<p>Junior chance me for BC <--2x legacy, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, WakeForestU, Michigan, if you got time or are willing please :) </p>
<p>GPA unweighted: 3.4ish (the killer)
SAT (from practice tests taken at SAT prep course, taking the real deal in May): 2140
Writing: 740
Math: 670
Reading: 710
SAT II: Just US History (720) so far, during freshman year... taking Bio and more in May/June
APs: Junior year: Biology, Psychology.
Senior Year: Literature, Spanish language, Calculus AB, Statistics
All honors throughout high school if not AP. Course load's most rigorous.</p>
<p>EC's: Varsity Swimming team captain, league champion 3x ,NHS, state certified EMT since I was 16, put in 1000s of community serivce hours and on call time. working as lifeguard at the town beach and volunteering and working as town employee teaching lessons since I was 12. Same summer job for 5 consecutive years.</p>
<p>you have a good application, but you have some weak points i.e. gpa. You are also a URM, so you do get a boost. I believe the following:
BC- in (legacy and urm and good scores)
NW- reach
JHU - low reach (If you ED there, you are a definite in. The ED rate is 60%)
WFU- high match
Michigan- high match (I believe that if you are in state for Umich, then you are in.)</p>
<p>one more question to anyone who might know the answer or offer some insight into this… how much does URM actually help? and in what colleges does it help the most? i don’t necessarily agree with the notion that less qualified URMs should get accepted over white kids with better apps, i’m just thinking “hey, if it actually is an advantage, i better take advantage of it, it could possibly decide the course of my future”</p>
<p>A URM should help you a decent amount in all colleges. However, I do know for Northwestern that they are not as big as other top tier colleges on diversity. Yes, they pursue diversity, as there are many African and Latin Americans there. But there is a large population of whites (60%?) and Asians (27%?). I don’t think your URM status is enough to get you into NU, but anything could happen.</p>
<p>As for the rest of the schools, you should be fine. You’re most likely in at UMichigan and Wake, and definitely in at BC. I don’t know about JHU, I know they’re a very high-ranked school but if what Jenga said about its selectivity is correct, you should be fine.</p>