Chance a small town rural kid for WashU: ED and Notre Dame

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I made one of these before, but now that I've already applied to WashU I kinda wanted to make one again. Maybe this will calm my nerves a bit.</p>

<p>User Name: guitarman89
Gender: M
Location: Illinois
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.96
GPA - Weighted: School does not weight
Class Rank: was 2/225 but is now like 2/185 because major places of employment closed in my small community, people moved, and dropouts</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 32
English: 32
Math: 36
Reading: 30
Science: 29</p>

<p>Courseload: Most Difficult available - took every AP course offered except US History</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
1. Accounting I
2. AP Spanish Language
3. World Religions (Community College)
4. AP Calc BC
5. AP Stats
6. AP Eng Lit
7. AP Chem</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Internship in investment center, experience trading, trade stocks with my own money, follow the financial markets daily, member of NHS
Leadership positions: Class Treasurer, varsity tennis team member - #2 seed singles and doubles, President and founder of business club, co-president of science club, math team, Scholastic Bowl
Volunteer/Service Work: Member of Key Club - do 50 hours of community service per year
Honors and Awards: Chemistry and PreCalculus award (in school awards)</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>WashU : ED
Notre Dame
MIT
UPennsylvania (Wharton)
Babson College
Saint Louis University
Georgetown</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type: Urban
Size: Medium Small (2,500 - 5,000), Medium (5,000 - 10,000)</p>

<p>Area: Midwest
Importance of cost: Very important</p>

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<p>I think u have a solid shot at WashU for sure…im also applyin to WashU ED and im from IL and have a 32 on my ACT too :D, lol…so i hope we both get in</p>

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<p>WashU : ED–High Match-I’ve heard interest is very important so I’m sure if you show enough, you can get in. You definitely have the stats.
Notre Dame-I really don’t know anything about Notre Dame, sorry.
MIT–High Reach-It is for everyone. Without some incredible award or the ability to cure cancer, it’s really up in the air.
UPennsylvania (Wharton)–Reach
Babson College–Don’t know much about it.
Saint Louis University–Same
Georgetown–Low Reach/High Match</p>

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<p>cool ^ what town/city are you from? I might know where it is.</p>

<p>BTW thanks for the chances and I hope we both get in too!</p>

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<p>Very strong profile. Likely for WashUStL ED, possible for UPenn Wharton.</p>

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<p>Yeah I’m hoping that if I do apply to UPenn Wharton, which I only will if I get denied/deferred at WashU, my experience and passion for trading will be somewhat of a hook.</p>

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<p>Your stats are at or above the range of every school you applied to. You also have good extracurriculars, leadership, and community service. I’d say you have a decent shot at all of them. Naturally, MIT will come as a bit of a stretch, just like everyone else. Good luck and thanks for chancing me.</p>

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<p>By the way, what is your planned major?</p>

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<p>^ Finance/Business</p>

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<p>Two other schools with good business programs you could consider are New York University-Stern and University of Virginia-McIntire.</p>

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<p>all you will probably get in except upenn and mit, but then again those are crapshoots</p>

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<p>mit and penn will be hard, but they are for all. but others are in. </p>

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<p>definite for all but mit and penn. georgetown is a high match. good luck!</p>

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<p>WashU : ED - good chance. Most likely in.
Notre Dame - match
MIT - reach
UPennsylvania (Wharton) - reach
Babson College - don’t know
Saint Louis University - don’t know
Georgetown - match</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Might want to look at Holy Cross-near Boston-school is a smaller version of Notre Dame.</p>

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<p>Im from hoffman estates, close to schaumburg if u know where that is, it’s a northwest suburb…where r u from?? Haha i jus noticed tht u r applyin to SLU too, i am too jus to let u know, lol, ull get in there for sure</p>

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<p>^ Oh yeah so you’re kinda in between chicago and rockford right, but I think you’re still in Cook County? Haha, I’ve been to that water park in Rockford like 20 times if u know what I’m talkin’ about. Magic Waters or something. I’m only mildly familiar with that area. I’m from the small town of Pontiac in central IL, it’s only about a 2 hour drive from you. It takes about 1.5 hours to get to Chicago from here. My brother goes to IIT (Illinois Institute of Tech.)</p>

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<p>haha ya im in cook county, and i actually have been to tht water park, lol…i think i know where your from too…my cousin goes to IIT too, lol…it’s about a 40-60 min drive to chicago from where i am, not to bad actually</p>

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<p>WashU : ED - reach
Notre Dame - match
MIT - reach
UPennsylvania (Wharton) - high reach
Babson College - No idea… but if I haven’t heard of it, it’s probably a match/safety :stuck_out_tongue:
Saint Louis University - My cousin went there! :slight_smile: He really liked it too. It’s like right across the street from WashU. low match or safety
Georgetown - reach … maybe low reach</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the replies.</p>

<p>BTW I’m a first gen college student and come from a low income family <50K</p>

<p>WashU is not need blind, so my low income might not work to my advantage :(</p>