Chances for tufts, W&M, cornell, american, umd (college park), and lehigh

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hey everybody, I know that obviously american and maryland are clearly not on the same calibre as, say, tufts or cornell, but I wanted a list with some safetys and reaches. But I am unsure which ones would be almost out of the question, or if I should look at some other schools (I am very open for suggestions). Comments are welcome!</p>

<p>(schools im looking at): tufts, W&M, cornell, american, maryland, lehigh, boston college (maybe), boston university, WUSTL</p>

<p>I am a white senior at a selective college prep school in Maryland. </p>

<p>Unweighted gpa: about 3.69/3.7
Weighted: overall approx. 3.9/3.95 (junior year, which I’ve been told “matters more”, it was around a 4.25 weighted)</p>

<p>*Our school does not rank, but I am estimating that I am 9/65.
(almost definitely top 10%)</p>

<p>Course Selection: I have taken a difficult course load at my school; we don’t have many AP’s to choose from, and the ones we do are generally math and science oriented (which is not my forte).</p>

<p>Overall, I will have taken 6 AP’s before high school has ended, and I think I got a 5 on one this year (a 4 on the other one most likely). I also will have taken 9 honors classes before high school has ended.</p>

<p>My SAT’s are decent, but not great:</p>

<p>Reasoning Test: (but will retake next October) </p>

<p>verbal: 690
writing: 720
math: 580 (horrible, i know, but as i said, im going to retake it)</p>

<p>Sat IIs: just took them in june but am expecting 700s on both world history and Literature. Next year I will probably take math I, and get around a 650/700.
(i’ve heard it’s easier than the sat reasoning math section).</p>

<p>EC’s: </p>

<p>*Have performed in most of the schools plays/musicals/shows the past three years.
*won a writing contest for poetry
*national honor society
*leadership team" all years of high school
*secretary of comm service club (am running for vice president next year, and have been in the club for all years of high school)
*varsity soccer 10th, 11th, and 12th grade
*debate club for 9th and 10th grade until it stopped (lead one of the groups, so vice pres)
*founded a business club with a friend and competed nationally (although did not win)
*went to senior center and taught elderly how to use computers (and did not earn hours for this)
*facilitated/was on leadership team for handicapped carnival in 9th grade.
*organized a teacher appreciation breakfast in 10th grade for all teachers at our high school.
*a leader of youth group outside of school.
*summer study program last summer at a university
*community service program this summer
*overall, will have accumulated before applying to colleges about 160/200 hours.</p>

<p>College App essays will be excellent (writing is my strength) and College Recs will probably be good too.</p>

<p>thanks for reading all of this: feel free to be completely honest.</p>

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<p>SAT is too low for cornell or tufts. EC is decent but not spectacular.</p>

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<p>anyone else? sorry its so long.</p>

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<p>I’d say you’re in for maryland, lehigh, and… w&m?</p>

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<p>A couple of things–Cornell wants you to take the SAT II Math II test, not the Math I test (which they won’t accept). And your AI score is only 195–and even if you get your SAT math score up by 100 points, you still only go to 198–meaning that Cornell is probably not going to accept you, since they want someone with around a score of 210 or more.</p>

<p>Now the better news (these are 2005 numbers):</p>

<p>Tufts–average GPA U/W of 3.7 (est.) and average SAT scores of 685/695
W&M–average GPA W of 3.73 (est.) and average SAT scores of 674/661
American–average GPA U/W of 3.47 and average SAT scores of 620/603
Maryland–average GPA U/W of 3.85 and average SAT scores of 615/645
Lehigh–average GPA U/W of 3.7 (est.) and average SAT scores of 631/671
Boston College–average GPA U/W of 3.7 (est.) and average SAT scores of 650/667
Boston Univ–average GPA U/W of 3.5 and average SAT scores of 643/656
WUSL–average GPA U/W of 3.84 (est.) and average SAT scores of 700/735</p>

<p>Your GPA U/W is 3.70 and your SAT I scores are 690/580 (but we’ll call it 690/620 with a retake)</p>

<p>So:
Tufts–match to slight reach
W&M–match
American–safe match
Maryland–match to slight reach
Lehigh–match
Boston College–match
Boston Univ–safe match to match
WUSL–reach</p>

<p>P.S. Some of your ECs are not too standard–but I like them–and they show your friendly, appreciative side.</p>

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<p>that 3.85 GPA statistic for maryland is weighted I believe</p>

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<p>o i might be wrong because… this says the average weighted GPA was a 3.96 <a href=“http://www.uga.umd.edu/admissions/counselor/freshmanprofile.asp[/url]”>http://www.uga.umd.edu/admissions/counselor/freshmanprofile.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>thank you guys for all the help so far, this has really been helpful</p>