Chance Me/Match Me: GA resident, 3.95 UW (Hns+AP+Dual curriculum), only applying test optional, baseball pitcher, business

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Want to have a good mix of academics that can prepare me for a career, but also an active social scene. Prefer warm but for the right place could go north. Would like to be near water, ocean, lake, etc. but not a deal breaker. Medium size school.

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Any cost constraints?

Is your pitching recruitable, and would you want to play on a college team?

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No need/full pay. Pitching is excellent, but velo does not make me competitive for D1. Currently sitting at 84, but good metrics (6’3, 215) and a lot of depth in my pitches. Yes! Would love to play in college but won’t consider junior colleges due to academic goals.

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Please do a chance me/match me thread. This post does not give enough info for anyone to give you advice.

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I thought that’s what I was doing. I’m new to the platform.

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Is 3.95 your weighted or unweighted GPA?

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Unweighted.

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@GASenior25 could you please complete the template I posted above…which will give much better information in one post…than these dribs and drabs.

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Thanks. I updated the title.

I’m going to copy what you posted in the Parents of Class of 2025 thread. I think it will help provide a little more insight for this thread.

My sons list is all over the place and it’s giving me anxiety. I also feel like we might be missing out on some hidden gems. Any suggestions for …

-Male
-GA resident
-3.95 GPA
-Honors + AP + Dual curriculum
-Testing doesn’t align with ability so looking at mainly test optional schools. (1200)
-Baseball pitcher - talking to a D3, but otherwise not being recruited. Velo is on lower end at 84, but nice depth in pitching and excellent stats. (6’3, 210) yes! He wants to play in college!
-Wants business- he thinks
-likes the idea of staying in the warm weather but could go north for the right place

  • would love to be around water but not a deal breaker
  • Wants a social scene, so Greek life, athletics, etc but not necessarily a UGA
  • Medium size would be optimal
  • Do not need aid or scholarships

His current list - which again is all over the place. HELP

Georgia

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Thank you. I was working on the template and trying to figure out how to delete this one.

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The UCs do not use the Common App. The UC application requires four personal insight questions and descriptions of 20 activities and awards.

With a list that long, I don’t think it is worth applying to UCLA if that is the only UC he is considering.

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I just want to clarify. Are you the parent or the student?

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I am the parent. The student (who was sitting with me and we were responding together) has left the room. Ha. So this will by my account, the parent.

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Based on the information that’s been shared, these are some schools your son might want to investigate. They are sorted by my guesses as to what your son’s chances for admission might be.

Extremely Likely (80-99+%)

  • Christopher Newport (VA): About 4400 undergrads with D3 baseball and a wonderful location for those who love the water

  • Coastal Carolina (SC): About 10k undergrads, D1 baseball

  • Samford (AL): About 3700 undergrads with D1 baseball. High percentage of undergrads in Greek life and was very favorably viewed in recent Wall Street Journal college rankings (source).

Likely (60-79%)

  • Florida Southern: About 2700 undergrads in a town called Lakeland with a campus on a lake about halfway between Tampa and Orlando. D2 baseball

  • Hampden-Sydney (VA): This school is definitely a small school rather than a medium-sized one, but I have a sense that it might end up appealing. About 850 undergrads at this all-male school with D3 baseball, and another school that was very favorably viewed by the WSJ (same source).

Toss-Up (40-59%)

  • Loyola Marymount (CA): About 7300 undergrads at this L.A. Jesuit school. D1 baseball

  • Pepperdine (CA): About 3700 undergrads at this school with stunning views of the Pacific from its Malibu location. D1 baseball.

  • Rollins (FL): About 2600 undergrads on this lakeside campus just outside of Orlando with D2 baseball

  • Santa Clara (CA): About 6100 undergrads with D1 baseball

  • U. of San Diego (CA): About 5700 undergrads with D1 baseball

  • U. of Tampa (FL): About 9600 undergrads with D2 baseball

Lower Probability (20-39%)

  • Trinity (TX): About 2500 undergrads at this San Antonio school with D3 baseball

  • U. of Richmond (VA): About 3100 undergrads, and there’s actually whitewater rafting available in the city itself. D1 baseball.

  • William & Mary (VA): About 6800 undergrads with D1 baseball

Low Probability (less than 20%)

  • Tulane (LA: About 8800 undergrads at this New Orleans school with D1 baseball

Christopher Newport, Hampden-Sydney, and Trinity are the only ones with D3 baseball, so my guess would be that those would be his best shots at playing on the varsity level (Florida Southern, Rollins, and U. of Tampa are D2, so probably the next best chance).

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I realized you did a chance me/match me, and I didn’t make my guesses as to your son’s chances for admissions at the schools currently on the list. Here are my guesses:

Extremely Likely (80-99+%)

  • College of Charleston

  • Georgia College

  • Eckerd

  • Elon

  • U. of Hawaii

Likely (60-79%)

  • Mercer

Toss-Up (40-59%)

Lower Probability (20-39%)

  • Clemson (higher end of this category)

  • Wake Forest (lower end of this category)

Low Probability (less than 20%)

  • Emory

  • Princeton

  • Rice

  • Stanford

  • UCLA

  • U. of Miami

  • UPenn

  • U. of Texas

  • Vanderbilt

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Just adding that Pepperdine is Christian university, and USD is Catholic.

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LMU and SCU are also Catholic. Pepperdine is Churches of Christ.

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At that velocity, not recruitable for D1’s, even academic D1’s. However should be very recruitable for D3’s – 84 is where my Son sat and he had “offers” from schools like Amherst, Swat and Pomona. Is he a senior or a junior? If a senior, too late to hit the recruiting trail. If he is a junior, I would seriously pursue academic camps next summer, see Headfirst and Showball. If he is a senior and academic D3’s go on his list, you might be able to send video (behind catcher, behind pitcher, front side) with radar readings to the baseball coach and maybe they can give some soft support or even real support if they are still looking for a pitcher.

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Since OP posted on the Parents of Class of 2025, I believe that the son is a senior.

If OP’s looking for D3 schools with sub-20% admit rates, these are some of the ones that I saw. The number behind the state is the ranking according to this site.

  • Pomona (CA, 4)
  • Johns Hopkins (MD, 14)
  • Claremont McKenna (CA, 16)
  • Emory (GA, 34, already on your list)
  • Middlebury (VT, 36)
  • Amherst (MA, 88)
  • Haverford (PA, 126)
  • Swarthmore (PA, 133)
  • Wesleyan (CT, 135)
  • Hamilton (NY, 190)
  • Bowdoin (ME, 196)
  • Grinnell (IA, 225)
  • Bates (ME, 237)
  • Vassar (NY, 249)
  • Williams (MA 273)
  • Brandeis (MA, 291)
  • Carleton (MN, 302)

Of those, Claremont McKenna and Pomona might be most promising for what your son indicates that he wants as they are both part of the Claremont Colleges Consortium. So it’s five smaller colleges in one medium-sized consortium with more than 8k students all together.

If your son wants to consider more D3 schools, those are generally going to be smaller schools. If he had to prioritize between the size of the school, location, difficulty of admissions, and the ability to play varsity baseball, what are his priorities?

These are some additional D3 schools that would be in warmer locales, some of which are right by the water, and almost all have fewer than 2k undergrads:

  • Salisbury (MD, 17)…about 6400 undergrads with a great location for those who love the water.
  • Chapman (CA, 50)…this one’s mid-sized with about 7900 undergrads)
  • Rhodes (TN, 65)
  • Roanoke (VA, 85)
  • U. of Dallas (TX, 149)
  • Sewanee (TN, 157)
  • Millsaps (MS, 199)
  • Occidental (CA, 217)
  • Washington & Lee (VA, 139)
  • St. Mary’s of Maryland (293): great water location
  • Washington College (MD, 294): great water location

If he’s really serious about trying to play varsity baseball in college, let us know, as he may need to do a very vast sweep, extending past the climate borders that I’ve mainly kept to.

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