Chances at these schools? Will Chance Back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White - Male - NJ - 1st Gen
GPA weighted - 3.93(98.2)
Top 10% - ~550 in class (doesnt give specific ranks)</p>

<p>Mostly All honors courses through High school</p>

<p>Senior Sched:</p>

<p>Spanish 4 Honors
Calculus Honors (maybe AP)
English 4 Honors
AP Macro-Economics
Anatomy Honors</p>

<p>I just got my SAT results this morning(first try):
M-720
CR-610
W-600</p>

<p>I think i can improve my writing, i started using the Rocket Review and was getting around 650s on a few practices tests...and for CR, i am studying the Direct Hits Volumes</p>

<p>Working experience-</p>

<p>Pizza Shop - 9th to 11th - 12 hours per week
Babysitter- when needed</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>-Vice President of my class for 2 years
-Member of student council (all four years)
-Interact club - officer next year - club that does community service
-Italian-American Club
-Basketball league in which i've been playing since 2nd grade
-Another league in which i started playing since 6th grade
-National Honors Society</p>

<p>Volunteer:</p>

<p>Mentor to an autistic child
- Each week I spend one or two hours with an autistic child of a Families Fighting Autism family I know. Started in 11th grade to present.</p>

<p>Highschool’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt
- Event when children come to Eastern and have a variety of acitivites to and food to eat. At the end, there is a egg hunt for all of the age groups.</p>

<p>Walk-a-Thon</p>

<p>Breakfast with Santa
- Annual event that children attend with many events going on and every child receives presents donated by the volunteers.</p>

<p>Senior Citizen Luncheon
- Annual event where the volunteers serve, talk, and entertain the the senior citizens who attend</p>

<p>Elementary Fair
- Volunteer at a elementary school (that i attended) annually when they have their fair</p>

<p>So what do you think my chances are at the following schools:</p>

<p>Penn State - UP
U. Maryland - College Park
UVA
Bucknell
Northeastern
Boston College
Boston U
Carnegie Mellon
Rutgers
Notre Dame
College of New Jersey
Villanova</p>

<p>Any other schools that fit my stats would be appreciated so i have a bigger range of choices if you can think of any</p>

<p>What do i need to do to get in the rest? </p>

<p>THANKS and leave a link if you want a chance back! : )</p>

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<p>Work really hard to bring up your SATs and I don't think any of those will be huge reaches. If you rock the SATs, you should apply to some bigger reaches. Granted, your essays will have to be great, but with that class rank and decent ECs, you're well on your way. gl!</p>

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<p>any other opinions?</p>

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<p>I can almost guarantee that you will get into PSU (I live in PA and I'm pretty familiar with it). I would say your SAT (although 1330 is not bad at all) may hold you back slightly at Carnegie Mellon and Notre Dame, but they still are not huge reaches. Being in-state, CNJ seems like it will be somewhat of a safety. Villanova seem like a good match for you (it is one of my prospective schools as well), and I do not know enough about the others to give an informed answer. Hope that helps...</p>

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<p>I think you have a great shot at all the schools</p>

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<p>Could you maybe take some AP or IB classes?</p>