Chance me for NYU, Duke, BU, USC & More?

Hi there! Have submitted all of my apps just looking for some input! :slight_smile:

Colleges I’ve Applied to:
-NYU
-Duke (I know, definitely slim-to-none chance lol)
-USC
-Boston University
-University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
-UW-Madison
-George Mason University
-Mizzou
-Fordham

Home State: Illinois

ACT: C:31 (Reading:34, Math:26, English:35, Science:29)

Class Rank: 2/38

W GPA: 4.1
UW GPA: 3.86

School doesn’t offer AP classes, but I took all my classes junior and senior year through a dual-enrollment program at a nearby college, and was in the honors program (I completed extra projects with professors for honors credits-noted on college transcript) and honors society.

Activities:

Illinois Leadership Seminar Soph-Sr
-Chosen to attend seminar by guidance consular (Sophomore year)
-Selected to be on staff as media team for next semianr (Junior Year)
-Elected Alumni Media Director (Junior & Senior year)

Phi Theta Kappa (College for Dual-enrollment honor society) Jr-Sr
-Member both years at college
-Public Relations Officer (Senior year)

Football Fr-Sr
-JV team Captain
-“George Butler” leadership award winner (Senior Year)
-Only girl on high school football team (also wrote about this in my essay)

Basketball Fr-Sr
-JV Team captain
-“Pride, Hustle, and Desire” award

National Honor Society Soph-Sr

Student Council Soph-Sr

Awards not listed above:

“Best Solo of Day” IHSA Solo award-Sophomore
“Outstanding Sophomore” Award-Sophomore
Illinois State Scholar-Senior
NUIC all conference academic-Junior
Dean’s list (high honors) at College-Junior & Senior
High Honor Roll at High school-Freshman-Senior

Letters of Rec: from football coach, english teacher, and someone I volunteer with through Illinois Leadership Seminars. All should be very good.

Essay: talked about my experience as a girl football player and the obstacles and such I had to overcome to not only play the sport but be successful and accepted by my teammates.

Thanks in advance for your honesty! :slight_smile:

Pretty good profile for all of these schools besides Duke. BU might be a bit of a reach but if you wrote good essays you could get accepted

@doorrealthe thank you! and yes, I think my Boston supplement in specific was really good, I’ve been interested in the school for a long time, and I think I showed my passion for BU in my essay. Duke is the only school I applied to with an acceptance rate under 10%, but I’d figure I’d give it a shot anyways :slight_smile:

Update if anyone ever looks back:
-NYU: Waitlist :frowning:
-Duke: Denied
-Boston University: Denied
-University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign: Accepted w/ decent $
-UW-Madison: forgot to send in my ACT scores, application was closed
-George Mason University- Accepted
-Mizzou-Accepted
-Fordham-Accepted w/ good $