What chance do I have for these schools?

Chance Me / Match Me
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Rising Senior
Home state: New Jersey
School: Private school in Pennsylvania
GPA: 4.0 (not sure on weighted)
Class rank: (23/220)
All honors and APs
Junior APs: Apush, AP language and composition. Scored a 5 on both.
APs for senior year: AP lit, AP calc, AP bio, AP psych, and AP gov.
Sat composite score: 1390 (math: 690) (Verbal: 700)

Extracurriculars:
Varsity Cross country, indoor/outdoor track, National honors society, officer in the world affairs club, and volunteer over the summer at a science museum.

Universities I want to apply to: University of Virginia, University of Maryland, Penn State, Rutgers, and University of Illinois.

What kind of chances do I have for these schools and their engineering programs? The way I viewed this was UVA as a reach, Maryland/Illinois as a match, and Rutgers/Penn State as a safety.

2

Personally, I would put UMD as a safety as well. Your stats seem pretty good, and I would say UVA and Illinois are matches. I think that you deserve more credit than you’re giving yourself. Good luck!

3

My advice, unless you know your parents can cover the out of state tuition, you’ll want to go for a scholarship or an in-state tuition waiver. Otherwise, the tuition costs would not be worth it. If you’re going for engineering, be sure it’s an ABET accredited school.

4

I’m also applying for an NROTC scholarship so my hope is for tuition to not be much of a worry, however I will go to Rutgers for instate tuition if I don’t receive the scholarship. Would I have a chance of getting into these schools?