Yale, Georgetown Chances

Homeless2Princeton
Sun, 10 May 2015 03:32:01 +0000

I think you have a compelling story and I loved hearing about the book you wrote and are selling to raise awareness for Celiac Disease. Please make sure to incorporate this into your essays because I think it’ll really set you apart from other applicants and give you a different dynamic. You’re a solid applicant and I think you have quite a good shot at many of these schools. They are unpredictable, however, so take this with a grain of salt. I think you could very well get into Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Berkeley, and UCLA. However, UC’s will be full pay for your family since you are applying out of state (around $50,000 a year) so make sure you’d be able to afford that for a UC. The others including Yale, UPenn, and Brown could really go any way. Maybe try raising your ACT a bit more to increase your chances, maybe to a 33 or 34 which won’t be that much of a jump from your current 31. For international relations, I’d also look into Columbia, maybe Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy.

I just finished my admissions season and would be glad to offer any advice or answer any questions you might have! Full Disclosure: From your list I was rejected from Yale and UPenn, Accepted at Georgetown and Berkeley, and wait listed at Brown and Columbia. At the end of the day though, I committed to Princeton.