Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi everyone! I was just wondering if you could please chance me for my list of schools. My stats are…

Objective:
SAT I: not sending
ACT: 32 composite, 34 English, 29 math, 34 reading, 29 science
SAT II: not sending
GPA - 3.95 weighted, I am not sure what my unweighted gpa is
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (3), English Lang and Comp (self-study) (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP English Lit and Comp, AP Bio, Spanish 4, Bioethics, Health & Medicine, 3D Design, required theology

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): swimming most improved, swimming AACA all-star (both 10th), first honors freshman and junior year, second honors soph year, national honors society (11-12th)

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity swimming all 4 years, JV crew freshman year, Mini-THON committee (11-12th), National Honors Society (11-12th) (Secretary-Treasurer 12th), independent organizer for a bake sale for Crohn’s and Colitis (raised over $300), Camp Ophelia mentor (11th), Pennsyvania Math League contest participant (10th-12th), Students Against Destructive Decisions (10th-12th) (Secretary-Treasurer 12th), school newspaper section editor and writer (11th-12th) there might a few little ones i’m forgetting

Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard and front desk worker at local pool for past 3 summers, lifeguard during schools year soph year, lifeguard during senior year as well

Volunteer/Community service: community service through my schools community’s service corps and National Honor Society, Mini-THON committee, had a bake sale to benefit Crohn’s and Colitis foundation, was a camp mentor (most of this is extracurriculars i guess)

Essays: very happy with my common app, still working on my supplements
Teacher Recommendation: great, read one from my english which was amazing, the one from my bio teacher should be good too
Counselor Rec: didn’t see it, probably good
School Type: private Catholic, one of the top schools in PA
Ethnicity: white, female
Income Bracket: 180,000ish?

My list of schools is quite long…
Notre Dame (grandfather went there if that makes a difference)
Villanova (mom and uncle went there)
Boston College
University of Michigan
Boston University
Northeastern University
Emory University (maybe)
Scranton
St. Joe’s
U Delaware
Fairfield
Penn State- Schreyer’s Honors College
Pitt
Drexel
Temple

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Forgot to add I want to study science…bio or neuroscience!

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My older sister goes to Scranton haha! Based on your stats, I’m going to assume that it’s a safety school for you, but if you have any questions about it, I’m a good person to come to!
As for your other schools I’ll chance the ones I know about
Norte Dame: high match
Boston College: high match
University of Michigan: low reach
Boston University: match
St. Joe’s: safety
Drexel: safety
Please chance me back in my most recent thread!

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Wow that’s so cool about your sister! Scranton is a safety for me but I am considering it because they’ll give me decent merit…but I’ll definitey come to you with any questions!
Do you really think I have a better change of getting into Notre Dame than Umich? I thought Notre Dame was more competitive but I could be wrong…

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Are you applying to 16 schools?

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I’ve already applied to all of them except Notre Dame, Umich, Boston College, and Emory. I think I’m definitely going to apply to Notre Dame, not sure about the rest

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Notre dame is tough but I know legacy carries a lot of weight there. And UMich is really hard if you’re out of state

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bump

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You won’t be considered a legacy at ND. One of your parents has to have attended, grandparents don’t count, unfortunately. Given that your ACT is at the 25th percentile, and nothing else really stands out, it will be tough. If you didn’t apply early, consider another stab at the ACT. Even a point increase could help.

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Why is Emory a maybe?