Chance My Son!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Schools we are unsure about</p>

<p>Georgetown
Johns Hopkins
Carnegie Mellon
Cornell
Chicago
Rochester
Bucknell
George Washington Honors
Naval Academy</p>

<p>White Male
Nationally ranked public school, 750 in class, doesnt rank
Class of 2010
GPA: 4.0 (weighted)
SAT: 2070, CR: 630 Math: 710 Writing: 730</p>

<p>ECs:
Varsity Football- starter both ways
Varsity Basketball- Captain
Varsity Track and Field
Student Government Representative
Yearbook Staff- award winning
Newspaper Staff- award winning
Broadcast Club
Future Business Leaders of America
Volunteer with United Way, YMCA, Hospital
Youth basketball camp counselor
Youth football camp counselor</p>

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<p>What’s the UW? You have to realize W isn’t that important.</p>

<p>And I’d say he has a good chance, but not for Carnegie Mellon or George Washington Honors.</p>

<p>EDIT: Is he thinking about getting a scholarship to play sports anywhere?</p>

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<p>That Critical Reading score is pretty low for Cornell and Carnegie Mellon and George Washington Honors.</p>

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<p>The EC’s are fantastic and the SAT score is solid for most schools, but could be a little higher. The GPA is also great… here’s my diagnosis:</p>

<p>Georgetown: Biggest Reach (which is fine, given you don’t have too many)
Johns Hopkins: Another Big Reach
Carnegie Mellon: Reasonable Reach
Cornell: Reasonable Reach (EC’s count a lot here, so that’s a plus)
Chicago: High Match-Low Reach
Rochester: You’re In
Bucknell: You’re In
George Washington Honors: Reasonable Reach (The SAT is pretty low though)
Naval Academy: You’re In (espec. if you play the football card)</p>

<p>I would try to get some coaches on the phone, b/c that could increase chances for your son to get into schools such as Cornell; however, unless he’s a superstar prospect, I wouldn’t count on it at Georgetown… you didn’t really include many sports schools here, which I’d suggest b/c he could prob get a nice athletic scholarship, here are some of my suggestions:</p>

<p>Replace Carnegie Mellon with Northwestern (another fantastic school and more sports-oriented; also would cater to your son’s interests based on his EC’s and more realistic w/ SAT’s)</p>

<p>Replace Johns Hopkins or GW Honors (b/c both are pretty unrealistic reaches, one of them is fine though) with Michigan-Ann Arbor or UPitt Honors (both solid choices, given your son’s interests, and given the lack of matches, either would be great schools to look into)</p>

<p>Hope this helps!!</p>

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<p>^add Georgetown to that list.</p>

<p>I agree, the UW GPA is what really matters.
Is he being recruited anywhere? That would really help his chances if he contacted the coaches of schools he was looking at and see if they would be interested in having him play for their team.</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross and Lafayette.</p>