Chances at Northeastern & Others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm white, from an upper-middle class family, live in Colorado, and go to what is considered a private school. However, my school is technically an alternative high school where maybe one student a year goes to CU Boulder, five go to community colleges, and the other ten go to a technical school/straight to the workforce. The last time anyone went out of state for college was three years ago - how's that going to effect me, if it even does, at all of the out of state universities I'm applying to?</p>

<p>ACADEMICS
- school doesn't weigh or rank
- GPA: 3.6 unweighted
- SATs: 760cr/540m Dec '03 (old test); 740cr/660m/620w Nov '05 (will probably retake)
- SAT IIs: Lit 710; USH 560 (definitely will retake US Hist); planning on taking Biology and World History
- ACT: 33
- school doesn't offer any APs, and only offers honors in English classes. Will have taken two years of honors English classes, one year of honors biology (before switching schools)
- may independently study and take AP Human Geography, AP U.S. Government, and AP Psychology</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
- rugby, grades 10-12
- police explorers, grades 11-12
- Japanese Club, grades 9-10
- HHART (Homosexual and Heterosexual Alliance Reaching for Tolerance), grades 10-11, treasurer grade 11
- Teen VOICE (teen library advisory board), grades 9-11
- literary magazine, grades 11-12, editor in chief grade 12
- softball, grade 12
- note: school doesn't offer any extracurriculars other than literary magazine; everything else I do is with other schools/not school affiliated</p>

<p>OTHER
- I can expect beautiful glowing recommendations from everyone up to and including my principal
- assume I wrote a brilliant essay, as well
- I plan to major in sociology or a related field, probably with pre-law</p>

<p>COLLEGES
- Northeastern University
- Dartmouth College (I know I'm not getting in, but I have to at least try)
- University of Pennsylvania (see Dartmouth's note)
- George Washington University
- Penn State - University Park
- University of Maryland - College Park
- American University
- Fordham University
- University of Colorado - Boulder (pretty sure this is a safety, but what the heck)</p>

<p>What do you think?</p>

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<p>For American and George Washington, you are a shoo-in. Don't know about the rest though.</p>

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<ul>
<li>Northeastern University - Safety</li>
<li>Dartmouth College - Big Reach</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania - Big Reach</li>
<li>George Washington University - Safety</li>
<li>Penn State - University Park - Low Match</li>
<li>University of Maryland - College Park - Low Match</li>
<li>American University - Safety</li>
<li>Fordham University - Safety</li>
<li>University of Colorado - Boulder - Safety</li>
</ul>

<p>You probably should consider more matches. Here's a few you might want to look at. High matches (near reaches) are towards the top of the list, low matches towards the bottom.</p>

<p>Tufts
Washington and Lee
Emory
Vanderbilt
Notre Dame
Georgetown
Bowdoin
Haverford
Macalester
Davidson
Colby
Univer. Of Southern CA
Colgate
Brandeis
Oberlin
Bates
Tulane
Hamilton
Grinnell
Bard
Wake Forest
Kenyon
Connecticut College
Boston College
University of Richmond
Univ. of Rochester
NYU</p>

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<p>Thanks a ton amptron! I've added Tufts and NYU to my list now, and I'll take a closer look at the others when I have more time.</p>

<p>Anyone else feel like chiming in?</p>