Chances and Maybe Some Suggestions?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm currently a junior in Ohio and this is what I'm expecting my college apps to look like. I may retake the ACT, but other than that it most likely won't change a lot.</p>

<p>ACT- 32 (31 E, 30 M, 30 R, 36 S)
Unweighted Cumulative GPA-3.99
Weighted - 4.359
Class Rank - 1/309</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
None yet, but I plan on taking Chemistry and Math II</p>

<p>APs:
This Year:
AP Chemistry
AP U.S. Government
Next Year:
AP Biology
AP English Comp
AP U.S. History
AP Calculus AB</p>

<p>Next year's classes:
Honors Physics
AP Biology
AP English Comp
AP U.S. History
AP Calculus AB
Honors Post War American Studies</p>

<p>ECs:
4 Years of Football (9th-Freshman, 10th-12th Varsity)
4 Years of Varsity Track and Field
NHS officer (11th-12th)
STRIVE (anti-drug program) President (11th-12th)
FCA (Fellowship of the Christian Athlete, 9th-12th)
Student Government Rep (10th)
100+ Hours of Community Service (10th-12th)
Research in farm and industrial run-off with Bowling Green State University (This upcoming summer)
Ohio High School Sports Association Sportsmanship Ambassador (11th-12th)</p>

<p>I'm considering majoring in some type of Engineering (maybe Chemical) at:
Stanford (Huge Reach)
Cornell U (Huge Reach)
UC Berkeley (Reach)
Georgia Tech
University of Michigan
Purdue University
UIUC
Cincinnati (Safety)</p>

<p>Any other college suggestions would be good too.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading.</p>

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<p>Anyone? I’ll chance back!</p>

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<p>Sounds like you’ve done a lot of your own chancing.</p>

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<p>Anybody have any suggestions?</p>

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<p>To be completely honest, I don’t think that Cornell is as big of a reach as you think it is. You may want to improve your ACT score, and your extracurriculars are somewhat weak, but taking a look at the Cornell RD Results ( <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/895010-official-cornell-university-class-2014-rd-results.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/895010-official-cornell-university-class-2014-rd-results.html&lt;/a&gt; ) you would seem to be on par with many of the people who were accepted last year.</p>

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<p>Thanks, I definitely plan on retaking the ACT to improve my chances, I’m hoping to get around a 34 after I retake it considering that 32 is from the first time I took it in December.</p>

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<p>Ivies are always reaches, so although you are competitive, Cornell (and Stanford, even though it isn’t an ivy) will probably be reaches. UC Berkeley is a low reach, I feel. Georgia Tech is the only other school I know about. I would say match, but I don’t know how much being an out of state student will effect you. It could hurt you more than help. Good luck.</p>

<p>Chance me?</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1072869-what-do-you-think-my-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1072869-what-do-you-think-my-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for the input, I’ll chance you back!</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Anybody else?</p>

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<p>GOOD: Rigor/GPA/Rank.
OK: ACT/ECs.</p>

<p>Stanford - No, due to ECs.
Cornell U - Slight Reach
UC Berkeley - Slight Reach
Georgia Tech - In
University of Michigan - In
Purdue University - In
UIUC - In
Cincinnati - In</p>

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<p>Thanks! Do you have a thread that you would like me to chance you back in?</p>