Chance a Junior With Weak EC's for a Few "selective" schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've chosen my schools based off the actuarial profession and have come across some that really fit me. I think that I have a good chance at getting into a couple of the selective schools but I'm nervous about being out-of-state and not having a lot of EC's.</p>

<p>I'm going to apply to:
University of Illinois- Urbana (Mother is an alum)
Illinois State University (Safety. Father is an alum)
University of Wisconsin- Madison
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ohio State University</p>

<p>Illinois Resident
African - American Male</p>

<p>GPA on a 4.0 scale: First Semester Junior year: 4.45/Cumulative :4.46
(I have gotten straight A's since freshmen year. I think that concerns my weighted/unweighted GPA which I don't know)</p>

<p>Rank: 1/73 (Have been ranked #1 since freshmen year)</p>

<p>ACT: 32/11 Essay</p>

<p>Junior Year Classes:
Pre-Calculus Honors
Chemistry Honors
U.S. History AP
Spanish 3
Religion 3
Health/Gym
English Lang & Comp AP
(These are all the AP and honors classes available and I will take all that are available next year)</p>

<p>Most Likely Senior Year:
Calculus AP
Physics AP
Law & Gov/Econ
Spanish 4 AP
Religion 4
Psychology/Intro. Computers
English Lit & Comp AP</p>

<p>EC's :(
World Language Club (2 years)
NHS (2 years)
NEHS (2 years)
100+ Service Hours</p>

<p>I tutor sophomores, juniors, and seniors in Geometry and Pre-Cal and I really enjoy it. I feel it's the only EC that I can actually talk about in an essay as a passion and relate it to my career.</p>

<p>Should I take any leadership positions in my clubs to boost my chances.</p>

<p>I'm mainly concerned with getting into Michigan, Wisconsin, or Ohio. I think I'm pretty much in at UIUC but I may not be.</p>

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<p>I really would not be surprised if you got in everywhere.</p>

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<p>you’ll get into all of them.</p>

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<p>Public schools really only care about grades and test scores, and you are good in both of those. I say in everywhere, don’t worry.</p>

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<p>bump. any help would be appreciated. I’m going to start visiting this colleges in march and i don’t want to waste my time spending money to visit places I won’t have a chance at</p>

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<p>You have a really good chance at all of them. I thought that when you said “selective” you were going to start pulling ivies on us.</p>

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<p>oh my bad. I wanted to emphasize selective as a distinction from being “highly selective”</p>

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<p>No no, your fine. But yeah, I would say you have a really good shot at the colleges you listed. I also would like to wish you the best of luck with these next few years.</p>

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<p>Good Luck! You look like a good candidate at those schools. Of those school’s I’d suggest you consider IL State & UW-Madison strongly since they are CAE schools.</p>

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