Chance me for Cornell (CALS), Syracuse (Newhouse), UNC, Northeastern, Northwestern (Medill)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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White male from upstate NY
School Type: Private

GPA: 3.61 W (the weighting at my school is very light and we can’t see unweighted GPA)
APs: AP Calculus AB (4), AP Spanish Literature (senior yr), AP Physics 1 (senior yr), AP Statistics (senior yr)
ACT: 34 composite (34 on english, science, and math. 32 on reading)
Pursuing major in Communication/Journalism
Pursuing career in Journalism

ECs:
Two years varsity football (might be a captain)
Two years varsity baseball
-Two years JV baseball
Two years on debate team (wasn’t fully established until soph. year, when I spent brief period at another school so I was unable to join)
Three years school newspaper
Two years yearbook club
Four years model UN
Participated in sports broadcasting camp each of past two summers
Took a creative writing course at Yale this summer
Took a journalism course at SUNY Purchase
Write for two sports websites outside of school

  • Three years writing for sub-site of SBNation
    -Two years writing for sub-site of Scout.com
    Wrote essay for TeenInk that was named Editor’s Choice

I’ll also add that in recent years that there have been kids at my school with similar range GPA and lower ACT that got into Cornell.

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Cornell - Reach
Northwestern - Reach
UNC OOS - Low reach/high match
Northeastern - High match/match
Syracuse - Match/Low match

I don’t think you can assume the same treatment as others from your school have received regarding Cornell admissions. The GPA is low for Cornell and Northwestern, as well as UNC and Northeastern.

But your ACT score is very strong. I think that helps your chances at some of the more score-conscious schools: I think it might give you a boost at Northeastern and would potentially help you at schools like Vanderbilt and Washington U in St. Louis, if you like them enough to apply.

3

I’m thinking about Vanderbilt, they do offer a lot for people interested in sports journalism. WashU really doesn’t have the curriculum I’m looking for, but thanks.

4

I disagree with the previous poster who said Syracuse is a match / low match while that may be true for general admissions Newhouse is one of the best schools for journalism and as such is tougher to get into than the school in general.