Chance me for Georgetown, NYU Stern, BC, Villanova, and others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’ll chance back!

If anyone could label each of the following schools as a reach, match, or safety and add any other comments would be great!

Georgetown
Villanova
Boston College
Northeastern
NYU
George Washington
Bentley
Binghamton SUNY

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1460 (790M/670R&W)(7/6/7 Essay) retaking in October

SAT II: Physics: 790, Math II: 770,
Math I: 720, Chem: 650

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.7/100 UW

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A

AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Gov, AP micro/macro, BC Calc, AP Physics, Accounting, 2 half year English classes

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Only small school awards

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
School/Club Soccer
School Baseball
FBLA
Youth Court
Best Buddies
Entrepreneurs Club (Treasurer)
Stock Market Club (Founder/President)
Non-profit website to encourage/teach kids to exercise and eat healthy (Treasurer)

Job/Work Experience: multiple summer camps, two summers at local minor league baseball stadium as cook/dishwasher

Volunteer/Community service: tutoring at my school and at this organization that helps kids with disabilities play and enjoy sports

Summer Activities: work/soccer/volunteering

Essays: Will be pretty good

Teacher Recommendation: one will be excellent and one will be average

Counselor Rec: nervous about this because my school only has kids talk with their counselor like once a year so our counselors don’t know kids on a personal level

Additional Rec: pretty good from soccer coach

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
I’m a white male in business (so no)

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Georgetown- reach
Villanova- low reach/ high match
Boston College- match
Northeastern- reach
NYU- low reach
George Washington- low reach/ high match
Bentley-??
Binghamton SUNY-??

I don’t know a ton about all of these colleges and unfortunately coming from new york where there are so many good applicants you don’t seem to have a real draw so my suggestion is to write really memorable essays. Be genuine, funny, and unique that should help. I think you have a shot at all of these and will get into a couple

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@drewharrahill
Do you really think that GW and Villanova are low reaches considering that my SAT score is at their 75 percentile?

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With that in mind maybe not. Like I said, I’m not too familiar with all these schools

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Everyone should also know that I’m applying to the business schools. I’m applying EA to Georgetown, Villanova, BC, and Northeastern.

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Georgetown- reach
Boston College- match
Northeastern- match
NYU- low reach/match
George Washington -match

You SAT is very high and you are a very well rounded student. I do not think you will have a problem getting into most of those schools with the exception of Georgetown, but nothing a good put together application cannot do. Good luck.

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Senior Courses look good, tests look pretty good, ECs seem strong

Georgetown- reach
Villanova- match
Boston College- match
Northeastern- I don’t know a whole lot about it, so I can’t really say.
NYU- high match/low reach
George Washington- match
Bentley-?
Binghamton SUNY-?

Sorry, schools around the Mid-Atlantic region are the one’s I’m more familiar with, along with a few in the Northeast.
Good luck.

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You should have a good chance at all the schools with Gerogetown being a reach. However you have a solid academic record, good SAT score, and great EC’s so applying to Gerogetown will not be a huge reach! A good essay will make your application look even better. I would apply to all the schools.

Good Luck.

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Georgetown is the only one that looks as if it may be a reach, and it definitely isn’t even much of a reach.

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I think you have an excellent chance to get into all of these schools!

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Your stats seem pretty good, especially if you raise that SAT score

Georgetown: low reach
Villanova: safety
Boston College: match
Northeastern: higher safety/ low match
NYU: match
George Washington: higher safety/ low match
Bentley: safety
Binghamton SUNY: safety

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Georgetown - low reach
Villanova- low match/safety
Boston College- match
Northeastern- match
NYU- low reach/high match
George Washington- low match/safety
Bentley- don’t know
Binghamton SUNY- don’t know

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Try to find a way to not send in Math 1 and Chem scores. I don’t think you need to retake test for Georgetown (the only one that might be reach)… just make sure your essay is on point

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Georgetown- low reach
Villanova -match
Northeastern-match
Boston College- match
George Washington University- low match
NYU-match
Bentley- high safety
Binghamton SUNY- Safety

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Georgetown- low/mid reach (don’t you need 3 high score SAT IIs?)
Villanova- match
Boston College- match
Northeastern- low reach
NYU- low reach
George Washington- match/safety
Bentley- not familiar
Binghamton SUNY- not familiar

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Georgetown: reach
Villanova: high safety
Boston College: low reach (too many recruited athletes)
Northeastern: low reach (getting harder each year)
NYU: reach (match if you don’t apply to stern)
George Washington: low match
Bentley: safety
Binghamton SUNY: safety

If you can get your SAT score to 1520+, you should be pretty set

Chance (roast) me back!!!
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/19834859#Comment_19834859

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Georgetown - low reach
Villanova- match
Boston College- high match
Northeastern- match
NYU- low reach (b/c Stern)
George Washington- low match
Bentley- ?
Binghamton SUNY- ?