**Chance Me! - Top Privates and Great Publics**

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys! Im an aspiring journalist and I was wondering if you could chance me for some schools!!! Please be honest. I am open to any suggestions. I'm a rising senior!</p>

<p>I am also working to boost my test scores. I'm projected to be at 2000 in June in my prep class and then in gonna work to bring that up to about 2250 over the summer.</p>

<p>Ithaca College
University of Florida
University of Central FL
Northwestern
USC
Florida Gulf Coast University
Arizona State University
Syracuse University
UT- Austin
Ursinus College
University of Maryland- College Park</p>

<p>Rigor of secondary school record- AP Language and Composition (projection- 5)
Academic GPA- 3.7 UW. My school doesnt weight. Out of the 5 AP classes my school offers, I am currently in 1 and you are only allowed to take a max of 2 per year, provided one of them is AP Calc. Im taking AP Calculus and AP Environmental Science nxt year.</p>

<p>Class rank-- No official rank, but probably like 15%</p>

<p>Recommendations- Outstanding
Standardized test scores- SAT Officially, 1700, but on my diags, im at 1820.
ACT- 31 but am trying to bring it up.
Essays- Pulitzer worthy</p>

<p>Interview- I have great speaking skills so probably very good. </p>

<p>Extracurricular activities-- </p>

<p>Newspaper (9-10) Became editor in 10th, but it was discontinued. I will be reviving it next year</p>

<p>Nationally recognized writing program (10-present)</p>

<p>Peer Tutoring in English (11)</p>

<p>Published writer</p>

<p>Captain of Debate team (10-11)</p>

<p>Will be creating a mentoring program for incoming freshman next year. </p>

<p>Talent / ability -- Im an exceptional writer. I have been published in 2 books and will be published in one more by the time I graduate. n
Character / personal qualities -- this will be difficult to tell but give us an idea as to how you've expressed yourself in the essay or what your interviewer might have told you about your personality (they usually do)
Legacy- None
Geographical residence--Northeast
State residency--New York
Religious affiliation/commitment--Not all colleges consider
Minority status- African American
Volunteer work- 300+ Hours at my church working with kids.
Work experience- Just got selected for a summer job. Havent been assigned a role yet.
First generation college student- Nope
Level of Applicant's Interest-- I regularly communicate with my regional admissions counselors for all my schools.
Financial Aid -- My parents make $200,000+ </p>

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<p>Personality- Bubbly, Smart, Funny, Diehard Sports fan! Oh! And I’m a female too :)</p>

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<p>There’s a subforum for chancing. It’s called What Are Your Chances?</p>

<p>I doubt that anyone will reply here. Sorry. </p>

<p>EDIT: I’m an idiot. I thought that this was the High School subforum.
Anyway, projections are useless unless it is concrete. A 200 point jump is hard enough. 450 point jump is even harder. I would say that most of the schools that you mentioned are low reaches or matches, considering that you get a 2000 on the SAT. Practice tests usually does not correlate with actual SAT tests, even if it’s from the BB. Remember that. </p>

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<p>@Hawkace I’m on the “What are your chances” thread. What are you talking about?</p>

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<p>@KiaraInNYC‌ Read my EDIT. </p>

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<p>Oh lol, we posted at the same time @Hawkace What about my ACT? Should I use that instead? Or try to get my SAT up and use that instead?</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>Bumpppp bump bumpp!</p>

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<p>I only have experience with UMD but since you’d be considered OOS I think it’d be really competitive. And it also depends on how much you can afford. Your GPA is decent but since there’s so many people with 4.0s and near perfect SATs, it’ll be difficult to stand out even with being an African American. Do you have any awards? I think it would make you more competitive if you had awards since it shows you’ve achieved something outside participation.</p>

<p>The big thing is that even though some schools aren’t considered “elite”, very bright accomplished students apply to them as both stafeties and legitimate choices. Therefore, competition becomes fierce and opportunities for merit based scholarships aren’t as available. Also, you said you were interested in journalism and while many schools claim major isn’t considered when applying, there will probably be many other AA females majoring in journalism as opposed to say, CS, and those students may have more awards or recognition in that field.</p>

<p>I just went through the latest admission cycle and I will say that while I have many awards for science and dance, 4.0 (3.9 on midyear report) SAT over 2000, and I was rejected by 2 ivies. Yet, with another ivy and UMD they were greatly interested in the fact that I can speak 3 languages (they tested me on the spot) and study more on my own, so sometimes just a little passion can give you that extra push. Also, I would caution against even hoping that being an African American would help because now there are so many competitive students that are URMs that schools could probably find someone more accomplished than you (and this is coming from an African American female).</p>