Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Just wrapped up my junior year nad I'm trying to decide where my best shots are for admission and scholarships!</p>

<p>Schools I'm looking at:
University of Kentucky
Indiana University, Bloomington (hopefully as a freshman direct admit to the Kelley School of Business)
University of Tennessee
University of Chicago
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor</p>

<p>ACT: 34
ACT Super Score: 35
PSAT: 215
Weighted GPA: 4.32-ish
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
(The school takes them down online over the summer, so the GPAs may be somewhat outdated)
Class Rank: 1 of 308</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
Principal's Award (highest GPA)
Departmental awards for Intro to Calculus Honors, AP Language and Composition,
AP Biology, Accelerated Social Studies, Accelerated English I and II, and Chemistry
UK Class of Kentucky Award
Centre Fellows Award
Ronald Reagan Student Leader Award
4 Gold and 1 Silver Key Award for Scholastic Writing at the regional level
Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program (I leave in three weeks!!!)</p>

<p>AP Courses:
Sophomore - AP Biology (5)
Junior - AP US History (expecting a 5), AP Language and Composition (expecting a 5), as well as dual-credit Art Appreciation and American Politics through NKU</p>

<p>Senior Course Load:
AP Spanish
AP Music Theory
AP Literature
AP Calculus BC
Additional NKU dual credit courses</p>

<p>ECs:
Beta Club (Honors Service Organization) - President for 2 years
Future Busniness Leaders of America - President 1 year, Reporter 1 year
National Spanish Honor Society - Vice President
Superintendent's Advisory Commitee (only 4 juniors are nominated)
Hanner's Heroes (mentoring for elementary school students)
Pianist/Vocalist at the yearly Talent Show and Unplugged performances for 4 years
Signed model for 2 local agencies</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Host at Oriental Wok for 10 months
Host at Outback Steakhouse for 1 month, promoted to TakeAway Server for the past 5 months (I work anywhere from 10 to 30 hours per week)</p>

<p>So, what do you think my chances are? I'd really appreciate if you'd comment on my chances at scholarship money! I'd give just about anything for a full-ride, haha!</p>

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<p>First. Most schools do not superscore ACT. It would be helpful to list out the section scores unless you have 35+ in ACT.
Second, why you don’t have a science class in senior? You should keep the 4 cores in all 4 years of high school.
You should be a match for UMich and Indiana. Low match for Kentucky and Tennessee. Low reach for Chicago.</p>

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<p>Indiana - match
UMich - high match
Kentucky - low match/safety
Tennesse - low match
Chicago - reach</p>

<p>I think you’ll be good for all of the universities you’re looking at applying to except Chicago. It’s a highly competitive school and it keeps getting more and more so every year. You can certainly have a shot, but if you want to maximize it, try to bring something unique to the table as an individual especially in your essays and possibly one very powerful EC. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Indiana: Match
U Mich: Match/ High Match
Kentucky: Safety/ Low Match
Tennessee: Match
U Chicago: Low Reach/ Reach </p>

<p>You really are only reaching for one school. I’d advise also applying to some other reach schools, because most that you are applying to are shoo-ins. Anyway, most colleges do not superscore the ACT, so the 34 is what you are really working with. You have an all around good application. </p>

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