Chance Me- Northwestern, Notre Dame, USC, U Chicago, Illinois, Michigan

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>College List:</p>

<p>Safeties:
Purdue
University of Illinois Chicago
Indiana
Marquette
Minnesota</p>

<p>Matchy-Reaches:
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin</p>

<p>Reaches:
Northwestern
USC
Notre Dame
U Chicago (big reach)</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: 33 (34 Superscore), 11 Writing
SAT (breakdown): C: 2020 R: 700 M: 700 W: 620 (Took this once, considering not reporting it)
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2: 650 Physics: 690 US History: 740 (probably only going to report US, maybe physics?)
GPA (5.0 Scale): 4.1
AP: AP US-5, AP Calculus AB-5, AP English Language-5
Senior Year Course Load (same for entire year):
1. AP Economics
2. AP Statistics
3. AP Spanish
4. AP English Literature
5. Honors Engineering Physics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Marching band 9-12 (Drum Major 12)
Symphonic Band 9-12 (Section Leader 11-12)
Jazz Band 9-12 (Illinois Music Education Association District selection)
Midwest Young Artists (Music Program 8-12)
National Honor Society 11-12
Model United Nations 10-12 (Writing Coach, Board Member 11-12, 1st place National HS MUN)
Peer Group Leader 12
Northwestern Campus Kitchens Volunteer 11-12
Track and Field 9-12
Cross Country 9-10
Library Summer Volunteer 7-11
Engineering Club 10</p>

<p>Other
State: Illinois
School Type: Public (2 to UPenn, 1 Stanford, 6 or 7 Northwestern, 3 U Chicago, 1 Princeton, 1 Georgetown, 2 USC 1 Notre Dame, a lot of other top-tier schools)
Ethnicity: White and Asian
Gender: Male
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
Professional Goals: Get MBA, work in finance or engineering</p>

<p>I've taken all honors/AP classes for my high school career, weighted GPA is just core subjects
I'm pretty content with my test scores/extracurriculars, but do I have the GPA to get into some of those reach schools?</p>

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<p>Illinois - low match
Michigan - match/high match
Wisconsin - match
Northwestern - high reach
USC - reach
Notre Dame - low reach/reach
U Chicago - high reach</p>

<p>And I think you’re right about all your safety schools.</p>

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<p>U Chicago and USC are high reaches for everyone.
Notre Dame is a low to mid reach
Northwestern is mid reach.
Your extra curriculars are good, see if you could get internships or something to differentiate yourself from other candidates.
Also, you should look into Georgia Tech! I know someone who went to Notre Dame but transferred to GT and she likes it a lot better!
Good luck! </p>

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<p>Are you talking about NHSMUN? Because if you are, and you weren’t in one of a few special committees, there aren’t any awards given. In fact, it’s one of the premier reasons why NHSMUN claims it’s an educational conference. </p>

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<p>@Aurelian Its a Delegation Award (for my school). I was chosen to speak at closing ceremonies, however. But yeah I also have individual awards at other conferences that I didn’t include (several Bests and Outstandings)</p>

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<p>@lahula521‌ lol USC is not a high reach unless you applying for film…</p>

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<p>@Oberyn I’m aware of that but not everyone can get into a college with a 17-20% acceptance rate. It’s a reach for a lot of people, but I suppose I should take back some of my words. Bakeland5 could probably get in, so I want to correct myself and say that it would be high match or low reach. </p>

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<p>Can you recalculate your GPA as uw 4.0 max scale. 4.1 wGPA in 5.0 scale is not informative for chancing.</p>