Hi I’m a current junior who is going to apply for the class of 2021 and I just wanted to know about my chances at the following schools.
Here’s some basic info on me:
Private catholic all male school in MD. 3.72/4.00 UW GPA 4.22/4.50 W GPA. 2180 on old SAT (760 CR, 720 W, 700 M) and a 33 composite on act (36 r, 33 w, 32 m 31 sci). for sat IIs 740 US history, 760 Chem, 750 lit, 740 Spanish.
Will graduate having taken ap euro, apush, ap Lang, ap lit, ap Chem, ap bio, ap Spanish, ap calc Ab, and ap psych.
Senior year course load: ap bio, ap psych, ap calc ab, ap Spanish, ap English lit, honors theology iv.
ECs: 4 seasons varsity soccer, 4 seasons varsity indoor track, 4 years of baseball 3 varsity one JV. Will be Captain of all three senior year. President and cofounder of young men for change basically bring in speakers to talk about what it means to be a man in today’s society. Class vp 4 years in a row. A few national honor societies. Acapella group for my school 4 years. Work outside of school. Tutor kids in Spanish.
Not applying for financial aid and am a URM (Hispanic). Undecided on major probably something in science likely bio or Chem
The list:
Reaches:
Duke (thinking ED here but not positive will visit campus again early fall)
WashU
Dartmouth (mom forced it on me)
Vanderbilt
Georgetown
Northwestern
Notre dame (dad forced it on me)
Matches:
Emory (not sure if low reach or high match)
University of Southern California (not sure if low reach or high match)
Villanova
Northeastern
Boston university
University of Miami (low match?)
Safeties:
UMD college park (in state)
Loyola Maryland
Elon
Thank you so much any advice is greatly appreciated.
Duke, Dartmouth, NU and Vanderbilt are reaches. Duke and Dartmouth are probably higher reaches than Vandy and NU. Applying ED to Duke can make a significant difference!
You have a decently balanced list of schools. USC has become very competitive recently with admissions below 20%. It is definitely a higher match. Anyway, your academics are pretty good, aside from your GPA which is low for your reach schools. Your EC are a bit weak; they lack any proprieties. If you’re interested in going into science consider conducting research at a local university or something along those lines. Colleges like to see you are passionate about something. Being Hispanic will give you a slight bump, but I don’t know if enough for your reaches. Good luck.
@dnstudent26 thank you for your feedback I know my gpa is a bit low I do have reasons why but I’m not going to mention them because I don’t want to sound like I’m making excuses. Yeah USC I wasn’t sure if it was a low reach I think that’s what I will consider it as they have a great 5 program in OT so that would definitely be one of my top choices if I got in but I’m not counting on it. I really do like all my matches and as for safeties I like them all but would definitely have zero issues attending UMD as its a good school and instate so I’m not too worried if I get shut out at my reaches.
I had your exact same test scores and got into Georgetown EA. Its an amazing school, but as with any school, the essays are what make you or break you. I felt as thought my scores weren’t perfect, so I worked hard on perfecting my essays. If you have any questions about Georgetown or the admissions process, feel free to ask!
FYI i got deferred and waitlisted and rejected from ND with those scores, and i worked twice as hard on those essays. ND might be a reach for you. I didn’t apply to Duke or any ivies bc I thought I was out of range, but you could be a good candidate if the rest of your application is really strong
I applied to Northeastern and got scholarship money with those scores, and Villanova was my safety (I got honors college but no money). You should look into Boston College for a match and Fordham for a safety, I applied to both and loved both
@c0llegeb0und thank you for all the help. I will definitely look into Fordham. I figured Villanova was more of a match because with their recent national championship I thought more people would apply and thus more competition. I think duke is out of my reach as well but I can hope right?