chance me? (JUNIOR)

Irreplaceable
Tue, 05 May 2015 22:55:25 +0000

@DreamToRedeem Overreacting much? What exactly is so offensive about my post? Do you seriously think that a 3.7 GPA, 2150 SAT, average extracurriculars and no hooks will get OP into Swarthmore, UPenn or Cornell? OP asked for his chances and I told OP the truth - there is nothing about his profile that stands out and he will be wasting his time and money if he sends applications to schools that reject thousands of students with more impressive profiles. Apply and “see what happens” is advice better suited for people interested in buying lottery tickets and it doesn’t help OP at all to baby him.

@Kylemcgrogan I’ve already been through the college app cycle and I chose schools that accepted more than 50% of applicants where my stats were in the top 25% as my safeties. I’m sure a lot of students at your HS get into Pitt and Penn State because of the quantity of students at your PA HS who apply, but an acceptance rate around 50% still is a 1 in 2 chance of a rejection. Also, all colleges are becoming more selective so it’s not enough just to trust anecdotes. Students at my high school used to use Cal Poly SLO and the mid-tier UCs as safeties up until last year when students with stats that would have gotten them into those schools in the past got waitlisted/rejected.