<p>I’ve always wanted to go to a college in Chicago,
what schools are a reach and what schools would be a good match for me?</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>2.8 GPA
24 ACT</p>
<p>Extras:</p>
<p>Currently I am an intern with the startup company Yoonew (<a href=“http://www.yoonew.com%5B/url%5D”>www.yoonew.com</a>) based out of New York City, NY. I was offered a marketing and public relations position after a successful sports portfolio that grossed over four-thousand dollars this year. This success took an intense amount of analysis of sports markets including the NHL, NBA, NFL and their respective franchises. Other personal achievements include winning Class A state as a power forward in my junior year, continuing my knowledge of Spanish with the large ethnic community in my hometown, and gaining respect working 30 hours a week as a medical assistant at my community’s local pharmacy. </p>
<p>I’m shooting for:</p>
<p>Northwestern [dream school, slim chance I know] University of Illinois at Urbana
University of Illinois at Chicago
Loyola University (Chicago)
Illinois Institute of Technology
Roosevelt University</p>
<p>If I had an interview I am confident I could come across as great prospective student to any of these colleges because of my interpersonal skills, but alas that isn’t really plausible.</p>
<p>You are correct with NW being a huge reach, also UIUC is a big reach its average act is 29 and 70% of students are top 10% of class, I really doubt you will get in to either, maybe UIUC, the others are definitely possible especially UI Chicago and Loyola, which i think you are in at both, I don’t know much about IIT or Roosesvelt though.</p>
<p>Northwestern-No
UIUC-No
UIC-match (I know some good people here, it’s pretty cool, great atmosphere, after dark it can be a litttle dicy in the wrong neighborhoods, cheap instate tuition)
Illinois Institute of Technology-no clue
Rosevelt-match
Loyola-slight reach, mostly match (great dorms and location, decent professors, but very expensive)</p>
<p>I would also recommend applying to Northeastern Illinois University (cheap instate tuition), your GPA and rank are almost perfect matches, it’s in Chicago (better neighborhood than UIC, worse than Loyola), and if you are thinking of transferring sophomore/junior year, it’s credits transfer to other schools really well.</p>
<p>loyola is in a lousy neighborhood…it doesn’t feel like you’re in the city of chicago, but a run-down town in Middle-America. I’d personally look at Depaul instead, or at least visit Loyola first so you know what to expect.</p>
<p>For UIC, you are actually marginal for college of Engineering. You are below the 25th percentile for GPA, and your GPA is a little shy of the 50th percentile for that college.</p>