Do I even have a chance?

PetulaClark
Fri, 02 Sep 2016 17:38:02 +0000

@Singer101 prezbucky above does a great job of organizing a list of colleges according to degree of difficulty. You can try ED on a Vandy or a Rice, or play it safer with ED to Wake or Richmond. The matches and lower matches are great schools as well. I’d only use ED1 and ED2 for schools you have visited and liked and can afford.

Personal bit: my D’s dream school was Chicago, and her stats are not as good as yours. There are so many smart kids out there. So now she is focusing on other schools, with a new dream school within reach, maybe helped by ED. She has a match she really likes as well, and some safeties. Again, you may perceive the gist of these posters, myself included, as encouraging looking beyond Vandy. With a higher ACT you could be in play there, but it’s never a sure thing. If your HS is lacking in academics, any college will take that into consideration.