Chance me? Northeastern, Brown, UPenn, Providence Coll., Rutgers, Gettysburg, Univ. Of Michigan

Chance Me / Match Me!
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White
Female
Middle class
Applying for: Major: Neuroscience / Dual Major/ Minor: Theatre
GPA: weighted: 4.0 unweighted: 3.5
AP’s: 6
APUSH Score: 4. AP Eng. Lit. Score: 4
SAT: 1970

EC:
Jobs: Referee K-2nd graders (for one fall season), currently a Lifeguard at a day camp for one full Summer (working approx. 40 hours per week), currently a Hostess at a restaurant during the fall/winter/spring

Volunteer Service: Set up and take down of Senior graduation, set up and take down of 8th grade graduation, worked the Senior dinner night at my school, was a Tour guide for 2 Open Houses at my current High school, I am a member of my school’s Key Club (we do volunteer services), and a member of my school’s Habitat for Humanity program, I helped with the set-up and take down of my town’s Relay for Life walk (for 2 years in a row), I volunteered to do Stations of the Cross at my Church, I helped out with my school’s 8th grade theater production for 2 years, I participated ina walk to raise money for starving children in Ethiopia, I am a member of my School’s Select Chorus and we volunteer to sing at Funerals as well as community events, I aided in my school’s Book Swap (brought books and supplies to different teachers), I also volunteered at a MS Center to aid in the organization of an MS Event, and I also recently did a run to help find a cure for MS.

Extracurricular Activities: I played on a travel soccer team my Freshman year, my Sophmore through Junior year I switched to a different travel soccer team (I was a starter on defense), I also play Soccer for my High School team (I played 2 years on JV and 2 years on Varaity), I played Basketball for my school my Freshman year of high school, I have done all of my school’s shows (we do about 2 a year, one drama and one musical), I was in my local college’s Equity production, I was a member of my town’s Theater program for 8- 18 year olds for 5 years (in which I received many lead roles), and I have been taking Voice lessons for 7 years.

Awards/ Certificates: Book Award ( I was awarded a Scholarship to a college for my academic achievements), I have my Lifeguard Certification, I also have my Basic Life Support Certification, I am going to be one of the head counselors on a Christain retreat I am going on in the Winter, I also received an Academic Award from my school for my improvement in my math class

Skills/ Achievement: I am a member of both National Honors Society, as well as Spanish National Honors Society

Athletic Achievement: I played on JV for 2 years ( the second year I was the Captain), now I am on Varsity for my second year

Leadership: One of the Head Counselors for a Retreat in the winter, Head Producer for my school’s play organization (an executive staff leadership position), was selected to attend a retreat run by adults from our school (on,y a select few are asked to go), Selected to go on a Leadership Retreat outside of school ( only 5 people from our school were selected to go), and I was the Captain of my JV Soccer team.

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Both your GPA and SAT score are low for UMich. It would be a reach even for in state.

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Brown, Penn and Michigan are out of range. You may wanna substitute with BC, Holy Cross, Bucknell, Lehigh, Dickinson, Lafayette types. Muhlenberg would be a good addition.

I assume you are from NJ so is TCNJ an option?

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I agree with the above post. You would need a large hook to get into B, P and M with those scores, and even then, I am not sure if they would bend so much. Concentrate on some other schools and develop more legitimate safety schools.

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Brown, UPenn, and Michigan were my reach schools, and no, I did not want to go to TCNJ because they don’t have one of the subjects I want to major in.

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With an SAT score of under 2000, i think those are a bit more than reach schools. Unless you have some other unique and amazing quality, schools like UPenn and Brown are way out of the question. Michigan is also going to be a far reach, so if you want a shot at any of these schools, you will probably have to bring up you sat by a 100+ points.

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I was planning on taking the SAT again in October. I am currently taking SAT classes.

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For UMich, SAT score is not the only problem. It is near impossible to bring up your GPA to the admission range in one semester. The admission average is 3.85. Mid 50 SAT this year is 2040-2280.