Chance me - Will chance back

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Gender: Male
Race: White
State: Illinois</p>

<p>GPA: ~3.25UW, 3.8W (Upward trend)
Schedule: Most Rigorous
Suburban public HS</p>

<p>Classes-5yrs Math, 4yrs English, 5yrs Science, 5yrs Social Studies/History, 2yrs Foriegn Language by the time I graduate.</p>

<p>Class Rank: Top 20-25% (Not exactly sure)</p>

<p>SAT:
CR-800
Math-770
Writing-640
Math 2-800
US History-800
Physics-760
Also probably will be NMSF.</p>

<p>ACT:
34E
33M
34R
31S
9W</p>

<p>33C</p>

<p>APs:
Econ-5 (both)
US History-5</p>

<p>6 APs Sr. Year-
Physics C
Both Governments
Calculus BC
Statistics
Biology</p>

<p>ECs:
President of Political Science club, won a few medals in Science Olympiad, member of a few other clubs. Also worked at the November '08 and April '09 elections. Only did ECs 10th-12th grades, had to take care of younger siblings after school in 9th.</p>

<p>Excellent teacher/counselor recommendations.</p>

<p>Planning on majoring in Economics</p>

<p>Schools I'm looking at:
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Boston University
University of Rochester
Macalester College
American University
George Washington University
University of Chicago
Northwestern University</p>

<p>Also, does anyone know how much the NMF scholarships for American and George Washington Universities are?</p>

2

<p>I’ll chance the ones I’m familiar with…</p>

<p>University of Wisconsin - Madison: I’m a wisconsinite myself haha. All I know is outta state it will be rough…
Boston University - match
George Washington University - match/low reach
University of Chicago - reach
Northwestern University - reach</p>

<p>Mostly the GPA that makes the reaches ‘reaches’.</p>

<p>Chance back if you’d like: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/741629-chance-improvements-2011-urm.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/741629-chance-improvements-2011-urm.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

3

<p>Are you sure Harvard1009? I think I have a pretty good shot at most of these, but I considered Northwestern a pretty big reach.</p>

4

<p>i think youre in pretty good shape for all those colleges- watch out for Northwestern. In my opinion, its a relatively difficult school for anyone</p>

5

<p>University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign: not sure, but seems like a match
University of Wisconsin - Madison: fair match
Boston University: match
University of Rochester: match
Macalester College: high match
American University: low match/safety
George Washington University: high match
University of Chicago: reach, judging by writing scores; big on the intangibles there
Northwestern University: reach, better chance than Chicago though. </p>

<p>Good luck, man, and thanks for the chance!</p>

6

<p>My writing isn’t really as bad as it seems from the test scores, I just can’t write well with a 25 min time limit. I think I’ll do pretty well on the U of C essays; this year’s look great. Haven’t looked at any other school’s essays yet.</p>

7

<p>University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign: match
University of Wisconsin - Madison: match
Boston University: high match
University of Rochester: high match
Macalester College: high match
American University: high match
George Washington University: high match
University of Chicago:low reach
Northwestern University: match/low reach</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/745104-please-chance-me-ill-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/745104-please-chance-me-ill-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

8

<p>University of I: Match
University of Wisconsin: Match
Boston University: High match
Macalester College: Low reach
American University: Match
George Washington University: Reach
University of Chicago: If you have awesome essays, you’ll be fine
Northwestern University: Reach</p>

<p>Good luck! Too late to do anything about the GPA, everything else looks fine.</p>

<p>Chance back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/745328-dont-these-titles-all-boil-down-same-thing-chance-please.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/745328-dont-these-titles-all-boil-down-same-thing-chance-please.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

9

<p>University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign - in
University of Wisconsin - Madison - in
Boston University - safety
University of Rochester - match
Macalester College - match
American University - low match
George Washington University - match
University of Chicago - high reach
Northwestern University - reach</p>

10

<p>University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign: match
University of Wisconsin - Madison: match
Boston University: match
University of Rochester: match
Macalester College: high match
American University: low match/safety
George Washington University: high match
University of Chicago: high reach</p>

<p>Chance Back Please!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/745863-early-chance-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/745863-early-chance-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

11

<p>University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign: Not familiar with this state system
University of Wisconsin - Madison: Not familiar with this state system
Boston University: match
University of Rochester: In
Macalester College: high match
American University: In
George Washington University: high match
University of Chicago: Reach</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/746334-what-my-chances-these-liberal-arts-colleges-others.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/746334-what-my-chances-these-liberal-arts-colleges-others.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

12

<p>University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign - In
University of Wisconsin - Madison -In
Boston University - Safety
University of Rochester - high match
American University - safety
George Washington University - in
University of Chicago - high reach
Northwestern University - low/mid reach</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/746327-question-about-chance-rankings-chance-me-too-please.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/746327-question-about-chance-rankings-chance-me-too-please.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

13

<p>University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign- high match
University of Wisconsin - Madison- high match
Boston University - match
University of Rochester - high match
Macalester College - reach
American University match
George Washington University match
University of Chicago -no
Northwestern University - no</p>

14

<p>University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign - IDK
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Match
Boston University - Match
University of Rochester - IDK
Macalester College - IDK
American University - Match
George Washington University - Low Reach/Match
University of Chicago - Reach
Northwestern University - Reach </p>

<p>Good luck! =D</p>

15

<p>I’d say match/low reach for GW and AU.</p>

16

<p>Your standardized tests scores look very nice next to your GPA :D<br>
Seriously though, your standardized scores are excellent, while your GPA/class rank and ECs are lacking.
I would say NW, Chicago and GTown are reaches
the rest are matches
good luck!
chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/736144-chance-upcoming-senior-my-school-picks.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/736144-chance-upcoming-senior-my-school-picks.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

17

<p>University of Illinois-match
University of Wisconsin-match
Boston University-low match
University of Rochester-match
Macalester College-high match
American University-low match
George Washington University-match
University of Chicago-high reach
Northwestern University-high reach</p>

<p>Thanks for the chance in my thread. Your test scores are good but your grades are holding you back and you aren’t big on the extracurriculars either. Harvard1009, your post wasn’t very accurate, I think you need to do more research on Northwestern.</p>

18

<p>Boston University- match
American University- high match
George Washington University- reach
Northwestern University- reach</p>

<p>Your SAT scores are really good! but unfortunately your gpa is a bit low (for your reaches) it is good that it is an upward trend, and you had a rigorous course load which colleges will take notice of. Good luck!</p>

19

<p>Thanks for all the chances everyone! I was considering retaking the SAT. I know a 2210 is high, but it’s kind of lopsided. How hard is it to improve the writing score? Also, do the colleges on my list superscore?</p>

<p>EDIT: Was considering applying to USC, can anyone chance me for it?</p>

20

<p>this is my chance back. i’m sure you’ll get into all of those except university of chicago and northwestern. you have good chances there, but your gpa needs to be overshadowed by other stuff.</p>