Chance a black kidd

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Alright, I'm a first generation college student, black, come from a single parent low income family.</p>

<p>GPA:3.46(will probably increase this senior year)
TOP 10% of my class
SAT:1430(I BOMBED the test i know, and i was slightly sick that day. I'm studying intensely this summer, and will retake, I'm confident i could get a 1700+)</p>

<p>EC:
School newspaper
Student council
Senior executive commitee
African American club
Young Democrats
Mayor's Youth Summit(we arrange a annual youth summit with the mayor so kids can discuss issues affecting them)
And probably a few other EC's i forgot to mention.</p>

<p>I'm looking at:
Fairfield University (Percent applicants admitted: 59%)
Scared Heart university (Percent applicants admitted: 65%)
Fordham University (Percent applicants admitted: 47%)
Howard University (Percent applicants admitted: 49%)
Loyola Marymount University (Percent applicants admitted: 50%)
Lakeforest College (Percent applicants admitted: 59%)
Depaul university (Percent applicants admitted: 64%)</p>

<p>Any insight or guidance would be highly appreciated!</p>

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<p>you have a good chance at all of them,you just have to increase that SAT score.Your rank and GPA are pretty good!
plz chance back
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<p>You might want to go to collegeboard.com, and use the “how do I stack up” feature. I’ll try to link Howard’s (Go Bison’s!) and Forham ( Go Bronx! )</p>

<p>[Academic</a> Tracker - Meet College Admission Requirements - High School Class Selection](<a href=“http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/academictracker/servlet/ACTServlet?pg=2&collegeId=789]Academic”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>

<p><a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board;

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<p>thanks hvairline, and shrinkrap, i figure since my gpa is decent, and those schools tend to admit a high percent of applicants, i should be in the clear. What do u think?</p>

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<p>So, when you say “in the clear”, you mean, will this be enough schools to apply to, in terms of "safeties’, “matches”, and “reaches”? I don’t know the answer, but that’s the way to think about it. I’m not sure if ANY of these are “safeties”.</p>

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<p>Shrink, i didn’t necessarily mean as safeties, but rather as good matches i guess. But i did figure since they admitted percentage isn’t as high as selective colleges, i’d have a better chance of getting in.</p>

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<p>Just make sure you have some “safeties”, financial and otherwise, as well as “matches” and "reaches’.</p>