but it is very different school from your other top choices.
One more edit- Research Tulane Spring Scholars. If Tulane ends up your top choice, combining ED2 with Spring Scholars program, might improve your chances even more (or RD with Spring scholars if possible)
It doesn’t seem that Tulane is one of your top choices which makes me wonder why you would ED2?
You indicated that your parents would pay for Tulane. If you end up attending a less costly school, would your parents have the “extra” money to help with medical school/grad school (excluding PhD programs)?
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It has been a month and quite a few comments/questions since the OP has responded; and the ED2 deadline was two weeks ago. It seems the OP lost interest in her own thread, and the discussion continued without her.
some updates since my last post…
deferred from boulder, very upset about this as i really liked the school, do i have a solid shot of getting in regular?
deferred from richmond
waitlisted at clemson, also upset about this… what are the stats about getting off the WL? do I have a chance? i’ve heard a lot of students getting waitlisted and i don’t know if that’s a good sign or a bad sign…
rejected from UT and UVA (no surprise there)
still waiting to hear back from Tennessee
i put in last minute applications to auburn and college of Charleston so also waiting to here back from there as well!
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From what others have reported, Clemson pulls from waitlist all the way into June…I wouldn’t hold out for them. I would move on and get excited about the schools that wanted you right off the rip!
From when I toured Auburn in June, they stressed that if Auburn was on your radar to apply EA in August and September and the next round in October as that is when they accept most of their incoming class. You might still have a chance but just an FYI that they have a pretty high SAT cut off for OOS this year and unweighted GPA.
I’m still waiting on UTK from being deferred but have really been more focused on my acceptances from other schools since they scooped me up from the get go without wondering if I was their best option.
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Thanks for the update.
Do you want to throw a few more apps into the mix (with the FAFSA delay chaos many private colleges with Jan-Feb deadlines as welll as rolling admission public universities may be more accomodating - not large publics with Oct 31 or Nov deadlines though, those are almost “full” unless you want an uncommon major like Russian or Agricultural Science…) or are you satisfied with the acceptances tou had so far?
Your odds are better at Boulder than Clemson I think but they’re just odds, not certainty.
Did you apply to CoC Honors? Really changes the feel and peer quality.
Auburn this late in the game may not be realistic but you never know I guess.
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Thanks for the update. For any schools where you are on the waitlist, I would consider them a denial and not think about them again unless they reach out to you to let you know that they have a spot for you.
So you’re waiting to hear from UTK and you have an acceptance to U. of Oregon with $30k merit, which is a fantastic offer. Does Oregon no longer interest you?
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I haven’t been able to get out to UO so I don’t know how i really feel about it yet since i haven’t been able to visit campus. Being from the east coast, i’ve also never been to Oregon so it’s hard for me to really fall in love with the school even though it’s currently my only option…
Any suggestions for schools to look into that still have open/rolling admissions with good biology programs?
What would be must have’s and deal breakers?
strong biology program, not in the northeast, preferably big sports/school spirit, nothing under 3,000ish undergrad, has a solid campus feel (not spread out in a city like Boston University)