Chance Me! UofM, Ohio State, Michigan State, USC, Vanderbilt

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Gen Info:
Michigan resident
Senior
Female
African American
Want to double major in Political Science and Spanish w/ a minor in Latino studies or African American studies

Stats:
GPA UW: 3.72 :frowning: (Mostly As with 9 Bs, I wasn’t as focused freshmen year)
GPA W: 3.89
ACT: C:30 E:35 R:34 M:25 S:26 W: 9 (retaking in October, expecting a 32+)

Classes:
Freshmen Year: English 9, Algebra I, Foods & Nutrition, Wellness I, Intro to Chem/Phys, World History, Spanish 2
Sophomore Year: Honors LA 10, APUSH, Geometry, Spanish 3, Biology, Psychology, Wellness II
Junior Year: AP Gov, AP Lang, AP Micro-econ, Algebra II, Chemistry, Practical Law, Spanish 4
Senior Year: AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Spanish 5, Pre-calc, Philosophy, Accounting, School Newspaper, Sociology (there were scheduling conflicts so I had to take more electives than I planned too)

AP Tests: 5 on Gov, APUSH, and Lang; 2 on Econ

ECs: National Honor Society (2years), Sophomore and Junior Class Congress (President of JCC), Social Studies National Honor Society (2 years), Debate Club (2 years), Freshmen Mentor Team (2 years), Spanish National Honor Society (3 years and Communications Secretary my senior year), Senior Class Ambassadors, AKA Teens (3 years), Herrington Bears Book Club (book club at local elementary school focused on reading books with lead characters of color so young girls of color can see themselves positively represented)

Awards: AP Scholar and Falcon of Distinction in APUSH

Essays: Every person I read my essays too said they were amazing, and I had them looked over by three different people

Recommendations: I think they were great, APUSH teacher thought I was an exceptional student in his class and saw me in a leadership position, and my AP Lang teacher was more than happy to write mine as well.

USC and Vanderbilt are obviously my reach schools, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to apply to those schools since they meet 100% of financial need

I realize my stats are nowhere near the level of outstanding of some other posters on here applying to the same schools but who knows maybe my essays will really do it for me…

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Your only strong chance is Michigan State. Not sure why someone from Michigan would consider going to Ohio State. I hate to break it to you, but you’re not getting into Vanderbilt, Michigan, or USC with your stats. Even an INCREDIBLE essay wouldn’t do much for those schools. Good luck though.

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Give it a try

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I would say Mich is a possibility.

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Never say never! @zippytatiana don’t think that a lack of stats is a reason to be denied at schools. First off, if you get that 32 that will help a ton, but even if you don’t if you have strong essays with a passionate voice, there’s no telling where you might end up. Don’t expect to be accepted to USC and Vandy (very few should expect do be accepted there), but don’t cross them off your list just because you don’t think you can get in (a 0% chance is worse than whatever chance you have when you apply). Michigan state is definitely a possibility, and the rest are far from impossible.

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Just thought I would say I just got accepted into MSU today!!

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Michigan seems like a Low-Mid Match, but USC and Vandy are reaches. You never know though! No hurt in applying, especially if you can come up with that 32! That is a HUGE difference!

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@zippytatiana I would apply to USC for sure if you want to go there. You are not completely out of contention (although bumping up that ACT score even by 1 point would help.) Be aware you should apply before Dec 1 (or whatever the merit aid cutoff date is this year) even if you don’t think you’ll get merit aid, it shows you are serious. Run the price calculator though. I think “full need” at SC includes loans and work study. And the loan amount might be more than you are expecting. I would say Mich is also a possibility, esp if you notch up your ACT scores.

I don’t know the others well enough.