Chance Me For College But I am A Weak Candidate [DE resident, 3.6 GPA, top 10% rank, 1340 SAT, computer science]

[AustenNut]

In your December thread, you shared this:

@Johnnytest3498

Test Scores: 1450 (Prob gonna go test optional)

In this thread you indicated:

@Johnnytest3498

Test Scores: 1340 (Prob gonna go test optional)

How did your SAT score drop? Even if you took the test and your score dropped, most colleges just consider your best result and/or will superscore (i.e. take your best score for each segment even if it was over multiple testing dates).

Additionally, you received a significant amount of advice on the prior thread, nearly all of which indicated that your lists were extremely reach heavy and that you needed to find some likelier admits. After seeing your initial attempt to revise your college list, I even gave you this advice:

@AustenNut

Based on your updated college list, it seems as though you might need some more concrete guidance. Thus, I would suggest the following:

1. Eliminate any school if its overall admissions rate is below 20%
2. Eliminate any school if its admission rate for people of your type (i.e. out-of-state) is less than 20%.
3. Eliminate any school if its admission rate for CS is less than 20% and your academic stats are below the 25th percentile

Once you’ve eliminated all of the above, then build your college list.
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Of the schools on your list, the only ones that might still stand after criteria 1-3 are these:

• Purdue
• U. of Delaware
• U. of Florida
• U. of Maryland
• U. of Wisconsin
• Virginia Tech

Based on the list you shared today, you didn’t care for the advice. But as far as chancing you, I think U. of Delaware is a likely admit and that the other schools on your list are either a lower or low probability admit, depending on whether you’ve scored a 1450 on your SAT.

@DadOfJerseyGirl

I hope OP is able to apply to colleges that are much more likely and still accepting applications. Tagging @AustenNut for guidance.

U. of Delaware is a great school that can provide you with a wonderful education. If you would be happy to attend there, that’s great. But before trying to research any other options that are still accepting applications, do you want any other options @Johnnytest3498 or would you not consider an option that’s not a “Top 20” as you said in your previous thread:

@Johnnytest3498

I don’t think it’s worth paying for college tuition nowadays unless you attend a t20. UD is rated as one of the top public schools and is extremely cheap compared to the other colleges, so that’s why its my only safety school on here.