please help! looking for possible safety schools

mom2collegekids
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:54:43 +0000

* my safety was going to be depaul but i dont think i wanna go there. i have been looking at syracuse, because judging by my scores and their standards i should get in.

sat scores: reading-660, math-650, writing-580, composite-1890.
act scores: writing-28, reading-32, science-30, math-28, composite-30.
gpa: i havent taken any ap or honours courses because my school doesnt offer them because they say all of our classes are intended to be as challenging, which has hurt my gpa. my gpa is a 3.0, and although they arent weighted if it was it would be about a 3.6-3.7.

-Fordham- really like what i have read, think i can get in
-Loyola Chicago- this is a target school, would love to go here
-University of Michigan (in-state) -a top choice, think i have a decent chance
-Marquette University-not a top choice but wouldnt mind going
-Boston College- this is a big reach but figured why not
-DePauw University
-Hillsdale College (is kinda a fallback right now but dont want to go really)
-College of the Holy Cross - another reach *

I think you should really consider some Catholic schools. ;)

Your ACT is higher than your SAT, but that’s fine colleges will use that. :)

Does your school not “weigh” GPA? If not, that can hurt you if your unweighted is 3.0.

Is your school a private school? IF so, I know what they mean that all classes are challenging, but they should weigh for that. My kids’ Catholic high school considers all of its classes as honors or AP, so all are weighted.

You say that DePauw is your safety, that’s a pricey school, is money an issue? Or are you certain that you’ll get great merit? OR is money no object?

Since you really don’t want to go to DePauw, what about
SLU
DePaul
Loyola New Orleans
Springhill
Seton Hall
Gonzaga
UPortland
USeattle
USan Francisco
USan Diego
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