<p>Which of the following schools would accept someone with a G.P.A of 3.5 - 3.6 and average ECs and SAT/ACT scores: </p>
<p>-University of Arizona
-Boston U
-UConn
-U Delaware
-Drexel U
-George Mason
-GA tech
-U Illinois Urbana-Champaign
-UMD College Park
-U New Mexico
-Penn State University Park
-Purdue U
-Texas A&M
-VTech
-U Wisconsin - Madison</p>
<p>That depends on what you mean by “average”.</p>
<p>I think Boston is the most selective of those you mentioned.</p>
<p>Depends on if you’re instate or not. I heard Illinois stepped up its admissions standards this year…yeah</p>
<p>Average ECs - A few honor societies, no leadership positions, some community service.</p>
<p>Average SAT/ACT scores : 1650-1750/21 - 30</p>
<p>Boston U really? I thought it would be UIUC/GA Tech; according to CollegeBoard, Boston U is average.</p>
<p>Wisconsin would probably be up there too</p>
<p>Probably best bets would be Drexel, Purdue, New Mexico, George Mason and Arizona.</p>
<p>What about UMD-College Park? The average G.P.A of seniors from my school that were accepted there is 3.49 – same for GA Tech and UIUC. And also, what about Penn State?</p>
<p>I forgot to mention, in addition to a G.P.A of 3.5 - 3.6 and average ECs and SAT/ACT scores, 6 AP classes too (chem, physics B, comp sci A (junior year), comp sci AB, US History (junior year), Gov), since rigor is also taken into account.</p>
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<p>Don’t collegeboard’s stats for Boston U include the College of General Studies though?</p>
<p>Anyway, the class of 2012 stats for Boston U are here:
[Boston</a> University Admissions - Class of 2011](<a href=“http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/class.html]Boston”>http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/class.html)</p>
<p>According to the website, the average GPA for Boston U was 3.6 – would it really be the most selective? According to the Princeton Review, average GPA at UMD-College Park was 3.89 (the average of the seniors from my school was 3.49) – wouldn’t UMD be the most selective? And which should I trust? Princeton Review or my school’s website?</p>
<p>Your gpa looks to be in the range for a lot of these schools, but its hard to say without the actual SAT scores. Probably the toughest ones will be GT, Wisconsin and Illinois.</p>
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I’d guess the most selective would be GT, UIUC, and Wisconsin. The point really is that when using those kind of stats you need to consider what is behind them. So in Boston U’s case, the stats don’t tell you that there is a difference between Gen Studies acceptances and main ones; for some of the state schools, the stats don’t tell you whether OOS students needed higher scores to be accepted, etc. </p>
<p>The same would go for using your school’s stats. How many people are these stats based on? How many years? How many of them were athletes, URMs, etc? What does a GPA of 3.49 mean in the context of your school and also how does it compare to SAT scores, i.e. does there seem to be grade deflation at your school?</p>
<p>I was wondering – are there enough safety schools on my list?</p>
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<p>Can someone please rank the colleges with the hardest to get into being #1?</p>
<p>Hardest will likely be UW (they have something like a 30% acceptance rate this year), GTech, UIUC, and maybe Penn State. I wouldn’t count on getting in to those ones. </p>
<p>You’re likely okay at the rest. </p>
<p>But, honestly, in your situation, I’d just save the money and go to Virginia Tech. It’s not worth it to pay out-of-state tuition at some of the other schools.</p>
<p>I’ve noticed nobody has mentioned U Maryland. Surely it would be in the top 3, ahead of Penn State?</p>