Safties/Matches/Reaches?

Chance Me / Match Me
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Hello, could help me decipher which of the following schools below are safeties, matches, or reaches. Thank you! P.S. I will be majoring in Finance.

Lehigh University (ED and Number 1 School)
Syracuse University
Fordham University
University of Maryland
University of Delaware
Boston College (EA)
Northeastern University
Virginia Tech
University of Richmond
Boston University
Wake Forest
UMASS Amherst
UCONN (From CT)

I am really interested in UCLA and I am a legacy, what are my chances?
GPA UW: 3.75 (4.0 scale)
W: 4.2

Class Rank:
Top 20% of 500

ACT: Composite 29
English 29
Math 30
Reading 30
Science 27
Writing 22

Subject Tests:
U.S. History 670
Literature 700

EC’s:
H.S. soccer for three years and varsity for one year
FBLA member for one year, then elected as Vice President for one year, and then promoted to President
Innovation and Economics member for two years
DECA member for two years
Full Court Peace member for two years
Volunteer head soccer coach for 3 years for the same team. Around 140-160 hours of it.
Referee for boy’s basketball for two years.
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Work Experience:
Worked in a soccer shop freshman year, was promoted to manager as well.
Worked in a Concession stand for freshman and sophomore year
Worked as a summer camp counselor for soccer for freshman and sophomore year summers
Currently working all year and summer long at a after School program and Summer Camp. Recently got promoted to head counselor.
Babysitter for three years for the same family

Rigor of Courses:
7 honor classes by end of Junior year. Also I am taking French IV Honors, English III Honors, APUSH, and Chemistry Honors.
Senior Course Load will be AP Environmental, AP Psychology, AP Gov Poll, English Honors and some other non-honors or AP prerequisites.

Awards
National Honors Society (Most likely got the invitation)
2nd Place for Information Systems Management for FBLA in the state
4th Place for Marketing for FBLA in the state

High Honors (3.7+) for every quarter so far, and will most likely accomplish high honors for my entire high school career.

Intended Major:
Finance

Any guidance and information would be a tremendous help. Thanks!

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Agree with @10s4life that UCLA will be a Reach based on posted stats. Are you in-state? If not, you will be expected to pay full fees at around $55K/year if you do get accepted, no FA for OOS students. Good Luck.

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Those ACT scores and UW GPA are not great. BC (I’m assuming Carroll School of Management) is a high reach even EA. You have a better shot at Lehigh committing ED (especially if you’re not from the tri state area). For the publics you list, it depends on which one is your in state option.

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I think you’re a match or high match for Lehigh ED, Syracuse, Boston U, and Fordham.

I think U Richmond, BC, Northeastern, and Wake are probably reaches or low reaches.

The state schools are going to depend on whether they are in-state or OOS. Your home state would be helpful information.

5

Don’t mind UCLA, I have taken it off my list

6

@Oregon2016
What is the tri-state area?

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@prezbucky I am from Connecticut so, all of the state schools besides UCONN I would be OOS.

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OK, then:
U of Maryland OOS - High Match/Match
VA Tech OOS - High match/match
UMass-Amherst OOS - Match
UConn - Low match bordering on safety

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Lehigh University- ED match
Syracuse University- low match
Fordham University- match
University of Maryland- low reach
University of Delaware- safety
Boston College (EA)- high reach (you should also know that BC doesn’t let you apply EA if you apply ED elsewhere unless it’s ED2)
Northeastern University- Reach
Virginia Tech- match
University of Richmond- high match
Boston University- match
Wake Forest- high match
UMASS Amherst- low match
UCONN (From CT)- low match

I’d appreciate it if you could chance me back!
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1906475-chance-me-for-georgetown-nyu-stern-bc-villanova-and-others.html

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In this case it is NJ-NY-PA.

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@Oregon2016 So, would me being from CT be helpful in the admission process for Lehigh?

12

Not necessarily helpful. That would be New Mexico.

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being from CT won’t matter - but showing interest by visiting Lehigh and speaking with the local rep at your school could