Background: African American
State: Maryland
School Type: International School (UK)
IB Predicted Grades
Chemistry HL - 5
Biology HL - 6
English Lang&Lit HL - 6
Bussiness SL - 5
Italian SL - 4
Math SL - 7
TOK - C
EE (Chemistry) - A
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SAT - M 690 READING AND WRITING 620 1310
Extracurricular:
Varsity soccer
Voluntary work
School Musical
School Drama
Major: Biomedical science
Choices
University of Maryland Baltimore County
University of Maryland College Park
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
UCLA
NYU
USC
University of Washington
Boston University
New York University
University of Texas at Austin
Fordham
UBC
University of Florida
Hey, I’m also an IB student,
since you don’t require financial aid, your chances to a lot of these places are increased! But your extracurriculars are vague, were you involved in drama and musicals for a long time or was it just a one time thing?
It was a one time thing. Do you think I will be accepted or rejected into these Unis?
I think you have good chances at University of Maryland (Baltimore and College Park), UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, NYU, Fordham, University of Florida and UBC.
UT Austin, USC, University of Washington and UCLA are reaches.
Since you have few extracurriculars, do well on your essays and make sure you show that varsity soccer was a huge passion of yours (some students with 2 or 3 activities only can get into huge schools, as compared to the average applicant with many).
Your grades are pretty good. Your SAT is a little low considering that you’re applying to UCs, BU, USC and NYU.
The 25th percentile in these universities is a little higher than your score.
I think the fact that you’re not applying for financial aid helps you a little bit with the UCs, but over the past few years they’ve been really picky with their choices.
Your ECs are a little vague; can you explain a little more so that we could know if they boost up your chances a little bit?
Other than that, the way I see it:
University of Maryland Baltimore County (Yes)
University of Maryland College Park (Yes)
UC San Diego (Tough, but still possible)
UC Santa Barbara (Tough, but still possible)
UCLA (Reach)
NYU (Tough, but still possible)
USC (Reach)
University of Washington (Yes)
Boston University (Tough, but still possible)
University of Texas at Austin (Yes)
Fordham (Yes)
UBC (Yes)
University of Florida (Yes)
Good luck!
Umbc, Fordham= likely
Umdcp, uscb, uf, bu, nyu = possible (50/50).
The others are unlikely but not impossible - Odds are very low.
If you wouldn’t be happy at umbc or fordham, some pretty good commonapp colleges still have 2/1 &2/15 deadlines, mostly without supplements, so look into it.
Your IB score will hurt you at some of these.