Chance me please for these colleges!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everybody!</p>

<p>All of these colleges I am very interested in and was wondering what the community thought about my chances of admission.</p>

<p>RPI
Northeastern University (College of Engineering)
Boston University (College of Engineering)
New York University (Economics)
University of Connecticut (Business)
Drexel (College of Engineering)
UMass Amherst (Engineering)
Lafayette
Skidmore
Fordham</p>

<p>Male
Half Chinese, Quarter English/Irish
Unweighted GPA: ~3.1 up to Jr. Yr, and a 3.3 for Sr Yr.
Weighted: Unknown
SAT Score: 1950 (1290 CR/M)
ACT Score: 30 Composite (35 Reading, 32 Math)</p>

<p>I go to a public school that is decently high in rank for the state of CT.</p>

<p>Sr Yr. I am taking AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, and Honors Modern Poetry</p>

<p>My grades so far are: AP Calculus AB = B, AP Psychology = A-, Physics = A-, Spanish Level 1 = B+, Expository Writing Level 1 = B+</p>

<p>My classes throughout Jr. Yr. were level 1 (the difficulty right before Honors/AP)</p>

<p>EC: JV/V Lacrosse, Rugby Club, ~100 hours of CS, JETS Team Secretary (Junior Engineering Technical Soceity), Vice President of a club against domestic violence, Robotics club member, and a bit more</p>

<p>Essay: My essay was pretty strong. It was about my "challenges" with society and their perspectives of my race (Chinese/English/Irish) and my overall outlook on diversity. Also mentioned that I can speak/write Chinese and play lacrosse/rugby.</p>

<p>Recommendations: Eh, one was from my physics teacher (it was alright but she isnt the best writer), the other was from my guidance counselor who just came to my school last year.. so she doesn't really know anyone that well but I assume she did her best to create a good image for me.</p>

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<p>I had 0 overlaps with you but from the history of acceptances at my own school:
NYU: reach. (Also, would you do NYU-Polytechnic? You seem to want engineering)
Northeastern: target
BU: target
UMass: target
Skidmore: target/reach (maybe more of a target if you’re a boy)
Fordham: safety
Drexel: safety.</p>

<p>It’s kind of hard to tell, and I’m an optimist, but you seem to have some good choices lined up. Northeastern will love that you did a lot of CS, and hopefully the engineering schools will acknowledge your EC’s…
I know nothing about RPI and Lafayette, so I can’t say… I imagine lafayette would be a reach…?</p>

<p>Your GPA is probably your weak point, but hopefully if your essays are good and you keep up your grades you will hear some good news!</p>

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<p>Thanks for your input!</p>

<p>Any more advice? Especially input on NEU and BU specifically (They’re favorites)</p>

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<p>You’ve got a solid shot at all these schools, in my opinion. SAT’s could use some work, but other than that, you’re looking good.</p>

<p>Best of luck. Would you chance me back, too?</p>

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<p>chinese fail!</p>

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<p>what do you mean?</p>

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<p>Bump! will chance back asap tonight</p>

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<p>RPI: low reach
Northeastern University (College of Engineering): match
Boston University (College of Engineering): match
New York University (Economics): low reach
University of Connecticut (Business): safety
Drexel (College of Engineering): match
UMass Amherst (Engineering): match
Lafayette: safety
Skidmore: safety
Fordham: safety</p>

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<p>I would say you have a good shot at most, and NU, BU, and NYU are reaches. Drexel’s a great undergrad school for engineering; my dad went there and was accepted to Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and Stanford for grad school. So you can’t go wrong really!</p>

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<p>Is there anything else I can do to win over admissions offices, specifically Northeastern? Should I contact them with questions to show my interest etc? I have already visited the school and love it. Also, my school doesn’t send Midterm grades, however I received an A- on my AP psych midterm and a B+ on my AP Calc AB midterm so I think that will boost my application a bit (my teachers say grades on these tests are a reflection of how well you may do on the AP exam, so I figure it will show I am ready for college courses), how/should I go about letting them know about these grades?</p>

<p><em>Still looking for some more evaluations for Chances on my other schools as well, I will chance back!</em></p>

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<p>Yes to Drexel, U Mass Amherst, Fordham, BU.
Possibly to Skid, UConn, NE
No to NYU, Lafayette</p>

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<p>Schomohawk, you seem to reply to many Chance threads with confidence so can anyone with strong understanding of these schools confirm what he is saying? </p>

<p>It seems everyones predictions are all over the place… I know im going to get into UCONN, however why do you say ill get into BU opposed to possibly NU?</p>

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<p>You’ll get into BU because your stats are OK and they have an acceotance rate of >50%.</p>

<p>NU had their highest # of apps ever this year-.46,000- they are harder to predict.</p>

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<p>RPI: I’m not too familiar with RPI, sorry
Northeastern University (College of Engineering): match
Boston University (College of Engineering): reach
New York University (Economics): reach
University of Connecticut (Business): match
Drexel (College of Engineering): match
UMass Amherst (Engineering): low reach
Lafayette: safety
Skidmore: safety
Fordham: safety</p>

<p>Your GPA is a bit low, but your ACT scores makes up for it. Your EC’s are up to standard for all these schools. Best of luck to you! Thanks for chancing me!</p>

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<p>Anyone have input on the idea I proposed a few posts ago about reaching out to NU/midterm grades?</p>

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<p>Tfleet: I’d say a definite YES to reaching out. It’s always a good thing to demonstrate interest in a school.</p>

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<p>I think matches, for most colleges. However, I think that Lafayette is more competitive than nOrtheastern, and BU…
is that true? </p>

<p>CHances please!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1099964-please-chance-me-i-will-do-same-thanks.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1099964-please-chance-me-i-will-do-same-thanks.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>from my knowledge, maybe / yes for BU, ehhh maybe for NYU / Northeastern, probably for UCONN drexel and the rest…</p>