<p>Hey guys, I'm new here. I'm a prospective junior looking to apply to 16 schools, here are my stats:
- 3.65 weighted GPA (Around a 3.5 unweighted, school does not unweight)
- No class rank (not calculated)
- 1780 SAT (630 M, 600 W, 550 CR) Taking again this Saturday, improved 50 points the second time I took, assume an 1830!
- 30 ACT (took only once)
- President of Better the Beach (environmental club w/ 30+ hours comm service), VP of another club, and member of another club both giving 20+ hours each of community service
- 40+ hours separate from church related community service over high school career
- Learned piano by ear, been playing since age 5 and have performed at several public events
- Solid essay and VERY solid recommendations
- Legacy at Franklin and Marshall (dad), and triple legacy at Yale (mom and grandparents). My uncle and grandpa both on board of directors/admission at Yale (only reason to apply)
- 2 varsity sports (soccer and lacrosse), varsity soccer for 3 years and varsity lacrosse for 4 years, named captain of both for senior year</p>
<p>Classes:
Freshman: 3.24 W
- Honors World Literature
- Honors World History
- Honors Geometry
- Spanish 4
- Biology</p>
<p>Sophomore: 4.28 W
- Honors Classic Literature
- Honors American History
- Algebra 2A
- Spanish 5
- Honors Chemistry</p>
<p>Junior: 3.69 W
- Honors Short Fiction/American Literature
- AP Economics (Micro: 5, Macro: 4)
- Honors Contemporary America/Civics
- Precalculus
- Spanish 6
- Honors Physics (AP Physics 1)</p>
<p>Senior (planned schedule):
- AP Literature and Composition
- AP Psychology
- AP Statistics
- Adv. Spanish (No honors/AP credit, reg. class)
- AP Physics 2/B</p>
<p>Schools I'll be applying to:</p>
<p>Elon (EDI)
Richmond (EDII, if not accepted to Elon)
UMiami FL (EA)
F&M (RD)
Bucknell (RD)
Lehigh (RD)
Syracuse (RD)
Maryland (EA)
Yale (RD)
Miami OH (EA)
Indiana (RD)
Penn State (RD)
Clemson (RD)
Georgia (RD)
UConn (RD)
Charleston (EA)</p>
<p>I will chance back! Any help is greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Unless your SAT score increases significantly you should send your ACT to schools. </p>
<p>Elon - Match
Richmond - High Match/Low Reach
U of Miami - Low Reach
F&M - Match
Bucknell - Match
Lehigh - Low Reach
Syracuse - IDK
Maryland - Match
Yale - High Reach
U of Miami OH - Safety/Low Match
Indiana - Match
Penn State - Match
Clemson - Match</p>
<p>First of all don’t even submit your SAT unless you break 2000 a 30 on your ACT looks so much better.</p>
<p>UMiami FL (EA): If you ED you’ll have better chances but kinda low reach
F&M (RD): You’re good
Bucknell (RD): You’re good
Lehigh (RD): Reach
Syracuse (RD): 100% in
Maryland (EA): Match
Yale (RD): Application is probably a waste, the pull you have only comes into play if you’re competitive to begin with or a little under that.
Miami OH (EA): You’re good
Indiana (RD): You’re in
Penn State (RD): You’re good
Clemson (RD): You’re good
Georgia (RD): You’re good
UConn (RD): You’re good
Charleston (EA): You’re good</p>
<p>If I were you I would switch up the list a little bit and throw some other schools on there to consider. A lot of the schools you have down are easy acceptances for you. Try applying to some of these schools. Keep in mind I don’t know your type of personality or the kind of school you’re looking for. </p>
<p>University of Delaware
Tulane
UC Santa Barbra
University of Wisconsin (low reach)
University of Texas at Austin (low reach)
University of Pittsburgh
Boston University (low reach)
Northeastern University
University of Florida (reach)</p>
<p>these are just some ideas, but it’s good to put a little more reaches in the place of some of those schools like UConn, Cuse, Clemson, or Indiana. </p>
<p>Your SAT is low but your ACT makes up for it</p>
<p>Elon (EDI) - not too sure about
Richmond (EDII, if not accepted to Elon) - high match
UMiami FL (EA) - match
F&M (RD) - match
Bucknell (RD) - high match
Lehigh (RD) - high match/ low reach
Syracuse (RD) - match/ high match
Maryland (EA) - match/high match
Yale (RD) - high reach(for everyone)
Miami OH (EA) - match
Indiana (RD) - match
Penn State (RD) - match
Clemson (RD) - match
Georgia (RD) - match
Charleston (EA) - not too sure</p>
<p>Elon (EDI) - match
Richmond (EDII, if not accepted to Elon) - high match
UMiami FL (EA) - high match
F&M (RD) - match
Bucknell (RD) - low reach
Lehigh (RD) - low reach
Syracuse (RD) - high match
Maryland (EA) - high match
Yale (RD) - high reach
Miami OH (EA) - match
Indiana (RD) - match
Penn State (RD) - high match
Clemson (RD) - match
Georgia (RD) - match
Charleston (EA) - not too sure</p>
<p>I don’t really know much about these schools, but I wanted to advise you about your testing. A 30 ACT equals about a 2000 SAT. I would spend your time concentrating on the ACT and take that again and aim to improve by a point or two!</p>
<p>Elon - Match
Richmond - High Match/Low Reach
U of Miami - Low Reach
F&M - Match
Bucknell - Match
Lehigh - Low Reach
Syracuse - Low Match
Maryland - Match
Yale - High Reach
U of Miami OH - Safety/Low Match
Indiana - Low Match
Penn State - Low Match
Clemson - Safety</p>
<p>I’m just going to provide constructive criticism to help for Yale. Everything else seems to be a low reach/match/safety. Your UW GPA and WGPA are low in Yale standards. Also as one CC mentioned it would be beneficial to focus on the ACT over the summer and try to bump up your score a couple points. You’d have a MUCH better chance of getting into Yale if you applied SECA because of your low GPA’s. Yes you’re taking difficult classes but the people at Yale are pulling off higher grades. You’re triple legacy definitely helps and so does your family being part of the admission board. Unless you’re legacy or family can really boost your chances of getting in (rich donors or the like) your $ and time spent applying to Yale is pointless.</p>
<p>Elon - Match
Richmond - High Match/Low Reach
U of Miami - Low Reach
F&M - Match
Bucknell - Match
Lehigh - Low Reach
Syracuse - Low Match
Maryland - Match
Yale - High Reach
U of Miami OH - Safety/Low Match
Indiana - Low Match
Penn State - Low Match
Clemson - Safety</p>