Chance Me, applying to numerous colleges varying in selectivity

Chance Me / Match Me!
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About Me:

  • Male
  • Junior
  • Mexican American
  • Ohio Resident

Academics:

  • UW GPA: 3.88
  • W GPA: 4.24
  • School does not rank students (Top 10%, Top 100 schools in Nation, Class of 170)
  • SAT I
    • M: 710
    • W: 730 (essay: 9)
    • CR: 580
      (taking again in March along with ACT, SAT II coming later)
  • PSAT
    • M: 690
    • W: 780
    • CR: 680
  • AP
    • 10: US History 4
    • 11: English Language, Calculus AB, Physics 1, US Government, Studio Art 2D
    • 12: English Literature, Calculus BC, Biology, (potential Environmental Science?)

Awards:

  • anticipating National Merit Commended
  • Ohio Youth Governors Art Show
  • anticipating Rotary Student for September 2015

Extracurriculars:

  • Cross Country (3 years) (9-11)
  • Swimming and Diving (4 years Varsity, Senior Captain)
  • Tennis (2 years) (11-12)
  • Drama Program (4 shows, including Ensemble and Lead Roles) (10-12)
  • Select Choir member (3 years) (10-12, Composed pieces performed by choir)
  • Marching and Concert Band (4 years) (Grade Representative, Field Commander, Percussion and Oboe)
  • Student Government (3 years) (10-12, Grade Representative, Executive Vice President)

Volunteer Experience:

  • High School weekly Math Tutor (50 mins/wk)
  • District Writing Tutor (taking a class next year that allows me to do this year round)
  • Cleveland Clinic Summer Youth Ambassador (75 hrs/summer)
  • Key Club Member (12)

Work Experience:

  • Summer Lifeguard (2013-present)
  • Swim Lessons Instructor (2015-present)

Planning on applying to:

Columbia
Penn
Georgetown
Middlebury
Pitzer
Pomona
UT Austin
Ohio State
BU
UVA

FIRST POSTING ON CC, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESPONSES APPRECIATED

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Columbia - Reach
UT AUSTIN - Low Reach
BU - safe

Your profile seems competitive. ECs and GPA are good, but yeah, SAT 1 scores are average, if you do manage to get a higher ACT or SAT score in your second sitting, I think you do have a great chance at all of these colleges. Best of luck.

Chance me?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1744008-chance-me-ill-do-it-back.html#latest

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bump

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Good shot at all those schools except Columbia and Penn. In my opinion, gotta have higher SAT for those schools.

chance back?

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1749271-chances-for-nyu-stern-ed.html#latest

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Columbia-reach
Penn-reach
Georgetown-high match
Middlebury-idk
Pitzer-idk
Pomona-match
UT Austin-match
Ohio State-safety
BU-safety
UVA-match
Columbia ,penn and Georgetown will be more comfortable if you improve those sat scores and I really don’t know much about pitzer and Pomona

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Thank you!

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Columbia-reach
Penn-reach
Georgetown-high match/low reach
Middlebury-?
Pitzer-?
Pomona-match
UT Austin-match
Ohio State-safety school
BU-match
UVA-low reach (OOS)

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FYI, Pomona has announced that this year’s acceptance rate will be below 10%. Hard to call a school with a single digit acceptance rate a match. Work on getting those SAT’s up; you may find you do better on the ACT. Pitzer is test optional. Best wishes.

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Unless you appreciably improve your standardized test results, all of these undergraduate schools (except OSU and possibly UT and BU) are reaches.

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Columbia: Reach
Penn: Reach
Don’t worry, I think Ivy Leagues are reaches for anyone, really!

UT Austin: Match
Ohio State: Match
I believe you could definitely get into both of these schools.

You’re doing great. Keep it up! Make sure you tell us if your SATs improve!

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Psh results from second sitting of SAT
CR: 620
M: 740
W: 710 (9)
Honestly thought I hit this one out of the park so muy frustrating. Also will be taking ACT so those results should be fun (not).

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Also might as well refresh the list of schools

OSU
COLUMBIA
PENN
MIDDLEBURY
GEORGETOWN
UVA
BU
NORTHEASTERN

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I see you took out UT- Austin. Good move. It is extremely competitive for out of state students. Even for Hispanic students as Texas has plenty of Latinos. Please consider your financial situation in developing your list. A school has to also economically be feasible for your family.

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  1. Ohio State, BU, and Northeastern: matches
  2. The remainder: Reaches (perhaps far reaches)
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OSU: Match
COLUMBIA: High Reach
PENN: High Reach
GEORGETOWN: Mid to Low Reach
UVA: Low Reach, High Match
That SAT has to come up a lot. Specifically the critical reading; most of these schools will have a tough time justifying a 580. Bring it up to a 680 and you’re in way better shape

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Also could you chance me my man? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1776265-chance-me-vandy-nd-nmsqt-some-others.html#latest

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Columbia and penn are stretches but all the rest seem fine.

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@collegeman44 actually this is an old thread haha can you do the other one?