Do I have a shot at being accepted?

T26E4
Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:42:22 +0000

Based on your other posts, I’d say IU Bloomington is your target – IF you increase your ACTs. Purdue (W Lafayette) will be a longshot unless you increase your ACTs to about 28 or so. You’re a perfectly fine HS student with a solid outlook for college success – but in the nutso-intense applicant pools of Penn, PTon and Stanford, your file wouldn’t get past the first read, I’m sorry to say. You’re not viable whatsoever for that tier of selectivity.

@Penn95 – holistic doesn’t mean asleep. Unless an applicant has an extremely desirable trait to offset low-end stats (relative to its applicant pool), then there’s not much that can be done. Working several jobs doesn’t rise to that level of attractiveness to a school like Penn.