Good Matches?

Applying to College
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<p>Here are my college choices:
Reach: Yale
“Easier” Reach: Rice/Vandy
“Safety”?: University of Florida
If I have to, I will apply to like UCF for real safety.</p>

<p>Here is my profile:</p>

<h1>1 in class of about 400 (medium sized Catholic in SoFla)</h1>

<p>4.8 GPA (only a junior) 3.99 unweighted
9 AP’s
4 years of football
1 year of wrestling
Pre Med Club
150+ community service hrs
President’s Award last 3 years
A few leadership camps, summits, etc.
Hispanic Minority (1st generation American)
SAT: 1400
ACT: 29</p>

<p>Any comments on college choices and other “matches” would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>what about William & Mary? I’m not sure if it would be a reach/match or a match, but it seems like a good option for you to look into.</p>

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<p>ucf? whats that</p>

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<p>Florida Local College.</p>

<p>Just don’t apply to safeties for the sake of it, apply to safeties you wouldn’t mind going.</p>

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<p>UCF isn’t <em>that</em> bad, if you live in Fl. If it’s the state college he likes best after UF, he’s not forbidden from applying just because he’s overqualified.</p>

<p>Normally, I would say UF would be a fine safety, as long as you applied RD1…but next year it’s all one deadline, and I don’t know exactly how that will impact admissions. You are obviously far more than qualified for UF, though, and I seriously doubt you would need another safety, especially if you find a few really solid matches.</p>

<p>But what those could be…I dunno, sorry.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. UCF is the school in Florida that is decent, but lets most people in with average scores and grades. I really would not want to go, but UF is getting harder and harder every year, and UCF is much better than going to CC.</p>

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<p>Vandy and Rice are definitely matches for you. You’re a URM and a future valedictorian. You also have decent EC’s and test scores.</p>

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<p>Wake Forest, Emory, Notre Dame, Tufts, Boston College, NYU, Georgia Tech, USC, George Washington, they’re all matches for you some are safe matches</p>

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<p>Would you happen to know if those schools have good financial aid packages?</p>

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<p>what were ur AP scores? and SAT out of 2400?</p>

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<p>the SAT is obviously out of 1600. A kid with a near-30 ACT wouldn’t get less than 500 per section on the SAT.</p>

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<p>Did you take it a while ago or something? Most juniors I know take the new SAT.</p>

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<p>I did take the new SAT’s (everyone has to). I got a 689 in math, 630 in verbal, and 600 in writing. The reason I only listed the 1600 score is because many schools don’t even take the writing section into consideration (UF). However, I do plan on retaking the SAT’s in June and have been scoring consistently in the low 1400’s at the class I’m taking.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>