Hi I’m a high school senior and have just finished submitting all my applications to schools and I was hoping someone would chance me for the schools I applied to.
Colleges I applied to:
Providence college
Loyola University Maryland
Boston College
Northeastern
Boston University
University of Maryland College Park
Ithaca College
University of San Diego
American University
Ohio State University
Georgetown
Ethnicity: Ecuadorian ( I have dual citizenship)
Gender: Male
Major: Biochemistry or Neuroscience at the schools where it is offered
ACT: 33
SAT: 2030 one sitting (700 R, 680 W 650 M) or 2130 superscore (740 R 700 W 690 M)
SAT II: 730 biology M, 730 Chem, 780 spanish w/ listening 760 latin
AP: Lang (5), US History (4), Chem, Econ, Spanish, and Lit I plan on taking this spring
My school doesn’t rank but I’d guess top 15%
GPA: 3.62/4.00 unweighted 4.20/4.50 weighted
I have taken all honors classes -including 6 APs- besides my one art graduation requirement and theology senior year
Also my school is a highly competitive private catholic school
Essays: everyone that read them said they liked it so I hope the admissions people do too
Recommendations:
Teacher 1: 10/10 ( I had him for 3 three years he loved me and I excelled in his class)
Teacher 2: 9/10 ( I had him my freshman and junior year and we were close)
Counselor rec: 7/10 he barely knows me but its hard to when the ratio of students to counselors is 100:1
Senior Year courseload:
Honors Calc
AP Micro and Macro Economics
AP Literature and Composition
AP Chemistry
Theo IV
AP Spanish
Video Design I
Extracurriculars:
Varsity Indoor Track ( 4 seasons as a varsity runner captain senior year)
Varsity Outdoor Track ( 4 seasons as a varsity runner captain senior year)
Varsity Soccer (2 years freshman and sophomore years)
Varsity Cross Country (2 years as a varsity runner and captain senior year)
NHS member
SADD member ( Students against destructive decisions 4 years)
Club soccer (every year since 6th grade captain for multiple seasons)
I work during the year at a target
Camp Counselor during the summer
100+ volunteer hours per year
Cofounder of a non-profit that helps foster kids become successful when they age out of the system (i.e. gives scholarships and stuff like that) we’ve raised 400,000 $ since it launched 6 months ago and are potentially looking at a lot more
Hobbies/ leisurely activities:
I play guitar and ukulele (used to take guitar lessons)
write song lyrics
Hooks:
URM, big time legacy at BC (everyone on my dad’s side of the family besides one cousin and everyone on my mom’s side of the family besides her)
Other:
State: MA
Applied for financial Aid?: No
Notes:
I know Georgetown is a reach for everyone but do I have a chance at getting in there?
Providence college safety
Loyola University Maryland safety
Boston College Match
Northeastern Match
Boston University low match
University of Maryland College Park low match
Ithaca College
University of San Diego safety
American University low match
Ohio State University match
Georgetown low reach
imo, you have a great chance for all of these schools. Most are safeties/matches. Boston University, Northeastern, and Georgetown are probably the only schools which you MIGHT not get in. You have good ECs which shows you passion for sports and your non-profit sounds interesting. Georgetown is the only reach but you seem qualified enough to get in. Good Luck!
Except georgetown, I think that you should probably get in everywhere. I have heard that georgetown is pretty competitive, so I don’t know about that. Your ECs are really impressive. If you’re good at sports, why didn’t you try to get recurited?
@PureMathIsFun because I’m a good high school athlete but not good enough to compete in college and I wouldn’t want to be recruited even if I was at that level. I play sports because I love to not because I thought they might take me places. Sports for me was always a fun thing to do, I’ll probably play intramural but nothing too competitive after high school.
I was accepted to Northeastern for Finance and you seem like a great candidate for that school. That is a perfect match. I would seriously consider it. ACT looks good and at least will have you in the running for Georgetown. Its looking good for all of your schools. Best of Luck and thanks for chancing me!
Your resume is pretty dang good. You take a lot of hard classes. The only thing that would stop you from getting into either G-Town or BC is your GPA, but I think you have a pretty good shot.
i think you can get into all of the schools with Georgetown being a little harder. Your gpa is the only thing that’s holding you back from that school. Other than that your application is really solid.
Providence college: You’ll get in
Loyola University Maryland: You’ll get in
Boston College: Maybe. I think this is a high match but you have a good chance
Northeastern: Good shot here. I think you’ll get in
Boston University: You’ll probably get in
University of Maryland College Park: Don’t know well
Ithaca College Probably
University of San Diego: Probably
American University: I don’t know
Ohio State University: You’ll probably get in
Georgetown: Reach
Providence College: Safety (I applied too!)
Loyola University Maryland: Safety
Boston College: High match
Northeastern: Reach
Boston University: Match
University of Maryland College Park: Match
Ithaca College: Safety:
University of San Diego: Match
American University: High match
Ohio State University: Match
Georgetown: Reach
I am doing this based on university averages and what I know from Naviance at my school.
Providence college - Dont know enough about
Loyola University Maryland - Safety
Boston College - High Match
Northeastern - Match
Boston University - Match
University of Maryland College Park - Safety
Ithaca College - Dont know enough about
University of San Diego - Safety
American University - Safety / Match
Ohio State University - Safety / Match
Georgetown - Based on school average and considering that you are a URM I would guess that you would get in. But then looking at my schools naviance graph the average is around a 3.9 and 35 which are the same kids that get into HYPS, so I am not really sure what to say on this one.
I go to Ohio State University and I’m like 99% sure you’ll get in. I’m also Ecuadorian and didn’t have as many extracurriculars as you and I got in! As for the other schools, I’m pretty sure you have a very strong chance in getting in as well, even Georgetown. Is that your first choice? Good luck!
Your test scores are all great and that urm status will help. Only downside is uw gpa, but I still think you’ll get into all of your choices, except maybe Georgetown. Good luck!
Gerogetown I think you have a solid chance! It could go either way, maybe veering slightly positively because your SAT IIs are very good. the rest you’ll likely get into the only other possible difficult to estimate school would be Boston College but they care about legacy so honestly you’re likely set. If you wrote your essay about dual citizenship/caught between two worlds it’s not bad by any means but is sort of an expected topic. Being from Ecuador is interesting and would make a lot of universities interested as you can likely make the campus slightly more diverse and integrated (which is really important considering a true lack of exposure to other cultures many american students have).
