Chances at Brown, Reed, UW-Madison, etc.

MSauce
Wed, 19 May 2010 23:36:40 +0000

Hey bbarty, where are you from? I wrestled 140 this year up in the northern part of the state (I was terrible, 8-20, just joined as a senior).

You’ll probably get a much better idea of where you truly stand for the Wisconsin schools from people who are from Wisconsin. The bottom line is that if you score in the 30’s for the ACT and really do end up taking 12 APs, you’re a lock for Wisconsin in-state. If I were you, I’d be shooting for the UW Honors program (and maybe even check out UM Twin Cities, I ended up choosing that as my safety over UW and we get in-state tuition there).

Truthfully, in order to have a shot at any of the Ivies, you’re going to have to get a 33+. You’ll also have to take the SAT. Let’s just say you get a 30 on your ACT, and you take 6 APs. This is how I’d see your list.

Wisconsin-Lock
Brown-Impossible
Reed-Couldn’t tell you
St. Olaf-Almost for sure
Princeton-Impossible
UChicago-A high reach but reasonable chance. Write good essays, if you’re interested.
UCBerkeley-High reach
Columbia-Impossible
UMich-Close Reach
Dartmouth-Impossible
Virginia-Reach
Notre Dame-Reach
Williams-Impossible
Harvard-Impossible
UMiami-Near lock
WUSTL-High reach

If you applied to all of them, you’d probably get into one of the reach schools I listed above. I know some kids from my neck of the woods that weren’t especially fantastic that got into UChicago.