Chance me for OOS UWM Journalism

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Wisconsin
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Home State: Illinois

Major: Journalism

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

Class Rank: 3/36
(Top 8%)

W GPA: 4.11
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. Both 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!

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UW stands for U of Wisconsin MADISON. UWM stands for U of Wis MILWAUKEE. I assume you mean plain UW, the flagship campus.

Your stats are favorable.

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@wis75 oh yikes thanks for letting me know! I had no clue. I always saw it as UW-Madison so I figured it would be UWM haha.

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You’re likely to get in but don’t expect merit or financial aid beside the federal loans. So, the question becomes, can your parents afford the cost of UW out of pocket (from income and savings)?

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Your parents should NOT raid their retirement funds as well. They can never recover the funds for when they need them, while you can pay off loans. The big question will be- is it worth that much debt (presuming that you, like most, need financial aid) for a UW education compared to your cheaper options? Not likely. There is a reason so many top tier students go to college in state.