My chances at getting into various schools?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I am valedictorian of a class of 500, with a 4.0 GPA at a public high school in South Carolina. Here are my scores:</p>

<p>SAT:
Critical Reading- 720
Math- 730
Writing- 690</p>

<p>ACT- 34</p>

<p>I also have six 5s and two 4s on AP exams over 3 years. I have been drum major of the marching band for 2 years, have had several jobs, and have participated in the Carolina Youth Symphony for 5 years. I have been in the National Honor Society for 2 years as well. What are my chances of getting into these schools, and getting any sort of merit scholarship at any schools that offer them?</p>

<p>NYU
Yale
Princeton
Duke
Stanford
Boston College
Georgetown</p>

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<p>NYU–safe match to match
Yale/Princeton/Duke/Stanford–slight reach to reach (closer to reach, since you really need more ECs, academic competitions and leadership on the application)
Boston College–match
Georgetown–match</p>

<p>You are also a match at Michigan and match to slight reach at UC Berkeley (they love to take in valedictorians who get rejected at Ivies and have at least some ECs)
Both of these schools will cost you some big money, though. (but then so will NYU, Boston College and Georgetown).</p>

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<p>NYU: Safe
Yale/ Princeton/ Stanford: Reach
Duke: Slight Reach
Georgetown: Match/ High Match
BC: Safe Match</p>

<p>I don’t get the list though. NYU is nothing like these other schools, NYC seems glamorous but there is little social infrastructure or campus life for NYU students. Also, you should consider Dartmouth, its the school most like Duke and Princeton by far.</p>

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<p>NYU is great with merit aid. They will give you money.</p>

<p>But Stanford, I think, is a huge reach as is Berkeley out of state. And neither will give you merit money.</p>

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<p>You are very likely to get accepted to NYU and Boston College. You have a very good chance at Georgetown.</p>

<p>You are a competitive applicant at Duke and have a better than average chance.</p>

<p>Yale, Princeton, and Stanford are all reaches for somebody with those SAT scores and no extracurriculars that stand out enough to offset them.</p>

<p>Your high school performance is obviously great and therefore you have a chance at every school, so just apply to all of them!</p>

6

<p>How about these?</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Chicago
Northwestern</p>