Chance Me: Maine resident, 3.8 UW, 1320 SAT, 30 ACT, Business or History

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US Citizen, Maine resident, Private HS, SMU legacy, no budget constraints, Business or History major, 3.8UW, 1320 SAT, 30 ACT, HS does not rank

English – 4 years, incl 2 AP’s (Freshman Natur ef Self, Honors Amer Lit, AP Lang, AP Lit)
Math – 4 years, incl 1 AP (Geometry Honors, Pre Calc Honors, Calculus, AP Stats)
Science – 4 years, incl 2 AP’s (Honors Bio, Honors Chem, AP Chem, AP Physics C)
Social Science – 4 years, 2 AP’s (World History, Global Issues/Modern World, APUSH, AP Psych, Econ)
Foreign Lang – 3 years (Spanish 1,2,3)
Plus visual arts, guitar, computer science (2)

Captain of multiple sports teams, Sophomore character award, Sportsmanship award

Own my own BBQ business (5 years, started it during the pandemic)
JV Soccer: 3 years Captain
Varsity Football-- 1 year
JV Basketball-- 3 years (+will play this winter) Captain
Varsity Baseball-- 3 years (will play next spring)
Travel baseball-- 7 years
Model UN VP
Volunteer-- snow removal for elderly neighbors, hanging public art wheat past project with local college, umpire youth baseball, hung signage for community baseball fields)

EA U Georgia
EA U South Carolina
EA Tennessee
EA ASU Barrett Honors College
EA UNC Charlotte
EA UNC Chapel Hill
EA U Miami
EA CU Boulder
EA SMU
RD U Alabama
RD U San Diego
RD Wake Forest
RD Notre Dame

  • Assured (100% chance of admission and affordability):
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You should be a direct admit to UAlabama Honors since you just get the required ACT and have sufficient GPA×rigor.
Good shot at UNC Charlotte Honors and Tennessee Honors too.
USan Diego (private, Catholic) or SDSU (large, public, D1)?
UMiami is a reachable reach (does your school send students there regularly? If so, you have a decent shot).
You might want to look into Elon too.
If you like Notre Dame, why not Villanova, which is similar enough but not as reachy?
Wake and Notre Dame are probably out of reach but since the rest of your list should provide you with lots of choices, why not give it a shot and see?

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Perhaps consider the University of Richmond, which fits your current mix, if you haven’t done so already.

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The only reason I put Notre Dame on my list is because the asst baseball coach invited me to come out and participate in a workout. So, the only way I’d ever get in there is if the coaches like me and have pull. I’m not kidding myself.

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You noted baseball - is there a desire to play in college? If so, is there recruitment?

You go to a private HS - so start with counseling there although your list may not be typical for a Maine student.

Being from Maine may be helpful for schools looking for geographic diversity.

It’s an interesting list - large state schools and then a few private religious or with a religious past.

I think UGA and UNC are hard nos. I’d say the same for Wake, Notre Dame and Miami (short of applying ED at Miami).

I’m guessing U of SC and UTK are likely nos, and at CU Boulder you won’t get into business but likely into Exploratory studies.

ASU is assured, UNCC and Bama are near assured, and SMU is possible as is USD (which is Catholic). ASU Barrett is possible as well.

It’s an eclectic list - have you visited many, etc?

Good luck

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I’ve been to all of them except Notre Dame (which, like I said, wasn’t on my radar until the coach reached out to me) and CU Colorado. As far as baseball goes, I had interest from Davisdson, U Chicago, MIT and now Notre Dame. I really want ‘college gameday’ to be part of my life experience and didn’t feel like that would be part of the first three (but Notre Dame…:wink:) I’m not really a D1 player unless they’re looking for someone to fill out those 30-35 roster spots (I catch.) Anyway, I’m afraid your calls are likely accurate (with the exception of USC— I have a friend who got in this Fall with much lower stats than mine), so I’m thinking that’s a likely. And hoping my common app essay about my business impresses someone enough to give me a shot.

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What does this mean ? Why would the D3 type schools be different on game day - in regards to being a part of a team, etc ?

U of SC deferred and yes accepted some last year - with higher stats. UTK’s acceptance rate has plummeted.

That you have sure fire acceptances - assuming no budget concerns - is all that matters. So if some go differently than you expect, there’s no issue as you have others behind it.

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‘Game day’ meaning big, tailgating, raucous football Saturdays.

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Gotcha - thought you were alluding to baseball.

Not sure that’s ASU, UNCC or USD. You might look at Clemson and Va Tech but they are also unlikely.

If you like Bama, you’ve got a great b school and everything you appear to want in fallback. Iowa and Ole Miss could be others.

But I do think your original list works.

Good luck

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Below are my guesses as to what your chances for general admission might be, excluding the chances for honors colleges or entrance into business programs.

Extremely Likely (80-99+%)

  • Arizona State
  • CU – Boulder
  • U. of Alabama
  • UNC – Charlotte

Likely (60-79%)

  • U. of South Carolina

Toss-Up (40-59%)

  • Southern Methodist: This might even tip into a likely for general admission, but for entrance into Cox…at best I’d call it a toss-up
  • U. of San Diego
  • U. of Tennessee

Lower Probability (20-39%)

  • UGA

Low Probability (less than 20%)

  • Notre Dame
  • U. of Miami
  • UNC – Chapel Hill
  • Wake Forest

U. of San Diego and UNC-Charlotte seem like odd inclusions on your list, based on what you say you’re looking for. Texas Christian (likely) and Louisiana State (extremely likely) are two possibilities that seem like they could be a better fit than those two based on what you’ve indicated.

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Thanks. Yes, I can see how U San Diego and UNC Charlotte might seem out of place and I agree with you, and admit they probably aren’t where I will end up. I am applying to both to have a few schools I legit think I can get into, and for their locations. Charlotte is a such a growing city for business and San Diego is…well, San Diego! I looked at San Diego State and UCSD to, but for a few reasons, ruled them out. LSU is not an option-- I just can’t do it-- and TCU is on my list for RD if I don’t get acceptances back from some of these EA’s. Thanks for your input.

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