Match Me Please! [3.3 UW, 1360 SAT super score, math/econ]

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Alright guys, I think this one is going to be a very long one. I have just been very very very nervous for this aplication cycle, I know I am capable of going to a good school but nervous and just want to go to the best school i can.

GPA (School only does weighted GPA)-3.77/4 (I had 3 C’s my sophmore year which tanked my GPA-3.3 because I struggled with mental health, I saw that I wasn’t supposed to talk about that in my additoinal information on the common app, I saw that people just blame them on grade, my junior year i got a 4.1)

SAT-1360 SUPER SCORE (R-660 M-700) best single score is a 1310 (R-610, M-690)

EC’s

Varsity Football, Student council (class officer)

Math tutor all 4 years (paid)

FBLA (Secretary and Social media manager)

Made an AI app that detected road signs for self driving cars (Presented to science fair got honorable mention)

College summer program (Was a free program you had to get selected though it was @ drexel was a real estate camp; got 2nd place in a case study)

Rotary club leadership (was also a summer program was selected by rotary club to represent them)

Stock market club (also secretary and social media manager)

Working at a resturant

Was a teacher helper at elementry school helped in a special needs class

did an edx free course on finance

did a free course on kahn academy for economics

stevens institute of tech. stock market game got top 20% in that game

developed and depoloyed a clothing website

Honors-
AP scholar award

50+ community service award

2nd Place in Realestate case study (more info in activitys portion)

Scholar Athlete Award

National Honors Society

Essay- I wrote about something niche, I wrote about a physical feature of mine and tied it in with a playtpus (if you read it you would understand) from what i showed people they really liked it i would rate it maybe a 7.5/10 on writing???

Intended Majors-

So this one is kinda weird, alot of the tops schools I applied to I applied as a Math or a Econ major, My end goal is to get into quant finance

Schools (Applied All ea):

Bentley-Fintech (applied

IU-Finance (applied to Kelly) (applied) *

Penn State- Econ (applied) *

Rutgers- Finance *

Stevens- Quant (applied)

Udel- Fintech (applied)

UF- Math (applied) *

UIUC- Debating on what to apply for first major should I apply for econ and teaching or math and teaching *

UMD- Math (applied) *

Pitt- Finance

Wisconson-Madison- Finance

Villanova- Math (should I do teaching?) *

Virginia Tech- Fintech (applied)*

GUYS I AM SO NERVOUS PLEASE LET ME KNOW the schools that I put in astreics are the ones that I would go in a heart beat, I live in NJ guys i am so nervous idk I really messed up my sophmore year and my SAT i was so sad when I got my oct SAT back, i tried so hard and studied so hard for it and still didnt get my dream of a 1400, idk guys im really sad and scared.

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I rated the schools for you above.

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oh. my. god. Is it over for me, All i see is reach reach reach :frowning:

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I do not think that is the case at all. My guess is with strong applications, you pull one of them. The high reaches are likely too high though.

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I would suggest you read this thread by our quant expert @hebegebe. Perhaps he can also weigh in on your college choices.

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Thanks for this, should I send this under his thread? im new to this.

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I just tagged @hebegebe . Hopefully he will respond. He is very helpful. If he does, you can just pose your questions here.

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Thank you so much!

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What do you think abt my list if you had to guess?

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You need to provide an unweighted gpa for me to chance you.

For each A, give yourself a 4. B = 3. C =2

Don’t use PE. Add up the points. Divide by the # of classes.

It will be lower than 3.77 but all schools weight differently so it’s hard to know how strong 3.77 is. I’m not sure you can be chanced at some of the easier admits on your list without knowing.

If you build your list with an assured admit that is assured affordable, there is no reason to be nervous because you’ll have a home.

So stop panicking and after we get a more complete picture and understand your budget, we can recommend sure bets. There’s plenty of time.

Are all these affordable ? What’s your budget ?

Please provide the UW gpa.

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Look closer! I see some targets in @michaelcollege’s notes :slight_smile:

For Pitt and UMD, have you already applied?

Pay close attention to the UMD portal, since they are very picky about receiving all materials (all transcripts, counselor and teacher recommendations, and official test scores) by the Nov 1 deadline.

With Pitt, it’s advantageous to apply earlier rather than later. They will also need official test scores sent to them before they can make a decision. But they turn around decisions fairly rapidly, and it might help you feel better to have an acceptance in your pocket while you are waiting on your reaches.

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just calculated and my unweighted is around a 3.3 all these schools are afforadble yes.

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Not yet, I am going to apply to pitt by the end of this week, idk i dont wanna sound like that guy but lets say i get into pitt, i really wouldnt be happy going there, I like really wanna go to UMD, UIUC, Kelly, Rutgers, Penn State, VT those are like my tops rn

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What kind of rigor - highest math ? How many years of language.

Just making sure your rigor is there.

Pitt and UDel are your best bets from your list.

You might look at schools like James Madison, Temple, Bryant, College of Charleston, Miami Ohio, UNH, and URI. There’s more but that’s a few.

A couple of them or similar - maybe an in state school - to add to the mix. I assume you want to stay in the NE. This way you have an assured or near assured admit I assume will stay within budget.

Also, other posters have noted it’s free SUNY app week. Maybe try for Albany or Buffalo or New Paltz.

In the end, no reason to panic.

Just add two assured schools and you’ll be covered.

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Sorry to hear that! If you don’t feel you would actually be happy at your target school(s), this would be a good time to find a couple of target / likely schools that you WOULD be happy attending. You may very well get into some reaches, but just in case you don’t… you want to be happy wherever you end up!

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highest math rn is AP calc AB, im also taking AP stat rn, only 2 years of language french was one of my c’s… i just erally had a hard time mentally my sophmore year, I have never gotten below a B since sophmore year.

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thats what im saying, my fresh year was a 3.8 sop was a 3.3 and my junior year was a 4.1i really had a rough soph year, my senior year im taking all AP’s

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Make a new List

Top 3 Reaches

Pitt, Delaware, Penn State

3 New Safe Schools (Drexel?)

you are done and have a great list.

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ill tell you all my honors/ ap classes rn honors english 1-3, Honors french 2-3, Honors Accounting 1-2, Honors engineering, Honors Chem, AP physics 1, AP Macro, APUSH, AP gov, Honors programming, AP lit, AP stat, AP Calc AB, AP CSP, AP enviro the 3 C’s were in honors chem, honors french 3 and honors english 2, AP Phyics 1 I ending with a B+, Honors english 3 an A- and i didnt take french 3 but french 2 i ended with a B

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Im applying there but I really didn’t like the campus, idk if thats my only option oh well.