<p>So I really don’t know what range I’m in for college acceptance?
A little about me: I’m black so I guess a URM lol, 5 AP classes by end of senior year, 1780 on SAT (superscore ; R 650, M 540, W 590), 26 on ACT, I have a 3.6 UW and a 4.07 W, Historian for National Honor society (1 year)Vice President of National Honor society (1 year) president of UNICEF (2 years), Girl Scouts (12 years, will be getting my Gold award senior year) , will have 200+ volunteer hours, key club (3 years + activity committee), anchor for my schools award winning newscast (will be 3 years by senior year){I want to go into broadcasting}. that’s pretty much the gist, so basically I want to know what range of schools I’d be goood for (obviously not 10%<) so 17-25% 26-36% 37-47% 48-58% 59-69% and above? Thanks! I just feel so average :/</p>
<p>It depends highly on what level of college you want to attend and how much your family can afford.</p>
<p>If you are paying full freight, you can get in colleges in the ~100th ranking range.</p>
<p>Probably around colleges in the -75th ranking range depending on the area you wanting to go to.</p>
<p>As an African-American applicant, you may have some advantages outside of state systems with rigid laws against any preferences, but those advantages are grossly exaggerated in many people’s minds. You still have to fall somewhere within the spectrum that would include legacy admits and recruited athletes. The college still has to believe that you can do the work. Your grades demonstrate a work ethic. You can probably look at schools where your test scores are below average, but not by hundreds of points (for the SAT). If you are in Texas or California, you should figure out whether you qualify within “local context” (or whatever it’s called) - ie. top 9% of your class in CA, or top 7% of your class in TX. Otherwise, please let us know whether you have geographic preferences, and whether you’d like a large or small school: there’s no point in suggesting Arizona State if you want a small, New England college.</p>
<p>What state are you a resident of?
How much can your parents afford?
Can you retake either test?
Will you take Subject tests?
Do you have geographical restrictions?
I’d definitely look into Spelman and Howard, since you’re within range but other than that,there are hundreds and hundreds of colleges you could get into.
For broadcast journalism, Ithaca would be a match, Syracuse a definite reach, SUNY Oswego a match, SUNY Plattsburgh a safety. These mostly feed the NYC market though.
<a href=“SUNY’s Media and Communication Programs Continue to Excel”>http://blog.suny.edu/2013/09/sunys-media-and-communication-programs-continue-to-excel/</a></p>
<p>@MYOS1634 no geographical preference, my parents make about 200K , from california only in top 13% though , I’m retaking both tests, I wasn’t planning on taking subject tests? Is that a good idea? </p>
<p>@MYOS1634 would Syracuse really be a reach even though it has about 50% acceptance? 
I feel like my test scores are what’s gonna stop me from getting into schools I want to go to</p>
<p>Look at Ithaca College’s school of communications.</p>
<p>Acceptance rates aren’t a good job to measure the “range” of colleges you’re in… acceptance rates are not measures of the quality of a school.</p>
<p>I’m assuming with 200k salary, you won’t be gettting any Fin aid from most schools. Are your parents willing to pay full costs?</p>
<p>It’s not 50% chance accross the board… Your odds are one out of two if you score above 600 in math and above 1800 for the SAT so if you can pull your SAT M score by 60+ pts and a little in CR + W (which you should since you’ve been practicing), it’d become a match because it’s a match for every other criterion.
HOWEVER the School of Communications is more selective than the university as a whole, so your odds for your chosen major would be lower than 50% even with the SAT increase to 1850. There are no official stats except that the incoming class average is about 3.8UW/1300 CR+M with strong writing.</p>
<p>At 1290 M+CR, 29 ACT, or top 10% of HS class, you can be direct admitted into Mizzou’s J-School. Failing that, you can be admitted into the A&S school as a pre-journalism major - if you maintain a 3.0 your first 60 hours, you can then be admitted to the J-school.</p>