Chance me please?

I’m currently a junior planning on applying to UMass Amherst, Boston U, UConn, Binghamton, Brandeis, and UNH. I’m thinking that BU and Brandeis are my definitive reaches.

GPA: 3.83 UW/4.15 W
SAT: 1340/1600 (may not submit)
ACT: 32
Class rank: at least top 10% (my school doesn’t report it, but my guidance counselor mentioned it a few months ago)
Class Rigor: 5 APs by the time I graduate - Lang, Lit, Psych, Latin, and Gov - and all honors classes otherwise.

ECs:

  • Officer/“leader” in school’s GSA (3 years - our advisor is fundamentally against hierarchies, which is difficult, but I’m extremely involved in this)
  • Staff member of literary magazine (4 years - might be an editor next year) - Latin Honor Society (school-specific and resulted from me having an A average for three years)
  • about 100 service hours so far (in various areas - mostly tutoring and volunteering at a nearby nursery school)

Awards:

  • 3 for National Latin Exam (maxima cum laude for two of those, don’t know what the third one is yet)
  • 2 of my school’s “Excellence in Foreign Language” awards
  • 1 for the Medusa Mythology Exam (as a freshman, although it was the lowest level award)
  • I’ll be receiving at least one more at a ceremony later in the week - I don’t know what it is yet.

I haven’t asked my teachers for letters of recommendation yet; I’m planning on asking my AP Lang teacher and my Latin teacher. I’ve gotten high grades in both their classes, and I think I’ve demonstrated that I’m very passionate about both subjects, as I plan on double majoring in Linguistics and Classics. I’ll have one from my guidance counselor, too, but it’ll most likely be very generic.

So that’s basically the story of my life. I think my weakness is a lack of extracurriculars, although I do put a ton of time and energy into the ones I am involved in.

You’ll definitely get into BU lol… my UW gpa is like a 3.3 and my ACT is a 29. Doesn’t seem like I have a chance…BU is my dream school and I would probably die if I got in. But you surpass their credentials! That shouldn’t be a reach for you…more like a target.

Why would any of these schools be your reaches??? I will help you find some reach schools but I think you can have “silent confidence” with Boston University and Brandeis!!

I think it’s absolutely correct to classify Brandeis (and to some extent BU) as a reach.