Chances? Emory/Oxford, Tulane, Northwestern, Penn State, Georgetown, and others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Emory/Oxford
Washington U @ St Louis
Tulane
Northwestern (My Dad went here.)
University of Chicago
Penn State
Georgetown</p>

<p>Intended Major: Linguistics and Psychology
State: Alabama
Gender: Female
Race: Black</p>

<p>GPA (w): 3.4
GPA (u): 3.1</p>

<p>APs:
Spanish Language
US History
European History
Lang and Comp
Lit and Comp
Psychology
Biology
Government</p>

<p>Class Rank: 58/260(ish I can't find the exact class size right now)</p>

<p>ACT: 28 (Superscored 29)</p>

<p>ECs:
Beta Club, 2009-Present
International Thespian Society, 2009-Present (President)
Spanish Club, 2008-2010 (Secretary)
Unity Club, 2008-Present (Secretary/Parliamentarian)
Scrollworks, 2009-Present (A Music Lesson Program)
-Teaching assistant for beginner guitar
-Stage Manager for recitals and other performances
-Assistant Site Manager
Our Lady of Sorrows, 2010
-Children’s Liturgy; Performing skits and supervising children
Multiple Plays
Girl Scouts 1999-2009</p>

<p>Honors and Awards
Most Improved Calculus, October 2010
Designed Red Mountain Theatre Company Summer Workshop shirt, 2009
Superior rating in Trumbauer Theatre District Competition, 2009<br>
Superior rating in Trumbauer Theatre State Competition, 2009
Peace in my World, 2008
-First Place, Songwriting
Designed Spanish Club shirt, 2008
Poems published in ‘Menagerie’ 2008 (Literary Magazine)</p>

<p>Is there anything I forgot that would be helpful to know?
Can you think of any other schools I would be good for?</p>

<p>Thanks!
=]</p>

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<p>Oxford, probably. Penn State probably also. The others are reaches (Tulane) to long shots (all the others). You need some clear safeties on your list.</p>

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<p>^Agreed. Even with your URM status and NU legacy, all but Tulane and Emory are going to be huge reaches.</p>

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<p>If I were you, I wouldn’t even apply to Georgetown, WUSTL, Northwestern, and Chicago. Your GPA is far below the average for those schools, and your ECs and tough courseload can’t totally make up for it. Your ACT score is below the 25th percentile for those schools as it is right now (of course, you can retake). Tulane and Penn State are reaches.</p>

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<p>@fallenchemist
I have a list of safeties, but I didn’t put them on this list because… they’re safeties… and I know my chances with them.
;)</p>

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<p>Also, I forgot to add this in the college list:
UNC Chapel Hill</p>

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<p>^Oos UNC is on the level of Tulane and NU.</p>

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<p>Jaycee4141 - OK, that’s great. I was just making sure, because there are tales of woe from students that had no safeties and then had no acceptances come April 1.</p>

<p>UNC-CH OOS is harder to get into than Tulane and about the same as NU. I read somewhere that by state law they have to be 82% minimum in-state. Not sure if that is true, and I couldn’t find anything on their web site. But I know it is tough for OOS students.</p>

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<p>Thanks, guys.=]
Any more opinions?</p>