Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi! I was wondering if you could chance me for these colleges for a graphic design or industrial design major (i'm currently a junior):</p>

<p>Rochester Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Virginia Commonwealth University
James Madison University
Virginia Tech
Maryland Institute College of Art
Massachusetts College of Art and Design</p>

<p>My Stats
State: VA
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Income: 155,000
unweighted gpa: around a 3.75
Freshman courses: English, HN history, geometry, photography 1, HN biology, health&pe, spanish 1
Sophomore courses: English HN, AP World History, Chemistry HN, algebra 1, photography 2, spanish 2, health&pe
Junior courses: AP lan/com, APUSH, AP Physics 1, Precalc w/ trig, Photography 3, Art 3, Spanish 3
Senior courses (prediction): AP government, AP Lit, AP Stat, AP Photography, AP Art, Anatomy
PSAT critical reading: 570
PSAT math: 480
PSAT writing: 560
(note: my PSAT scores are from sophomore year, hopefully they will improve when I take it again)</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities:
volunteering at therapeutic riding stable (9,000 hours by end of HS)
assistant instructor at the therapeutic riding stable (2 years)
Art Honors Society (2 years)
NCSSEL (horseback riding show team, 2 years)
Summer job at ceramics painting store (2 years)</p>

<p>Awards:
1st place at school science fair in my category
2nd place at regional science fair in my category</p>

<p>Unique things:
I'm an identical triplet
vegetarian
Jewish </p>

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<p>RIT, if you improve with your test scores, you will definitely get in.
CMU: reach
And I don’t know about the rest of them sorry. </p>

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<p>Rochester Institute of Technology - Waitlisted
Carnegie Mellon University - Rejected
Virginia Commonwealth University - Accepted
James Madison University - Accepted
Virginia Tech - Waitlisted, maybe accepted
Maryland Institute College of Art - Accepted
Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Accepted
The only unique aspect provided that could actually effect your application is being a vegetarian if maybe your took a liberal, go-green stance in one of your essays and expanded on that. As for the PSATS, a 1610 is very low, especially for Carnegie Mellon. When I took my PSAT sophomore year I scored an 1800, and on my ACT I got a 31 with a 2140 SAT equivalent. So it’s definitely not impossible to improve those scores, especially since Junior year just began. Make sure you are taking practice tests and sections consistently and based on your new PSAT scores, consider getting a tutor. For CMU and RIT you need to score above a 2100 (the ACT: a 31+). For the rest you’re pretty much set. Aim to bring that GPA above a 3.8 by the end of the year. For EC’s you’re a little week when it comes to in school activities (school newspaper, MUN, debate etc.) so try to get a little more involved. I honestly didn’t know AP photography was a thing, but it would be in your best interest to either drop AP photo or drop anatomy and pick up AP Calc. Also try and apply for NHS and become an AP scholar (some more awards). Good luck! </p>