<p>My friend wants to go to:
Penn State
Boston College
Georgia Tech
WUSTL
Stanford</p>
<p>Will you chance him? He has
21 Composite ACT
3.1 UW GPA
Plays football, wrestles for varsity
In science club and latin club
And a great personality if that helps.</p>
<p>You might want to put this in the chances forum for more response.</p>
<p>However, I think that 21 ACT is going to be a major obstacle to getting into those schools. I would definitely think of retaking. </p>
<p>I would also think of some other safety colleges, because from what you have now, most of those schools are reaches, unless your friend is a recruited athlete.</p>
<p>Sorry to burst your friend’s bubble, but those are all high reaches/extremely doubtful with those scores. I wish schools took a good personality into account, but unfortunately they do not. I would look into Indiana, WVU, and maybe UConn. Best of luck.</p>
<p>No amount of personality or EC bumps will get him into Stanford with that GPA and ACT score. I’m not too familiar with the others…</p>
<p>GPA/ACT is pretty low, but it’s not altogether impossible. And for the personality it does help but honestly it can’t alone outweigh the scores.</p>
<p>Unless he plans to get recruited for football/wrestling, your friend needs to seriously reconsider those options. Right now, BC, WUSTL, and Stanford are out. Penn State and GATech are still reaches.</p>
<p>But if he gets recruited, that changes everything.</p>