New ACT Scores! Vandy, UMich, maybe some Ivies???

fallenchemist
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:07:44 +0000

bump already? LOL, you think people are just waiting around to answer your post? Anyway, your GPA is good, ACT great. EC’s are heavy on volunteer work (for great causes, don’t get me wrong), but do you have other interests like playing an instrument or singing, or sports or something else? It would help some.

Vandy ED is tough, but possible. I would say 50-50, maybe a little better. About the same chances at Emory. Princeton and Dartmouth are pretty big reaches, I am thinking maybe 15% chance at either. You will be fine at Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida and Tulane, and should get some merit scholarship money from the last. I would make a guess at $22,000/year, and that is before any financial aid calculations.

If Vandy is your absolute first choice, I recommend you visit ASAP if you haven’t already. Also attend at least one local event. The more interest you show the better. If you have not visited yet, it would probably be worth also catching a cheap flight on Southwest from Nashville to New Orleans and seeing Tulane on the same trip. Show enough interest, it might help bump your merit scholarship up. Tulane does not have a large Hispanic representation, maybe 3%? I forget exactly. So they would be anxious to have a good student like yourself. Finally, while you are at it, have you considered Rice? Seems like it might fit your profile, and again you could catch a cheap flight from New Orleans to Houston Hobby and be at Rice in no time.

Good luck!