Chance My Son!

amr2014
Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:36:06 +0000

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:

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)

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:

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)

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)

Hope this helps!!