Chance Me: Roast me pls i need a reality check before i send my college apps

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I was wondering what my chances were for the schools above given my current standing in highschool
USC IYA is my top top top choice rn

GPA: 3.7 ish UNWEIGHTED
SAT scores: 1340 and 1300, superscore: 1350 with 670 in Math and 680 in R/W
Act scores: 30 and 29, superscore: 31 with 32 math, 27 english, 33 reading, and 30 science.
Aps: Ap Environmental Science(3), APUSH (3), APLANG (5), and currently taking AP Calc AB, AP Stat, Ap Macroeconomics, and AP Lit

Extra-Curriculars:

  1. Varsity Swim team Captain (4 years on team)
  2. Advertising Internship at Red Fuse Communications over the summer (1 month long and I worked on actual briefs for real life companies and organizations)
  3. Outside swim team (5+ years)
  4. Currently a Digital marketer for a coding class run by students
  5. ARISTA NHS member
  6. I have a porfolio of art for USC IYA and Upenn but i’m going to submit to other schools that’ll take it

Teacher Recommendations: Physics Teacher and APUSH Teacher (and i think my art teacher is writing me one even though i didn’t ask her for one ?)
Outside Recommendations: My boss from my internship i love her shes the best. (i asked for specific emphasis on my design, teamwork skills, and overall good work ethic and focus specifically on how I’m a fit for USC and schools like that.)
Essay: Average? idk i think its a good essay to me
Race: Asian
High School rank/prestige: Specialized high school so i think it does have some name to it
Gender: Boy

Intended Major: Business/Marketing(advertising) but not 100% dead set on it
I’m a NYC student but my 100% top choice is USC IYA so I’m not sure if that puts me at a disadvantage or not
School I’m applying to: USC IYA, NorthEastern, UMich, BU, BC, NYU, UPenn, Syracuse, Bing, Cornell,

thanks and pls dont roast me too hard I’m already dead from college apps

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Grades and test scores are not the level for Ivies. I might apply to a couple of safer safes instead of your top reaches.

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You aren’t getting into Michigan, Penn, Cornell with your combination of scores and GPA. I’d drop them.

Be sure your boss doesn’t mention specific schools in her recommendation.

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ahh I see… I’ll still apply just for wishful hope but I’ll expect a rejection. Also thanks for the information about the rec, I’ll make sure she doesn’t!

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You should add some true safeties that you’d be thrilled to attend. If you’re not full pay, these should be financial safeties, too.

You’re a swimmer. Are you good enough to swim in college? Have you talked to coaches at any of your schools? If you’re a top athlete, this will give you a boost in the admissions process and may offset your SAT scores.

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ah i do have some safeties but i didnt put them on this list because I didn’t want to make everythin gtoo cluttered. Also, i’m not a top top swimmer but idk if im good enough to swim in college… I do swim in psal a champs tho

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Syracuse and Bing: low match.

Bu, BC, and Northeastern: high match

USC IYA, UMich, NYU: Reach

UPenn, Cornell: High reach.

I would add a couple more safeties.

chance me back: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/2024655-chance-me-yale-scea-2017.html#latest

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Idk if this matters but I have “legacy” to nyu because my dad went to polytech but is now a part of nyu. Does legacy matter alot?

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ED anywhere?

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nope no ed just ea to umich, bing, fordham, bc, and northeastern and priority for bu and usc

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With 25th percentile test scores and GPA, you can forget about UMich from OOS.

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Ahh… okay I see. how about my chances for Syracuse New house communication school? thats one of the school’s I would be okay with going to as well

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Update: My final superscore for the SAT is 1420, 740 math and 680 english. What looks better, a 1420 superscored sat or a 31 superscored act

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Definitely the ACT looks better, I can’t offer much on most of the schools but for BU make sure you really demonstrate interest!! I think you have a strong application for BU if you really show you like it there. Northeastern would be a bit more challenging for you but in my opinion still attainable. (But I am a senior applying to BU ED sooooo I wouldn’t weigh my opinion too heavily)

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update: got into stony, ubuff, and fordham
deferred from: umich, boston college, northeastern, and bing :frowning:
heres hoping the rest goes ok