Chance Me Please :) (NYU, Ohio State, Penn State, Miami, Florida, UMD)

Chance Me / Match Me
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Could somebody chance me please? I’m applying Early Decision 1 to NYU and Early Action to Ohio State, Penn State, Miami (FL), University of Florida, and UMD (College Park),

Background
State: NY
School: Harborfields High School (School district ranked 100th in the nation on the 2019 Best School Districts list by Niche)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: African-American and Latino

GPA
W: 93.223
UW: 90.128
Rank: School doesn’t rank

Testing/Classes
ACT: none
SAT: 1280 (retaking in October)
AP: AP Language and Composition (4 on AP Exam), APUSH (3 on AP Exam), AP Literature (currently taking), AP Microeconomics (currently taking)
Honors Classes: Global (9th and 10th Grade), English (10th Grade), Chemistry (11th Grade), Spanish 4 (currently taking)

EC:
Football (7th-12th Grade)
Natural Helpers (9th-12th Grade)
Athletes Helping Athletes (10th-12th Grade)
Journalism Club (Professional Sports Editor) (11th-12th Grade)
Pet Alliance Club (10th Grade)
Youth Football Trainer (June 2018-September 2018)
Crew Member @ Wendy’s (December 2018-March 2018)
Track and Field (7th-9th Grade)
Basketball (8th Grade)
Wrestling (8th Grade)

Awards:
NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete (11th Grade)
English 9R Award (highest GPA out of students taking English 9R in the school) (9th Grade)
Spanish 1 Award (highest GPA out of students taking Spanish 1 in the school) (9th Grade)
Coaches’ Player of the Year (JV Football 10th Grade)
4-Sport Award (8th Grade)

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As an FYI, no college cares what you did before 9th grade.

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okay thank you

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What major?

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Sports Management

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for the schools that don’t have sports management however i’m gonna pursue marketing

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Your stats aren’t quite competitive enough for Penn State Smeal College of Business. If you apply direct to business, you will probably be pushed out to a branch campus for the 2+2 program. Smeal accepts less than 10% of applicants. You should consider applying DUS (undecided) with an option to start in the summer. Here’s the overall stats for accepted freshmen:

https://admissions.psu.edu/apply/statistics/

Kids accepted to Smeal are really in a premajor. They still have to take the entrance to major requirements and achieve a minimum GPA to officially declare their major at the end of their sophomore year. As a DUS student, you can work through the same business entrance to major requirements and if you meet the GPA minimum, you can be accepted into your Smeal major. The difference in being a DUS student (compared to students directly admitted to the premajor) is that you will not have a Smeal adviser at first.