<p>looking for reasonable reach schools w/these scores:
1860 SAT I (will retake in October)
700 SAT II Math II
590 SAT II US History
26 ACT (will retake)
GPA 3.85
HS varsity athlete, 3 sports
NE, male</p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Boston College
Boston U.
Colby College
Bates
Kenyon College
Lafayette
Colgate
Cornell
UNC-CH
Wake Forest</p>
<p>little shaky for boston college and boston u. i think but that’s all i know idk much about other colleges.</p>
<p>If the Cornell you’re talking about is Cornell University, forget it - your grades/scores aren’t Ivy material. (If it’s Cornell College, the answer may be different, but I don’t know enough about it to say.)</p>
<p>Do you live in North Carolina? If not, your chances of getting into UNC-CH are not high. It’s very difficult to get into that school from out of state.</p>
<p>do you want to play a sport in college?</p>
<p>3.85uw or weighted? If it’s 3.85uw then that’s pretty good and you would have a shot at those listed above. If it’s 3.85 weighted then I would rule out Cornell University…</p>
<p>Boston College Little chance
Boston U. Good chance
Colby College Little chance
Bates Little chance
Kenyon College Ok chance
Lafayette Little chance
Colgate No chance
Cornell No chance
UNC-CH No chance
Wake Forest No chance</p>
<p>Part of it depends on what rank, if any, that a 3.85 GPA translates into. At my school, that was around #1, but many people’s schools on here it would only be top 20%. To be in the running at any of those schools (Kenyon and BU maybe not as much) you really need to be 1300+ on the math + verbal SAT. Work hard to improve on the SAT and try applying early could be enough to push you over the hump. </p>
<p>I would generally agree with the relative difficulty of gaining acceptance that jPoD outlined except to sat that Lafayette would be easier to get into than Colby or Bates.</p>
<p>about sports: poss. D III track (all state this year)
gpa: weighted
rank: not sure</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>If you really like a school and have the time and money to apply, why not try and see what happens? It’s most definitely worth it, you might be surprised!</p>
<p>Popcorn5- You have listed two NESCAC conference schools that are DIII (Bates and Colby). To determine whether or not you could be recruited for track and field, compare your best times (Electronic timing not handheld) or best distances to the results posted on the following URL. If your PRs are comparable to the top few athletes in one or more events it is possible that you could be recruited – although you would still need to get your SAT up.
<a href=“http://www.nescac.com/2005-06/sports/track&field/nescac2006.htm[/url]”>http://www.nescac.com/2005-06/sports/track&field/nescac2006.htm</a></p>
<p>Conn College is a great school and a little less competitive admissions wise.
Wheaton College in Mass also has a good academic repuation, offers DIII track, and males are more readily admitted than females. Consider looking at LACs that are more than 60% female - you will have an easier time getting admitted!</p>
<p>i’m not gonna give you chances but I’ll tell you to not listen to the people who are telling you that you have no chance. They aren’t on the admissions commitee they have no idea, don’t let them discourage you. If you want to go there, apply there. You never know…</p>
<p>but do realize that most of the colleges on that list are reaches for you so have a few safetys. but still apply to ANY school that you want to go to.</p>
<p>Boston College D1
Boston U. D1
Cornell D1
UNC-CH D1
Wake Forest D1
Lafayette D1(?)</p>
<p>Might want to look at Holy Cross and Bucknell.</p>
<p>or listen to Shizilla who is probably also applying to all reaches.</p>