<p>I’d say Cornell is your largest reach because they look at all scores, and frankly, some of yours are not good. </p>
<p>Cornell: High Reach
Columbia: High Reach
Harvard: Reach
Vanderbilt: Low Reach, High Match? I know two kids from my school who got in with
3.35s but they had SATs > 2340
UNC Chapel Hill: High Match
Emory: High Match. Emory is kind of random, so is UNC though.
Wake Forest: Match
UMiami: Safety</p>
<p>Harvard’s gonna be a high reach, no matter the legacy. A 35 on the ACT is good, but I’ve had friends score 35/36s on the ACT and get rejected from Duke. Raise your SAT II scores. Try to raise your GPA. And make sure you can write a pretty freaking stellar essay.</p>
<p>Okay, thank you all! Any more opinions from others? :)</p>
<p>opinions??</p>
<p>I think some of the other ivies besides Harvard are out of reach for you due to your GPA, but a triple legacy at Harvard will help you a great deal. UNC, Emory, and Vanderbilt are high match, while Wake Forest is a match and UMiami a low match/safety. Just my input.</p>
<p>Feel free to chance me if you can! Good luck!</p>
<p>Okay, thank you so much silogram. More opinions are gladly welcome!</p>
<p>Eh. Your triple legacy and ACT help your application. Your EC’s are solid too. However, admissions has stated over and over that your transcript is the most important part of the application. 3.46 could be what does you in…</p>
<p>I’m trying to bring my GPA up! Thanks!</p>
<p>Out of UNC, Emory, Vanderbilt, and Wake Forest what would you all rank them?</p>
<p>Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t a legacy only considered when it was the applicants mother or father and not uncle/grandfather/cousin/babysitter/etc. So OP only has single legacy. I would work on getting 750+ on your subject tests as other posters have stated. But in order to get into some of the ivies you listed you are going to have to write one hell of an essay to make up for that GPA.</p>
<p>Alright, it sounds like the thing that I can change the most is my Subject Tests, so I’ll work on those (and my GPA of course)!</p>
<p>More opinions are always welcome :)</p>
<p>Thanks for chancing me btw!!! Anyways, your stats are amazing and will give you a great chance at all of these schools, but the fact you are a legacy for Harvard puts you above and beyond!! Just make sure your application is golden and you’re most like going to get in!</p>
<p>****likely</p>
<p>I don’t remember the rules for legacy for Harvard College, but the uncle, I’m pretty sure does not count. In order to make it into the legacy pool for consideration, at many schools, and I don’t know the rules for H of the top of my head, it has to be a parent graduating from the College, not a professional or graduate program. My niece and nephew get Zero consideration as legacies with a mother being a Harvard Business School Graduate, as she did not go to Harvard or Radcliffe Colleges. </p>
<p>Also, your GPA is very low. I don’t even know any legacies with very good scores, without some real hook getting accepted with those grades. So for H, I don’t think your chances are good at all. They are downright bad, As they are for most people who apply there.</p>
<p>You don’t have a single school that will certainly take you, and I am assuming your family can pay the full freight. I suggest you focus on schools that are sure things to round out that list. It’s so easy and fun to cherry pick those schools that have the name recognition. The true challenge in compiling a good college list is to find a sure thing that meets what your academic and personal needs are. Pretty tough to do when you clear away the razzle dazzle. Many kids find out that the flash is the most important thing to them. But anyways, look for some good schools that are also sure things for admissions for you.</p>
<p>I do not know at Harvard but UMiami considers grandfathers as legacy. Uncles no (but you can add somewhere as fluff).</p>
<p>Yeah. The GPA is really low for these schools, particularly there is not many AP classes either.</p>
<p>Well my school doesn’t offer many AP classes. And this year I’m taking an AP exam for a class that my school doesn’t even offer.</p>
<p>Do you all think that my test scores and extracurriculars (and demonstrated leadership in them) might possibly offset my GPA?</p>
<p>bump bump bump!</p>
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