Chance for Penn State, Indiana, and more!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi,
Academics-
-3.5 GPA
-23 ACT
-1100 SAT
-1 Honors Class

Academic Achievements-
-National Honor Society
-Spanish National Honor Society
-Honor Roll

Extracurriculars-
-Started a successful non-profit charity!! (Was in newspapers, TV, and recognized at a government meeting and received a proclamation)

  • Also received numerous awards for my charity work
    -Blood Drive (2 Years)
    -Habitat for Humanity (4 Years)
    -State Qualifier DECA (3 Years)
    -FOP (Volunteering) (3 Years)
    -Key Club (Volunteering) (3 Years)
    -BBYO
    -Ronald McDonald house club (2 Years) (Volunteering)

Leadership-
-President and Founder of a non-profit charity
-Executive Board member and publicist for Habitat for Humanity

Jobs/Letters of Rec/Essay-

  • Worked at a Chiropractic Office for (4 years)
  • Counselor at a sleepaway camp (1 year)
  • Great Essay
  • 3 great rec’s

COLLEGES-

  • Penn State (Willing to go summer session)
  • Indiana (Early Action)
  • Alabama
  • Florida State (Willing to go summer session)
  • Syracuse
  • Uconn
  • Michigan State
  • Arizona
  • Virginia Tech

***Please tell me if the schools are matches, reaches, or safeties. Any other recommendations of schools would be great.
THANK YOU!!!

2

Most are reaches, you have good EC, but not enough to make up for that low a score.

3

The ECs are good but the test score is way too low. I would say the schools that you applied to are reach schools.

4

Most are reaches, in particular because most have admissions heavily geared toward a GPA x curriculum rigor x sat score system - not your strong points.
You have a shot at Alabama, depending on what major you applied for.
At Penn state you’ll likely be offered a branch campus (likely a commuter one) - did you
you should apply to holistic admissions schools that’ll take your EC’s into account. Hiram even has scholarships and a special honors program for students with significant involvement and achievements in one activity.
Other possibilities include Gustavus Adolphus (reach), Millsaps, Flagler, Gannon, Keystone, Capital Ohio, Doane, Linfield.
Run the NPC on these to see if they’re affordable.
You have a shot at UCincinnati, Bowling Green, PASSHE schools in PA, UBaltimore, U Maine Farmington, SUNY Oswego, SUNY Plattsburgh, USC Upstate, UNC Charlotte, Kennesaw State, UWF, FAU, FIU, Southern Mississippi, perhaps UMissouri Columbia (main), Northern Arizona University.
In addition, what’s your budget?