Am I able to get into Cornell, Boston College, Georgetown and other top schools?

Applying to College
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<p>Well, now that my applications are all sent out, I feel that it is worth making a chance me thread. I appreciate your ability to take the time and chance me.
State: New York
White Male
Intended Major: Accounting or Economics</p>

<p>ACT: Composite: 30 English: 33 Math: 30 Reading: 30 Science: 27 Combined English/Writing: 28(6 essay)</p>

<p>SAT CR: 600 Math: 650 Writing: 710 (10 essay(twice))
1250/1600, 1960/2400</p>

<p>GPA: 101.4286(Weighted)
Class Rank: 3/593</p>

<p>AP Classes: AP Physics, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry
College Credit Classes: SUNY college classes in both English(101 and 102) and Precalculus
Syracuse University Project Advance Economics, Syracuse University Project Advance Government, SUNY Albany Italian I, SUNY Albany Italian II
All other classes are honors </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Student Gov't(Treasurer(9) Vice President(10,11,12))
Newspaper: Sports Writer(9, 10) Sports Editor(11,12)
Baseball(9,10)
Winter and Spring Track(11) I lettered in winter and spring and was a county and section champion in the spring
Cross Country(12)
National Honor Society(11-12)
New York State Science Honor Society(11-12)
Math Honor Society( Mu Alpha Theta) (11-12)
World Language Honor Society(11-12)</p>

<p>Awards/Distinctions: Male Student of the Year(only recipient of my grade)
Served as a delegate for New York State's Boys State Program
University of Albany Certificate of Recognition for Intermediate Italian I
A member of the Academic Hall of Fame
A member of the Principal's Honor Roll every quarter of high school(94.5 average or above)</p>

<p>Volunteering
Volunteer for three organizations. One of which is Organ Transplants Awareness
Over the course of high school I have accumulated about 85 hours of community service.</p>

<p>Work Experience
Town Camp Counselor(10)
Town Pool Lifeguard(11 and 12)</p>

<p>Also, my ACT essay was rather low. However my SAT essay was relatively high.
My ACT composite seems to be at the mean for the Business school. However, should I submit my SAT to have the stronger essay score available?</p>

<p>Schools:</p>

<p>Cornell(CAS)
Boston College(CSOM)
Northwestern
Northeastern(Business School)
Villanova(Business School)
Notre Dame(College of Arts and Letters)
University of Pennsylvania(College of Arts and Sciences)
Georgetown(Business School)
Delaware
Maryland-College Park(Business School)
Duke
UNC-Chapel Hill
Binghamton(Business School)
Richmond
Holy Cross</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>Out at Northwestern, Duke, UPenn, Georgetown, probably Notre Dame</p>

<p>In at MOST of the state schools</p>

<p>-------------------------------------------If it is to be, it is up to me…</p>

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<p>Great class rank</p>

<p>Pretty good ACT score.</p>

<p>I would say you have a chance at a lot of the schools on your list.</p>

<p>I commend you to applying to lots of schools, because with the acceptance rates at the top schools being so low, it is wise to apply to a lot of them.</p>

<p>I would say you are definitely in at Villanova, Delaware, Northeastern, Maryland, Richmond, Holy Cross, and Binghampton.</p>

<p>The rest are crapshoots, even for the tip top students. </p>

<p>I would say that perhaps you applied to a bit too many matches, and perhaps not enough reaches.</p>

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<p>Unless you have a hook that you haven’t written about, your chances are most top schools are near zero. Your test scores are just too low for your class rank. The low math score will be noticed by top b-schools, and the low English/CR will be noticed by the liberal arts schools. OOS, Chapel Hill can be as competitive as the Ivies.</p>

<p>If I were you and you really want in to those top schools, I’d sign up for an ACT retake immediately.</p>

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<p>I’m submitting my ACT to all schools.Most don’t require both of my tests.</p>

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<p>which schools on my list do you define as being “top schools”? this way i can establish my far-fetched reaches.</p>

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<p>Top schools on your list, where a 30 is too low to be competitive:</p>

<p>Tier 1:</p>

<p>Cornell, Duke, Northwestern, Penn</p>

<p>Tier 2:</p>

<p>Georgetown & UNCC (OOS)</p>

<p>Next:
BC (where a 30 is below mean, and you are a male applying to biz)</p>

<p>btw: while Georgetown says that is is now Subject Test optional, that applies more to hooked candidates IMO. B-school applicants will have strong Math 2 scores.</p>