Chances at CMU, BostonU, UMich, Illinois, Stanford, NYU

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Just for fun lol…</p>

<p>3.7 GPA, 2150ish SAT, 5 AP’s: Music Theory, Art History, US Gov, Bio, English Lit. Honors english junior year.</p>

<p>150+ hours comm service, extremely active in theatre, gay straight alliance, president simpsons club. Sortof involved in newspaper, tennis. Summers filled with academic camps and community service. </p>

<p>One of the 3 best private schools in Michigan.</p>

<p>Chances at:</p>

<p>Boston University
Carnegie Mellon
DePaul
Ithaca
Michigan State
NYU
Northwestern
Penn State
Stanford
Tulane
UCLA
Cincinatti
Illinois
Miami (Florida)
Michigan
Syracuse
North Carolina Chapel Hill
USC</p>

<p>Sorry, thats a long list lol…</p>

<p>TIA!</p>

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<p>bump to the top</p>

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<p>bump to the top again lol</p>

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<p>what school do u go to and any ACT scores?</p>

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<p>One of the best 3 private schools in Michigan.</p>

<p>ACT’s: not yet, I just took a practice test like 5 minutes ago and got a 26 :frowning: That’s WAY too low for me. I know I can do better than that, my guess is 28-30ish. I know 26 is 90th percentile and 31 is 99th percentile.</p>

<p>I got 91st percentile overall for PSAT’s against the class ahead of me, and 96th percentile for reading and writing.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>bump bump bump bump bump :(</p>

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<p>Boston University: target/safety
Carnegie Mellon: target/reach
DePaul: safety
Ithaca: safety
Michigan State: safety
NYU: target/reach
Northwestern: reach
Penn State: safety
Stanford: major reach
Tulane: target/reach
UCLA: reach
Cincinatti: safety
Illinois: target
Miami (Florida): target
Michigan: target (since ur instate)
Syracuse: target
North Carolina Chapel Hill: reach (oos acceptance is really hard)
USC: reach</p>

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<p>Cool. That’s along the lines of what I had guessed…Penn State is a safety? I thought it was among the better state schools…</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Perhaps you’re confusing Penn State with UPenn?</p>

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<p>I thought UPenn WAS Penn State…? ;)</p>

<p>You’re a solid applicant for most of those schools. (you’re in to any of those safeties, so eliminate the ones you’re not so fond of).</p>

<p>Without any solid hooks, I’d guess you have only a 25% chance at Stanford. </p>

<p>CMU, Northwestern, UCLA are definitely question marks.</p>

<p>If you’re applying to drama, engineering, cs or science at CMU, it’s a solid stretch. H&SS is more target though.</p>

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<p>I’m planning on studying theatre. CMU is my first choice school, with BU as a close second and definately my favorite match/safety. </p>

<p>With regards to safeties, we can eliminate Cincinatti, Ithaca, maybe MSU. </p>

<p>How about adding Brown and Davidson to the list? Brown is probably a reach, but I think I should be able to get into Davidson?</p>

<p>It’s a VERY competitive school, if that matters. People get into Harvard with 3.7-3.9 and I know 2 people into Georgetown with 2.8-3.2 GPA. Anyone over 2.8ish who applies to UMich gets in.</p>

<p>Aignam - no, I don’t have the two confused. As far as I know, Penn is an Ivy and PSU is a state school. Does PSU not rank as well as I thought it did among other state schools?</p>

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<p>You should have no problem getting into (depending on the program you apply):</p>

<p>U of M
DePaul
Michigan State
Syracuse</p>

<p>For target schools:</p>

<p>NYU
USC
UNC-Chapel Hill
Northwestern (though this will be harder to get into than the other 3)</p>

<p>It is not likely you will get into (though always possible):</p>

<p>Stanford</p>

<p>Being from a top school school in Michigan with a 3.5, I got into USC, which wants people from the Midwest. I’m sure you will get into Mich State and Michigan. </p>

<p>Just curious: What do you consider the 3 Best Private Schools in Michigan? I’d guess Cranbrook Kingswood and Country Day are among them, what’s the 3rd? Interlochen? Roeper? One of the Catholic schools (U of D, Mercy)?</p>

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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>3 best private schools (based on admissions): Cranbrook, DCDS, and University Liggett with Ann Arbor Greenhills a VERY close 4th. According to UMich’s SCUGA guidelines, Cranbrook and ULS get a 0.3 GPA boost, DCDS and Greenhills get a 0.4 boost. Most public schools get a 0.1 or 0.2. ULS is the oldest, gives more scholarships than any other private school in Michigan and has the largest endowment. (Ford family)</p>

<p>Roeper is sortof in a category all its own. Much like a montessori school…gets teased by the big 3 lol. And Interlochen is an arts school so I’m not sure if that counts. U of D Jesuit is a fantastic school but I don’t think it’s in the same caliber as the others.</p>

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<p>unc-chapel hill is not a target school. People dont realize just how hard it is to get in from out of state. From the unc website, it says they receive ~19000 applications ever year for about 3600 spots. they accepted around 4000/7500 of in state applicants and 1700/10000 oos applicants. so although it is not too difficult to gain admissions from in state, out of state is a completely diff story. and i dont think northwestern is a target school for you either UNLESS you are at the top of your class (ur gpa is low but your sats are fine)</p>

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<p>U of Pennsylvania is an Ivy - in Philadelphia - think excellent medical school and Wharton School of Business, among other things.</p>

<p>The Pennsylvania State U is the state flagship - a great school in many areas - main campus is in rural State College, PA (from its name, you can guess that the town is pretty much the school!), with various branch campuses around the state.</p>

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<p>I’m in the top 20% of a class of 70. (All brainiacs, insanely hard workers, etc.)</p>

<p>If it matters, my mom is an alum of the UNC system.</p>

<p>I know Northwestern will be very, very hard to get in. But as far as a stretch goes, I’m much more interested in Brown.</p>