Chance me for big state schools!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>PA Resident
Race: Black
Gender: Male</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8</p>

<p>SAT scores (Ugh):
1430/2400 OR 920/1600
CR: 480
M: 440
W: 510</p>

<p>Class Rank: 180/325
Junior Year class rank: 143/325</p>

<p>HS Type: Well known and academically respected Catholic HS in the Philadelphia area</p>

<p>EC's
-Marching band
-Drumline
-Percussion ensemble
-Private drumming lessons
-Wells Fargo College Bound program
-Semi-Pro baseball
-National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Summer 2011</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
-Student of the Month in Theology 2 times-Junior year
-Theology department award for being tied for highest Theology avg. in Class of 2013-Junior year
-First Honors (93 avg, No grade below 90)-3rd quarter of Junior Year
-Second Honors (88 avg, No grade below 85)-4th quarter of Junior Year
-Homecoming King-Senior Year (Also, I am my school's first black Homecoming King!)</p>

<p>Colleges:
Penn State-University Park (#1 Choice)
University of Delaware
University of Maryland-College Park
Temple University
UConn
University of Georgia
University of Central Florida
Florida State
Ohio State
Rutgers-New Brunswick</p>

<p>Schools I'm looking at:
University of Michigan
UNC-Chapel Hill</p>

<p>Schools I consider safeties:
University of Colorado-Boulder
Arizona State University
University of Arizona</p>

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<p>UCONN and Temple are pretty realistic, but i think that UM and UNC are a bit of a stretch</p>

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<p>@indy123 What are you talking about?</p>

<p>Normally I’d never even look on chance forums, but hey, why not.
@Futuredoctor For UConn, you need to raise your SAT score. The average accepted SAT for UConn is in the 1650s-1850s. Most of the kids accepted from my school (in state) were in the top 20% of the class and had 3.75 gpas. I know that state schools like OOS applicants, but you’d need to raise your SAT score, which you’ve already marked, and there’s nothing you can do about your class rank, even though it might (and I’m not saying this lightly, but I’m not trying to be mean either) hurt you. UConn is one of those schools that really looks at stats as a big indicator. That’s all I really have to offer. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I think UNC, UConn, and Michigan are a little out of the picture now, unless you can get your SAT up (which you probably can). Study before you take it next- a 1900 would be the minimum for UNC and Michigan, but I think your shots are decent at the other ones. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks guys! I know that SAT score is low, and I’ve been taking prep courses to help get me a better score. I also had the feeling that my class rank would hurt me a little, but it is what it is.</p>

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<p>Yep, best thing to do now is to concentrate on raising your SAT to at least 1600 -1700, then we can go from there.</p>

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<p>Take Michigan and UNC out of the picture. Don’t waste your money (No offense).
If you apply to those other schools, you’ll have at least a few choices.</p>

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<p>That’s my target range up there. If I get that, I’m sure I could get into all these schools except maybe UMich and UNC-CH</p>