Chance me - CT student aiming for T20s, 1530 SAT [3.91 GPA, English, pre-law]

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Hi! I decided to post this after perusing this site for a while, could someone chance me for the schools I applied to?

CT, public high school of about 750 kids, female and Hispanic

English major on pre law track

Ranked 5/177, 1530 on SAT (780 on EBRW), 4.735 weighted GPA (counselor didn’t have me submit unweighted, we have a weird grading system at my school LOL so no one submits unweighted)

12 APs throughout high school, 5s on Gov, Bio, Lang, APUSH, Seminar, Psych, 2 on Calc BC (didn’t submit, had to take because no other math course fit my schedule) and taking Research, stats, lit, human, and French this year

Honors: national merit commended scholar, AP scholar w distinction, regionals (4 years)/ all-state(2 years, didn’t happen bc of Covid)/all-eastern (1 year) choirs, state youth leadership scholarship recipient, bunch of school awards, NHS, math/french/music/journalism honors societies

Interned at a law firm (attorney wrote me an additional LOR), journalism EIC 2 years, editor 1 (transitioned publication to statewide database, honorable mention at national journalism conference, LOR from teacher who had me all 4 years for journalism and mentoring club/ student gov), choir president 2 years, choreographer and president of Drama club (2 lead roles in HS, voice and acting lessons, attached resume which talked about me working with Broadway directors and actors for a production), student gov VP 4 years, 4 year executive board member and social media starter and manager for local historical society (trained docents, guided tours, etc), dance assistant teacher (15 hours a week), NHS and debate club president, work as a hostess, etc

LOR from choir teacher and Journalism teacher (all four years) as well as the lawyer I interned under

Here’s where I applied:
American
Amherst college
Boston college
Boston university
Brown university
Bucknell university
Emerson (accepted to honors college 40k scholarship/ year)
Harvard
Lafayette
Lehigh
Muhlenberg
Northeastern
Skidmore
Swarthmore
UConn
UMass Amherst (EA)
Villanova (EA)
Williams

Let me know if you need any additional info!

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Congrats on your accomplishments.

American if you demonstrated interest, UConn, UMass ahd Muhlenberg are highly likely.

The rest are unknown but Lafayette, Skidmore, and Nova are promising.

The rest - out of your control. Best of luck.

If you can afford these and would love to be at one, then you win !!

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Many colleges want LOR from two teachers who have had you in academic subjects. Journalism could be one, but I don’t see a second one. Did you check your colleges for what they require for LOR?

Congratulations. Was that an early action admission?

Since you have an admission that hopefully is affordable, just wait and see on the others.

I think you have a chance at many of these schools. The reaches…are reaches for everyone.

Good luck to you.

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You are a very strong candidate at every school, but your reaches are reaches for everybody. At first glance I think you’ll be admitted at UMass, UConn, Skidmore, Muhlenberg and Lafayette. It’s more of a toss up (although I think you stand a decent chance) at Bucknell, BU, BC, and Northeastern. Chances are slim (as they are for all) at Amherst, Brown, Harvard and Swarthmore.

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Yes, Emerson was early action! As far as LOR, a lot of my colleges only allowed 1 letter of rec, which I sent my Journalism teacher’s to (journalism can count as an english at my school so my guidance said it was okay). I’m also applying for theater as a second major/ minor at most of these schools, so that’s why I did my choir teacher. I was intending on asking my AP Bio teacher, but she sadly passed away before my senior year began

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I did an interview with Lafayette and I think that went pretty well. I’ve heard a lot of people get deferred from Villanova so I’m pretty nervous about that one (less than 2 weeks until EA is released)!!

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You can calculate it yourself by taking the sum of semester grades in academic courses with A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0 and then dividing by the number of grades. If all of your grades are A grades, then your unweighted GPA is 4.0.

A 4.735 weighted GPA is meaningless outside of your high school, unless it matches the recalculation done by colleges you are targeting.

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Thank you! With that scale, I have about a 3.91 (not including my senior year midterm grades)

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