Chances Class of 2020 Georgetown, Dartmouth, Brown, ND, USC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Chance me please! I will do my best to chance back.

I am applying as some sort of a Business major (economics at liberal arts colleges).

Here is where I am applying. Please be honest.

Brown
Bucknell
Dartmouth
Fordham
Georgetown Business School
Gettysburg (athletic coaches support)
Hopkins (likely some athletic coaches support)
Syracuse:
Trinity: (athletic coaches support)
Tulane:
Notre Dame Business School
Richmond:
U Southern California Business School
Villanova: (likely some athletic coaches support) Business School
Washington and Lee (athletic coaches support)

ACT Score: 32 Composite (Math 29, Science 33, Reading 33, English 34)
-took again… Math: 31 So… Comp. 33

Class: no rank (likely top 10%)
I go to a VERY competitive, extremely small all girls private Catholic school in Northern NJ.

GPA: 96.5 weighted
I have gotten all A’s (one B+ in Honors US History Sophomore Year)
Freshman Year: 3 honors
Sophomore Year: 3 honors, 1 AP (AP Language & Comp.)
Junior Year: 3 honors, 1 AP (AP Biology)
Senior Year: 3 AP (AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Calc)

SAT II Molecular Bio: 700
SAT II Math I: 690

Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
State: NJ
School: Private, All Girls, Catholic
Prospective Major: Economics and/or Business

Recommendations and Essays: most likely extremely strong

Extracurriculars/ Honors:

National Honor Society
Spanish National Honor Society
Appointed as School Ambassador
12 marking periods of highest honor roll
Advanced Placement Summer Algebra Course
Extremely Active Club Field Hockey member (club team is currently ranked #3 in the nation) (went on many showcases and tournaments nationally)
USA Field Hockey Futures Association
Junior Premiere Outdoor League (competitive field hockey league)
4 year-Varsity Field Hockey Team (Captain Senior year)
** strongest EC, have won numerous awards, led the team in goals and assists all four 4 years, hold many school records
Varsity Spring Track (qualified for both states and counties in the 800m)
Varsity Lacrosse (freshman year only)
Freshman basketball manager
Dancer at an Arts Company (named senior dance captain, team won various awards at competition)
Relay for Life- Team Captain (team is highest fundraising)
Volunteer at Soup Kitchen every Sunday
Summer Catechist Assistant
Catholic Heart Work Camp Community Service Trip to Pittsburgh
Ordained as an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharistic
Cut and Donated Hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths
Youth Basketball League Scorekeeper
Babysitter for Various Local Families

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Really impressive activities. I feel like Brown and Dartmouth are high reaches (They want reeeeally high test scores that I have no idea how some people manage to get). I think you’ll get into USC. I’m pretty new to this site so I’m sorry if I can;t give you super thorough advice :confused:

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15 applications, wow! If you have some favorites I think you can whittle down that number and save yourself some extra essay writing. I would say you stand a great chance at all the schools that are showing interest from athletic coaches. They have pull with even underperforming student athletes, of which you clearly are not! You are strong for most of the others, I really would find my favorite half dozen and enjoy your holiday season! Best of luck to you.

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USC-Low Reach

Chance me back?-http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1836654-california-schools-private-chances-will-chance-back.html#latest

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I think that you have a shot at the ivies you listed… once you get to that high level, the tangible evidence (gpa and test score) is kind of meaningless. Think about it- they are not going to say you have a 32 and she has a 34 so the 34 is the obvious pick. That’s never going to happen. I think your activities and essays will be the game changers, with all of your very strong activities. Good luck!
If you need some hope, just look at the average test scores for Brown, Dartmouth, and Georgetown. If you look on college board, you are a competitive applicant with your score. Middle 50% act for Brown (from college board) is 30-34. You clearly fall in that.

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I think that Dartmouth and Brown would be reaches. However, your activities and scores are really strong, so I feel like you’d stand a good chance of getting into those types of schools. But I feel like you’d definitely get a lot of scholarship money to the less selective schools you listed, i.e. Bucknell, Washington and Lee if you were willing to go there instead. Like you said, you already received an offer for a 30,000 dollar scholarship to Tulane for the Honors Program. Good luck

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Are you even real? Kind of intimidating if you ask me. I felt so insignificant after looking at your ECA’s. I am pretty sure that you will get in. Best of luck (I know you won’t be needing it)

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You have a very good shot at Bucknell, Fordham, Gettysburg, Syracuse, Trinity, Richmond, Villanova, and Washington and Lee. I wouldn’t stress about those too much :). Hopkins is definitely in reach considering you probably have the athletic coaches support. You definitely fit the profile for USC and Notre Dame. Georgetown, Dartmouth, and Brown are high reaches, but they are high reaches for everyone. Like others have said, your activities are very strong (the only thing that might be missing is activities related to business/economics, but that is by no means a deal-breaker) and you do have very good scores and grades. That combined with fantastic recommendations and essays might set you over the edge. For those schools, you have a better shot than most. Even if you aren’t accepted to the Ivies, you have applied to other wonderful schools that will beg you to come to them.
Did you apply to any of these schools (like Notre Dame, Georgetown, or some of the low-reaches) EA? That would help your chances significantly, even if you were deferred the first time around. Hope this helps!

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@theaussie and to OP: She does seem to be quite a fit for Notre Dame, but since she’s applying to Mendoza (they won’t care about subject tests), Georgetown and Notre Dame business schools might be neck to neck, or a bit higher. Mendoza only has ~600 spots out of ~3600 students of the entire freshman class, and more than half of the 600 has already been filled up during REA. So that’s already less than a 16% chance to be admitted into Mendoza for the average applicant. Plus, she’s applying with a 32 ACT while the average for ND is 32-34, and assuming that Mendoza’s has a higher average.

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Mendoza will be a reach. But I’d be surprised if you aren’t accepted to ND.

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