Political Science Major: UGA, SMU...

Chance Me / Match Me
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I am a current junior and interested in attending a school to major in political science. As of right now, I am interested in UGA, SMU, University of Michigan, Truman State University, University of Alabama, and the University of Texas Austin. I am also applying to the Naval Academy but I doubt that I will get accepted, its just been a dream for a while. What are my chances for some of these schools/do you have any suggestions. I know my test scores are low but I am taking the ACT and retaking the SAT so my score should go up since I did not study the first time.

SAT: 1270 Reading=680 Math=590 will probably go up to 1300+
GPA: 3.89 UW (my school does not offer AP or honors classes and does not weight GPA’s)
Dual Credit Classes: Calculus, Statistics, and Advanced Biology
E.C.'s (sports): will be 4-year varsity starter in softball (varsity captain sophomore-junior year… probably senior year as well), golf: 2 years varsity only, volleyball: 2 years, Basketball: 2 years, cheerleading: will be 4-year varsity (captain this year)
E.C.'s (other): yearbook 2 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (volunteer organization) 4 years, Student Council 4 years, Art Club- 1 year, National Honor Society 2 years, page for senator in Illinois house

I know that I listed a lot of schools, but I am really trying to narrow it down going into my senior year.
Any suggestions would help!

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Your stats are good. You should be a good candidate for all of these schools. Michigan, Georgia, and UT-Austin might be a slight reach, but still very possible to get in. Every other school would be considered more/less a safety. I’m assuming you’re probably going the ROTC route if you don’t get into the Naval Academy. If that’s the case, Texas A&M would also be an excellent choice and your stats would be a match, bordering on safety. Their Corp of Cadets is considered the best ROTC program in the country next to the military academies.

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SAT could be a little better for UGA, UT, and UM
GPA is solid.
Let me tell you that with a 3.2 UW you would most likely get into Bama so do not worry about that at all

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Thank you very much I’ll look into it! @coolguy40
Haha thanks @empirefrontier