Chance me

Chance Me / Match Me
1

I’m an African American female from Maryland currently in my junior year.
Unweighted- 3.7 weighted- 4.1
I’ve taken 5 APs, and I’m dual enrolling next year.
SAT- right now I have 1060, but I think I can get to a 1200
I have work experience, NHS, and other clubs and sports (no leadership position)

Here are the schools I want to go to, please tell me where I can and get in and what I need to do to get in.

Chapel Hill
UMiami
NYU
Boston U
UMD
NCstate
Penn State
Pitt
Pace
U South Carolina
UNC Wilmington

2

Your SAT score is going to be a problem at more selective schools.

https://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/institutionalResearch/documents/CDS_2017-2018.pdf
For example NYU reports the following SAT score ranges for enrolled first year students:

Score ERW Math
700-800 46.00% 54.00%
600-699 47.00% 35.00%
500-599 7.00% 11.00%

Only 7% of students had an SAT ERW under 600, and 0% had a score under 500
Only 11% had a SAT Math score under 600 and 0% had a score under 500.

That means that a 1200 gives you a very small chance, and a 1060 gives you virtually no chance at all at selective schools that require SAT scores for admissions.

Stats were substantially similar at most (if not all) of the other schools on your list

Google “name of school” Common Data Set and then look at section C9 to check the numbers for schools you are interested in

Your options are:

a) consider test optional or less selective schools
b) aim for an SAT over 1200

3

okay thanks, but which schools do you think I have a chance with?

4

From your list? With your current or projected SAT?

If Yes to both, then probably only Pace, but they are not known for particularly generous financial aid.

If you are looking for recommendations on other schools to consider, try posting to the College Search and Selection forum http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/ for suggestions on other schools.

5

Raising your SAT score should be your number 1 goal right now.