Chance an underachiever for ok/good schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Looking for chances on: UVA, Northeastern, UMDCP, UMBC, UNC, Villanova, Notre Dame, NYU, Boston University, U Rochester, Georgetown.
Asian-American
IB Student
Location: Maryland
Middle, perhaps upper-middle income bracket
Very competitive high school, we send multiple students (I think 10+) to ivies each year.
Stats
UW GPA 3.3 (Uptrend from a 2.2 in Freshmen year)
W GPA ??? (4.0x)
Basically had all honors classes, very few non honors,
10th grade - AP US - 4
11th - IB English, IB History, IB TOK, IB Economics(AP), AP Calc , IB Physics, IB Chinese. Took IB Econ SL, AP Macro/Micro, AP Calc, AP Lit, and Chinese SL. All should be fine except for Chinese SL and AP Lit.
12 schedule - IB English, IB History, IB TOK/East Asian History, AP Stat, IB Sociology, IB Physics 2, AP Psych
2010 SAT Score, newest results haven't come in yet
800 SAT II Math, 640 Lit (definitely retaking), 710 US History</p>

<p>EC's
NCHS 10th-11th
Crew - won bronze and gold
NMHS - 11th
Jiu-Jitsu - won 3 golds, 1 silver,
JROTC SSG 9-10th
JV Wrestling
Work Experience - building computers/computer repair (mainly involves replacing parts/installing drivers)
194 hours of community service - got an award for it.
Interning right now - biology at Georgetown
Worked on Audio Video Ministry for my Youth Group for 3 years. </p>

<p>Teacher Rec's probably not great, will see though. Maybe get a internship rec. </p>

<p>Essays: Unknown yet, will probably talk about change from a 2.2 to 3.3 due to Military school changing lives. </p>

<p>As of right now, what would you reccomend me to do?
So far, I am trying to raise UW GPA further, SAT higher by 150+ points, more Jiu-Jitsu medals (really enjoy jiu jitsu). Trying to write good essays with help of tutors.</p>

<p>Hooks: None?
I want to major in a business related area.
Thanks.</p>

<p>EDIT: Please give me why you selected the schools as match/safety/reach, don't give me that match-match-reach-reach chance me now link bs.</p>

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<p>bump </p>

<p>TTT
TTT</p>

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<p>I’m not really familiar with a lot of the schools on your list, so I’ll focus on the ones I do know about :)</p>

<p>UVA- low reach; I think you are qualified for this school, but they can be a little finicky when it comes to admissions</p>

<p>UMBC- match/safety;you fit right in with their range of SAT scores</p>

<p>UNC- match; this schools accepts a lot of students and your stats fit in with those students</p>

<p>Boston University- low reach; you could get in if your teacher recommendations were good or great.</p>

<p>Georgetown- reach; this is a very competitive school. In order to get in to this one you would have to write good essays and get good teacher recommendations</p>

<p>Good luck :)</p>

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<p>interesting list of stats. Your ECs on their own seem quite strong, but a 3.3 gpa (with 2.2 freshman) is a sizeable detriment for many of the schools you listed (Georgetown, ND, outta state UVA/UNC in particular.) It will still be a challenge to overcomes ofr the other schools on your list but given the difficulty of your schedule, you still stand a decent chance with your sat scores. I’d especially focus on NYU, it has a reputation for focusing on SATs far more heavily than gpa in admissions from what I hear (granted it will still be something of a reach. ) Being a liberal arts school, Rochester may look past the low gpa and more grealty value your strong EC’s and decent test scores. </p>

<p>Could you chance me back also?</p>

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<p>TTT
To the Top</p>

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<p>honestly i wouldnt apply to georgetown notre dame, and uva. unc will be very tough due to your gpa same with northeastern, and nyu.
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<p>Update: SAT is 2140, not too happy, but I will probably take the ACT, aiming for a 33-34. Still wondering chances, thanks.</p>

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<p>Might also look at Holy Cross very good school with fantastic business alumni network on Wall Street and corporate world. HC has very nice campus and is comparable to ND, Gtown, and Villanova.</p>

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<p>hm you have good ECs & decent testing but your gpa is a bit low. but you never know! most colleges look at the complete package!
Chance me?
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<p>will take a look at holycross thanks for the rec.</p>