What are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me
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State: Tennessee
UW GPA: 4.0
Numerical Average: 99.7/100

8th Grade (Counts on high school transcript)
PE
Honors Algebra I

Freshman Courses:
Spanish I
Honors Physical World Concepts
Honors Geometry
Honors English 9
Piano I
Wellness
Advanced Studies (Gifted)

Sophomore Courses:
Spanish II
AP World History
Honors English 10
Honors Algebra II
Honors Biology I
Honors Chemistry I
DE Art Appreciation
DE Psychology
Comparative Religions of the World

Junior Courses:
AP Language and Composition
AP United States History
AP Chemistry
Honors Precalculus I
DE Sociology I
DE Biology I
DE Statistics I
ACT Prep

Senior Schedule (Schedule changed):
AP Calculus
AP Literature
AP Physics
Honors Government
Honors Economy

Note: My school did not offer the dual enrollment courses I took. I took actual college courses at an university and got them registered onto my high school transcript. I took the most rigorous courses available at my high school and went beyond to take college courses. My counselor says I took the most rigorous courseload she’s ever seen at our school.

Class Rank: Idk, I was 2 but because of how my DE courses registered, I probably dropped to somewhere in the lower top 10.

AP Tests:
AP World History - 4
AP Chemistry - 4
AP Language and Composition - 4
AP United States History - 4

Extracurriculars:
Model UN General (9th) and WHO (12th)
Rec Soccer (9th, played against Select teams)
High School Soccer (9th-12th)
Tennis (9th)
Student Council (9th)
Filmed soccer games 6 hours a week for 3 months (11th)
Volunteer at a hospital 15 hours a week (12th)
Chess Club (9th-10th)
National Youth Leadership of Medicine 10-days at Emory (10th)

School’s I want to get in to: NYU, UCLA, UPenn, Rutgers, UTK

Major: Biology/Pre-med

ACT: 34 composite in 1 seating
ACT Essay: 8
ACT Superscore: 34

SAT: 1490 (First try, might take again)
SAT Essay: 15
SAT II: None

Personally, I think I’ll get into Rutgers and UTK easily but I’m guessing my extracurriculars are a little weak for the other schools? Also my essay scores seem a bit skewed. Should I take any SAT Subject tests? Should I even send my SAT score in?

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Are you okay with being full pay at all of these schools, or have you run the NPC and are you fine with the results? If you are full pay, does this leave enough money in your parent’s bank account to cover medical school?

I agree that you should get into UTK. I don’t know if I would count an out of state public as a safety, but I think that your chances are very good at Rutgers. Given the quality of at least UTK as a safety I feel less concerned about the other schools on your list. I think that your chances are good at NYU but it might be expensive. UCLA would very likely be full pay since you are out of state. U.Penn I just can’t guess.

If you are premed, then do not take on debt for undergrad if you have a good alternative. You will have plenty enough debt if you end up in medical school.

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Why not Vanderbilt since you’re from Tennessee? You will pay about the same as UCLA.

I might consider Emory or Tulane as well as good options. Case Western might be a good choice as well.

NYU is going to be expensive and gives little aid.

The post above gives good advice. You don’t want to take on too much undergraduate debt as a pre-med. I would also look for a school that does not practice grade deflation since Biology and Chemistry are going to be weed-out courses.