Chance Me (Ohio State, Purdue)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’m a current high school senior who has applied EA to 4 schools: Ohio State, University of Cincinnati, Purdue University, and The Ohio State University.

My ranking is as follows:
Ohio State
UC
Purdue
Michigan

I have already gotten notified of my acceptance to Michigan, and while that is great I am really, really hoping to get into OSU and I wanted to get a feel for how good others think I look for that school.

Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Location: Ohio
School Type: large competitive public school
Major: Genetics (Biology at UC b/c they don’t have a genetics major)

ACT Breakdown
Highest Composite: 32
Superscore: 33
English: 35
Reading: 36
Science: 33
Math: 24 but I got it up to a 27 on my second sitting so that’s why my superscore is 33

I have gotten a 3 on AP US History, AP European History, and AP Composition exams. I am currently taking AP Statistics, AP Psychology, and AP Literature, much to my parent’s consternation. I took these classes because I am genuinely interested in the subjects.

Extra Curriculars
Vice President of both ASL Club and ASL Honor Society
Tutors students in ASL
Volunteer at local church for two years
Advocate for Deaf Awareness
Some involvement in GSA
Participation in HOSA for three years - won 3rd and 2nd place at the international level in the Medical Reading Competition
Brown Belt in Japanese Budo
Participation in Global Language Initiative Club

Senior Year Courses
AP Literature
AP Statistics
AP Psychology
Medical Interventions
Honors Anatomy & Physiology
Biomedical Innovations
College 101 (1 semester)

I also applied to the Morrill Scholarship Program and the University Honors Program at OSU. For the Morrill Essay on diversity, I wrote it from the perspective of my personal experiences being a deaf high school student with cochlear implants and my interest in languages through being taught by native speakers at my school. The University Honors essay asked me what fictional character I most relate to and I wrote mine on Hermione Granger. Perhaps not the most original character, but I feel like I justified my choice pretty well.

Anyway, any thoughts on my chances would be welcome, and thank you to anyone who took the time to read through all that.

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You’re most likely in. Don’t worry about it.

3

Ohio State - match/low match
Purdue - same
University of Cincinnati - safety

That’s Michigan State, right?

You’re almost certain to be admitted to UC, have an extremely high likelihood of being accepted to OSU or/and Purdue, especially with an EA application to OSU.

I would, however, check your Naviance. See what percent of students with your stats were accepted in each. So, if where you are sitting on the scattergram is mostly red, it’s a reach, if it’s more green than red it’s a match, and if you are almost entirely surrounded by green, it’s a safety.

I kinda grew up around MSU - my father was faculty there when I was young…

Good luck!!