Chances for top schools

Chance Me / Match Me
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Grade: 11
State: NY
GPA:
9-92 10-97.5 11-98.5
SAT:
2090 (taking again)
PSAT:
1440/1520

ECs:
JV Cheerleading 9 Captain 10-11
JV Softball 9-10
Varsity Softball 11
Mission Outreach (service club)
Student Council
Summer Camp Volunteer
New York State Science Honor Society
Tutoring

APs:
AP Chem
AP Lang
AP US

Honors:
Global 9
English 9-10
Math 9-11
Chem 11

Hooks:
neither of my parents graduated college
bronx resident
single parent household

Schools (thinking about, not applying to):
Georgetown
Brown
Chapel Hill
Wake Forest
U Maryland
Penn State
U Penn
BC
BU
Fordham
Columbia
Binghamton
NYU
George Washington U
Yale (lol)

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Also Notre Dame and Villa Nova

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Villanova, not Villa Nova.

4

thanks for the help

5

What are you interested in studying? Do you need financial aid? Where do you think you will be in your graduating class (top 10%, etc)?

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Pre med most likely and I doubt I’m going to qualify for aid. 5-10% @lostaccount

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lets bump this too since im stressing

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Fordham will take you, so will Wake Forest. As for the rest, that would be dependent on how many points that SAT can be brought up. BEST OF LUCK!

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@gatorgirllala based off my psat score would you be able to take a guess at the other ones?

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My level of familiarity with the new SAT is low, but to only be 80 short of a perfect score on the old SAT would mean less than 5 questions missed on each section. So I’d be willing to bet your score will be ~1500-1550. In that case,

Georgetown - accept
Brown - reject
Chapel Hill - accept
Wake Forest - accept
U Maryland - accept
Penn State - accept
U Penn - coin flip
BC - accept
BU - accept
Fordham - accept
Columbia -reject
Binghamton - accept
NYU - accept
George Washington U - coin flip
Yale (lol) - reject

11

i agree with your predictions with one exception. i’d say it was a coin flip for g’town and an acceptance to GWU.

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i’d be so perfectly fine if that how admissions decisions turn out lol thank you @gatorgirllala @livinginNOLA

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@gatorgirllala just wondering why you said all the ivies were reject except penn was a coin flip? Is penn easier to get into?

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i overlooked that. i would agree that UPenn is very likely a rejection, sorry. the lower ivies (Brown is one on your list), of any ivy, might be the coin flip, but not UPenn.

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@livinginNOLA no worries i’m not really reaching for an ivy just applying to some and hoping for the best. Georgetown and chapel hill are my top choices.

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I was under the impression you were a Pennsylvania resident, and that could keep your chances at Upenn higher than your OOS counterparts. If not, I am in agreement with @livinginNOLA

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Can you chance me:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1857853-usc-ucsd-oos-and-northeastern.html#latest

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@gatorgirllala doesnt residency not make a difference for private schools?

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Just one thing to keep in mind: Bronx resident isn’t much of a hook (as much as I wish it were, being a Bronx resident myself). Colleges really only look at state/region, and, unfortunately for us, NY is a reeeally overrepresented state, so not that helpful. But best of luck to you! Boost that SAT score, and you’ve definitely got a shot at a bunch of those schools. :slight_smile:

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@lrw998 i heard it makes a difference because it was considered a lower socioeconomic area idk it looks different than say manhattan or westchester where people are generally more wealthy.