chances at these top tier schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>colleges:
Duke
Northwestern
USC
Michigan
Stanford
UPenn
Swarthmore</p>

<p>resume:
class rank: 3/396
GPA: 4.32 weighted
ACT: 30
class rigor: 7 total AP classes</p>

<p>Work experience: taught tennis for 2 summers</p>

<p>varsity tennis: 9, 10, 11, 12(will play)
scholar athlete: 9, 10, 11
co-captain: 10, 11
conference champ: 9, 10
1st team all conference: 9, 10
sectional champ: 10, 11
sectional runner-up: 9
1st team all-state: 10, 11
4th place at state: 10
6th place at state: 11</p>

<p>student council: 10, 11, 12
student committee leader: 11, 12
class vice president: 12</p>

<p>national honors society: 11, 12
key club: 10, 11, 12</p>

<p>what are my chances of getting into the schools listed above? stanford, UPenn, and chicago are obviously reach schools.</p>

<p>thanks for helpin me out :)</p>

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<p>Are you in-state for Mich? If not, are you from a state or region that doesn’t have many applicants to these schools?</p>

<p>Your stats are good. Your ACT puts you in the 96th percentile. </p>

<p>Your super reaches, UPenn, Chicago, Stanford, and Swarthmore, are impossible to chance since kids with higher stats get rejected. Actually, nearly all are reaches. </p>

<p>What are your safeties?</p>

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<p>rank is great, course rigor is great, sports are great, other ec’s seem decent, scores are ok (but nothing special for your schools)
decent chances most places but the only thing i see holding you back is your 30, which of course is a good score, but these are crazy competitive schools.
Duke: moderate reach
Northwestern: high match
USC: moderate reach
Michigan: in-state then in, oos then low match.
Stanford: reach
UPenn: reach
Swarthmore: reach</p>

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<p>What is your unweighted GPA? USC will use unweighted, so that will give you a better idea of how you stack up. The average UWGPA for accepted students Fall 2009 was 3.8. <a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/FreshmanProfile2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>While 30 is indeed and excellent ACT score, it is low for an unhooked applicant to every school on the list other than Michigan.</p>

<p>If these are not just your reach schools, you must add safeties and matches.</p>

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<p>^^^</p>

<p>I agree. you need some decent matches and some good safeties.</p>

<p>BTW…are your parents going to pay for the school of your choice? Or do you need aid? What is your family’s EFC?</p>

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<p>thanks for your input</p>

<p>i’m confident i can get into swarthmore through a tennis scholarship so that is technically my ‘safety’ school.</p>

<p>my unweighted GPA is 3.89</p>

<p>i live in illinois, and im not too sure on the financial status</p>

<p>i’m not too sure on my other safeties and matches because i have no idea where i really match up. any suggestions?</p>

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<p>Does Swat give athletic scholarships? The coach might be promising admission, but I’m fairly sure he can’t promise money.</p>

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<p>oops, you’re right. swat doesn’t offer athletic scholarships. in any case, he nearly guaranteed admissions (but you never know i guess). </p>

<p>money aside
Safety:
UIllinois</p>

<p>Match:
Michigan
USC
Northwestern</p>

<p>Reach:
Chicago
Stanford
UPenn
Duke</p>

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<p>Duke reach
Northwestern reach
USC reach
Michigan match
Stanford out of reach
UPenn slight reach
Swarthmore match</p>

<p>Tennis won’t mean much to the Standford’s or USC’s unless you’re top 30 nationally ranked. And you’re missing a focus/passion unless you’re a recruited tennis player. And an ACT 30 is not that high for most of these schools, on the very low end for Stanford or Duke. </p>

<p>I think you need 2 safeties.</p>

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<p>Time is running out. </p>

<p>You need to find out what your financial situation is with your parents. There’s no point in spinning your wheels or coming up with lists that won’t work if your parents can’t pay their EFC and/or their is a gap in aid and/or the aid is a bunch of student loans.</p>

<p>Ask both parents what they can afford to pay. If it’s much less than their EFC, you’ll have a serious problem.</p>

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<p>@mom2collegekids </p>

<p>money is not an issue. my parents are paying full tuition. </p>

<p>@pacheight</p>

<p>i appreciate your input, but i dont understand how you listed UPenn as a slight reach and northwestern/USC as reach?</p>

<p>also, i would consider tennis my passion/focus even if i’m not being recruited to play. clearly i devoted countless hours of hard work and dedication to achieve the accomplishments i did.</p>

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<p>money is not an issue. my parents are paying full tuition.
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<p>Oh good, because a few hours ago, you wrote this…“i live in illinois, and im not too sure on the financial status”</p>

<p>So, I thought you may not be sure if your parents could pay tuition, room, board, books, etc…which can easily be $50k per year. I’m guessing that since you now wrote that money isn’t an issue because your parents are paying for your tuition that you also mean that your parents are paying for room, board, books, etc, too. :slight_smile: Good!!! :)</p>

<p>That makes the process easier! :)</p>

<p>Sounds like you have an awesome list!!! Good luck!!!</p>

<p>:)</p>

<p>Did I overlook where you’ve stated your likely major?</p>

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<p>i plan on majoring in economics, but that’s a very very unsure thing. hopefully i’ll pick up something along the way that sparks my interest.</p>

<p>also, i’d like someones input on this matter:
i was originally planning on doing ED to Northwestern because i figured that’s the best school i had a chance of getting into, but now i decided against it because i’d like to keep my options open and i believe i have a strong chance of getting into NU through regular decision. is this a bad move if NU is one of my top choices but not necessarily my TOP choice (i’m second guessing myself in fear of getting rejected from all my match/reach schools)?</p>

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<p>It’s definitely not a bad move. Only use ED if you’re absolutely set on going there if accepted, no hesitation.</p>

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<p>lol he will have no problem getting into USC, especially in this economy</p>