Chance me for RD round - will update as decisions come out! [OH resident, 3.67 GPA, 34 ACT, economics]

Curious to hear everyone’s thoughts before the upcoming decisions! This way I can adjust my personal expectations accordingly so I’ll know what to expect…

Stats:
-Large Public HS (5th best in state)
-North East Ohio
-3.67 UW/4.01W (strong upward trend with all A’s first semester senior year)
-34 ACT
-7 AP Classes and 1 dual enrollment
-6 Honors Classes
-all 5’s on AP Exams thus far (Bio, APUSH, Gov, Macro, Micro)

Extracurriculars
-4 years varsity XC (got leadership award)
-4 years varsity Track
-4 years Marching Band - currently an officer (9 officers of 300 kids)
-4 years Self Run Landscaping Business with 12 clients
-3 years of Temple (got confirmed)
-3 years of Drama Club
-2 Years tutoring
-2 Years at current job outside of my business
-2 years at another job- caddying at a golf course
-Started Hiking Club at my school this year

Essays
Commonapp: wrote about my landscaping business and what it helped to teach me about myself, and the confidence and independence skills I learned from it. Also talked about my love for the outdoors.

Supplementals: wrote about my personal experiences with social justice activism a lot

Intended Major: Economics

Schools Currently Awaiting:
-Emory
-WashU (good interview)
-Notre Dame
-UVA
-Georgetown (good interview)
-Tufts (good interview)
-Boston University
-Northeastern
-Tulane (got deferred earlier)
-American
-Vanderbilt

Safeties I’ve already gotten into:
-Loyola Chicago (presidential scholarship)
-OSU (most likely) (honors college)
-University of Alabama (honors college + presidential scholarship)

Curious to hear your thoughts/suggestions/predictions!!

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Congrats on your great acceptances!

Just for the excitement of seeing how my predictions play out. These may be overly pessimistic, but I am assuming even lower acceptance rates than last year at a lot of these schools.

-Emory - denial
-WashU (good interview) - waitlist
-Notre Dame - denial
-UVA - acceptance
-Georgetown (good interview) - acceptance
-Tufts (good interview) - waitlist
-Boston University - acceptance
-Northeastern - acceptance (not boston campus)
-Tulane (got deferred earlier) - waitlist
-American - Acceptance
-Vanderbilt - denial

Congratulations on your wonderful acceptances. You have those already so now….it’s just wait and see!

Keep us posted!

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You should have a decent shot with American so long as you showed demonstrated interest. The rest are all reaches, so hard to predict for any student.

In terms of your intended major of economics, this analysis may help you with your ultimate college selection: https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.usecondept.html.

I’m guessing you’d get into either (or both) of ND and/or G’town, because you have all the academic&athletic profile they like +Temple/confirmed.
American if you showed interest.
Northeastern ypu have a shot at because your running your own business shows you have the right profile for co-ops.
Keep in mind that odds are against you.

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