Which colleges should I look at?

Applying to College
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<p>Weighted GPA 3.7 - most probably 3.8 or 3.9 by fall of this year</p>

<p>Unweighted 3.3</p>

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<li>And there lies the paradox (both are on a 4.0 scale but in wieghted you can get upto a 4.5 i.e. more than a 100%)</li>
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<p>SATI = 1900</p>

<p>ACT= 25 (without studying) English 28, Math 28, Science 23, Reading 22. I am aiming for above a 30 on the ACT. Hopefully that shall help.</p>

<p>Courses : Mostly APs.</p>

<p>What are my chances in the top 100, 75, 50, 20 colleges in the USA. </p>

<p>ECs: Debate, Speech, Student Congress, Robotics, Amnesty International, Volunteering</p>

<p>High School Profile: One of the top in my state. Very competitive.</p>

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<p>top 20, I’d say are all reaches for you. Even top 30 will be reaches. 50’s are matches, 75 will prolly be safe matches. 100 will be safeties.</p>

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<p>i would say top20(slight reach) 30~40 match???</p>

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<p>top 20 reaches…30’s slight reaches…40’s matches…50-100 safety</p>

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<p>I would say 1-10 extreme reach, 11-25 reach (esp. with a 3.3 GPA, Berkeley and UCLA are in the top 25 and I don’t know anyone at either with less than a 3.7 UW), 26-40 slight reach, 41-60 match, 61+ safety.</p>

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<p>1 -10 : Close to impossible (not saying there isnt a chance)
11 - 20: extreme reaches
20 - 30: reach
30 - 40: Good chance (above match tho)
40- 50: Match
50+ : Safety</p>

<p>This will change a LOT if that SAt goes up</p>

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<p>tell us more… preferences for size/location of school? any idea of potential majors? student body being artsy/preppy/liberal/jocks/intense/etc etc etc?</p>

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<p>Agreed with Antarius.</p>

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<p>Do you have any idea as to what your class rank is?</p>

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<p>I have besically decided to concentrate on the ACT 30 above.</p>

<p>My weighted class rank is in the top 25%.
Not sure about unweighted though.</p>

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<p>In the absence of other data, I think you are going to have difficulty with admissions at colleges that accept less than, say, 30% of their applicants. This is oversimplifying the whole process (which depends on a great many factors) - but you should be sure that you have match and likely admit schools schools in among your reaches. </p>

<p>If your hs sends a number of its graduates to highly competitive schools every year, your GC should have data on admissions by GPA/Class Rank and SAT or ACT scores. This data - if available - will give you a better picture of your chances than anyone on this board can. It will let you know how much of a disadvantage you are working with due to your class rank.</p>

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<p>i had a 25 act and 3.3 uw gpa. got into uconn, tennessee, kentucky, saint johns, lsu, wvu, and a psu branch campus. rejected from uga, wisconsin, uf. i applied to uga, uw,uf, lsu, and uconn for spring semester after i graduated, all the other i applied to while in HS</p>

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<p>Thanks for posting your results, kyle. Where are you attending?</p>

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<p>heh, ill be going to uconn. my parents went there, always wanted to go, but my mom was totally against me going there. she wouldnt let me even apply in HS! i actually was set up to go to uk then decided not to go, so i next chose psu but decide i really wanted to try for uconn so i defered my enrollment behind my moms back and took a semester off. for spring admission, in addition to uconn, i decided to apply to uga, uf, and uw as “what the heck” kinda apps, wasnt really expexting to get in. applied to lsu as well because i would get instate tuition (same with kentucky and tennessee). anyways i got into uconn and got really good fin aid from them, about 8k in grants, plus 2k in work study…kind of a long/silly story haha, i have a hard time making up my mind with these things…</p>

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<p>UConn is a very good school with a number of excellent departments. Congrats on your acceptance … and the circuitous route you took to get there. Shows initiative!</p>

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<p>I am looking at probably </p>

<p>Northwestern (12)- Extreme Reach
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (25)- Reach
University of Wisconsin Madison (34)- Good Chance
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (42)- Match
University of Minnesota Twin Cities (74)- Safety</p>

<p>This is with an ACT score of 25, in june i am positive to try to bring it above a 30. Although its not likely that these choices i have made will change in any way.</p>

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<p>A little bump.</p>

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<p>Michigan is a huge reach with a 25. If you get it up to 30-32 it would still be a reach, but not a huge reach.</p>