<p>Hey I'm a rising senior whose getting ready to apply to college and thinking about where I have a good chance of getting in or not. I'm really interested in Upenn (Wharton School), Vandy, UVA, Michigan, UGA, UNC, IU, and Northwestern. Any feedback would be awesome</p>
<p>Demographics: White Jewish male from South Carolina
School info: county wide charter school for academics, top 20 public school in the country
UW GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA: 5.0
APs through junior year: European History (5)
Calc AB (5)
Chem(5)
Lang(4)
SAT: 800/750/720 (1550/2270)
SAT II: Math II (750) Chem (780) and Lit (710), going to take Spanish and Math I in September
ACT: 35 (without writing)
Senior Year schedule: AP Bio, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics
ECs: 2 years Varsity/2 years JV basketball, 1 year JV soccer/1 year JV/Varsity soccer (state champ), Vice president National Spanish Honor Society, 1 time gold 2-time silver medalist for National Spanish exam, have served as Chapter treasurer/chapter president/regional vice president of a teen-led Jewish youth group and have gone to 2 summer programs focused on leadership, 120+ community service hours, President Jewish Awareness club, summer job as rising junior and senior.</p>
<p>If you are attending a “top 20 public school in the country” then talk to your GC - he will know exactly how students with similar profiles to yours have fared at the schools on your list.</p>
<p>Obviously, your GPA and test scores are solidly “in range” for the schools on your list - even above for a couple of them. Your class rigor sounds good, but depends on how it compares to others in your school. Nothing on your ECs appears exceptional, but they do demonstrate that you are involved outside of the classroom.</p>
<p>All I can speak for is UVA, I live in VA and with your credentials I probably would not get into UVA. However perhaps they accept more out of state students with lower qualifications, I’m not sure, but all I can say is a VA resident wouldn’t get in with that. That being said “lower” qualifications is subjective and you have one hell of a solid resume man!</p>
<p>Dude those stats would make UVA a low match/high safety in state, unless applying from nova. I’d say you’re competitive still as an oos applicant. I can’t speak for the other schools really, by you have a good shot at UVA and UNC I’d say. G old luck!</p>
<p>Perhaps I messed up translating the South Carolina gpa. All I know is to get in from my high school you generally need a 4.2 (4.3 scale). But your ACT’s are killer</p>
<p>Standards are higher for OOS applicants, not lower. All public universities must operate within the political world created by their state legislature in order to keep the funding stream flowing. If it was discovered that less qualified students were admitted from outside the state, taxpayers would go ballistic.</p>
<p>Michigan has been experiencing a controversy recently as UMich tried to increase the number of OOS students admitted in order to get their higher tuition payments. the school argued that rejected OOS applicants were far more qualified than some accepted in-state applicants. The legislature shot that idea down quickly and the school remains 80%+ in-state.</p>
<p>You don’t have the businessy things that Wharton really looks for, but you do have a solid gpa/ACT. If you don’t get in, it’ll be because of that. Your stats and ECs make you a match for the rest of your schools though. You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Upenn (Wharton School) - Reach
Vanderbilt - Match
Northwestern - Match
UVA - Match
UNC - Match (UNC is pretty difficult OOS)
Michigan - Safe Match/In
UGA - In
IU - In</p>