Are these schools realistic for me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone</p>

<p>I?m just beginning my college search </p>

<p>and these are the schools im Thinking of</p>

<p>Notre Dame, Boston College, Michigan, U of Southern California, Wake Forest, U of San Diego, </p>

<p>Is that a good mix? Feedback</p>

<p>Grades
Unweighted GPA - 3.85 Weighted GPA 4.0 ( freshman year troubles)</p>

<p>Sophomore</p>

<p>Photo I ? A
Honors Algebra I ? A, A
Honors Chemistry/Physics- A, A
Spanish- A, B
Scripture- A, A
Honors English- A,A
Advanced PE Football- A
Advanced PE Baseball- A
Ceramics- A</p>

<p>Junior ( 2nd semester is based on my 3rd quarter grades)</p>

<p>Photo II- A
Honors Algebra II/Trig- A, A
AP Environmental Science- A, A
AP English III- A, A
Spanish III- A, A
Gospel in Action- A
Christian Ethics- A
Advanced PE Baseball- A
Sculpture- A</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule</p>

<p>Advanced PE Football
Advanced PE Baseball
Senior Synthesis
World Religions
AP English IV
AP government
AP Economics
AP Psychology
AP Calculus AB
AP Chemistry</p>

<p>SAT- 1950 ( 1st time taking it) im sure ill improve
ACT- 29</p>

<p>E.C.?s</p>

<p>Im a 2 sport varsity athlete ( baseball and football)
I guess Ill just list some of the important ones
Frosh baseball
Frosh football
JV baseball
JV football
Club volleyball 14s-18s captain
Big Brother
Varisty Football
Varsity Baseball
Key Club
National Honors Society
Ive done a lot of animal care and protection stuff
Best Buddies Program
Little league volunteer</p>

<p>I think that?s it? thanks</p>

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<p>they are realistic reaches for you. Now that you have your "reach" list, go and find some match and safety schools.</p>

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<p>i disagree with betterday. You have your high matches. I would say maybe Pitt and Miami (OH) could be safteys. I would add Indiana and Illinois to that list. They are less selective versions of the schools above</p>

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<p>Thanks for your comments,</p>

<p>I thought that U of san Diego would be my safety school</p>

<p>is that not the case></p>

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<p>no USD is a match for you</p>

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<p>The way Michigan re-calculates GPA, you have a 4.0 GPA, and along with your 29/1950 ACT/SAT score, I would say Michigan is a match/slight reach for you. Apply as soon as the application comes out in August and I like your chances. I'd also say BC, Wake and USC are matches/slight reaches. Notre Dame is the only reach I see on your list. USD is a safety. Improve that SAT/ACT and I'd say your chances at most of the schools you are applying to would be good.</p>

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<p>"no USD is a match for you"</p>

<p>I am not sure how you came to that conclusion Chillin. The mid 50% SAT/ACT ranges at USD are 1620-1920/23-28 and the mean graduating weighed GPA is 3.7. The OP has a 4.0 weighed GPA and his SAT/ACT are both in the top quartile of the students at USD.</p>

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<p>ya Alexandre I was replying to the previous posters who said that the list was of slight reaches so I said that USD was a match. I think the OP can easily get into USD, and in no way is it a reach. I guess i just dont use the word safety loosely, but if I had to.... then Id say that USD is a safety.</p>

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<p>also I think he would just have just short of a 4.0 Umich GPA due to his one B in Spanish sophomore year</p>

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<p>I would think that you should get into all those schools. Notre Dame would probably be the toughest.</p>

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<p>You have a good shot at all of em if you can raise your score just a bit.</p>

<p>And if you dont get into ND, dont worry. Besides, you wouldn't want to go to a school that gets killed by USC and Michigan every year.</p>

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<p>I think you are in the range, although on the lower end of the SAT scores, for USC. <a href="http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/parents/images/profilefreshman2006.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/parents/images/profilefreshman2006.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If you can get your SAT/ACT scores up a little bit you should expect to be admitted.</p>

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<p>Might want to look at Holy Cross- smaller version of Notre Dame. HC is near Boston and is a Top30 LAC. Holy Cross also has good athletics-both mens and womens basketball teams are in NCAA's.</p>