Chance me UVA, UofM, NYU, Boston College, CMU, Duke, UPenn, Northwestern/Eastern, etc

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Hello, I’m going to be applying regular decision to all. I know nothing is definite but I’d like an idea and maybe some tips, thanks!

Background:
$500k+ a year income
White
Male
Resident of Michigan
Father went to UofM

Stats:
1440 SAT (690 English & 750 Math)
31 ACT (35 English, 33 Math, 30 Reading, 25 Science)
GPA UW/W: 3.78/3.87

*My school is on the 4 point scale, weighting only APs

Classes:
As many honors that I could take, school only offered APs during Junior and Senior year

Junior Year:
AP Government (4)
AP Lang and comp (4)
AP Chemistry (3)
Spanish 4
Physics
Pre-Calculus

Senior Year:
AP Calculus
AP Physics
AP Literature
AP Microecomics
Anatomy
Visual Basic (C++ coding)

ECs:
NHS (2 years)
Key Club (4 years, on board)
Link Crew (2 years)
Science Olympiad (3 years)
High School Varsity Soccer (3 year varsity letter)
Club Soccer (all my life)
Took C++ classes over the summer at the University of Michigan for past 2 summers
Attempted to build multiple companies (should I include this?)
$1.8K+ in stock market
Dropshipping
Photography (passion, wrote about it in my main essay)

I would be applying LSA undecided to all

Thank you :slight_smile:

2

Also: Amherst, Wisconsin Madison, John Hopkins, etc

3

No interest in schools such as Hamilton, Colgate, Colby, Kenyon? They’d match your profile and would be excellent choices for an undecided applicant.

4

Amherst with a 1440 SAT is going to be a high reach. As would Duke, Hopkins, and Penn. The WGPA seems really low given the number of APs taken.

NYU and BC might be high match/low reach.

5

I had to make up for freshmen year (3.67), so I had an upward trend each year. APs only started Junior year to help, and I haven’t received senior grades yet

6

I agree with the suggestions in reply 2 above, partly because I think you’d benefit from an additional choice or two intermediate in selectivity between Penn and UM/UVa.

7

Were the UMich courses real college classes (EECS 183, 280, etc.)? If so, how did you do in them?

8

No, I did not receive credit. They were summer courses, 1 week long sessions.