Chances for GTech, Emory, UMiami, Virginia, and Florida schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a student at Broward Community College, Honors (South Florida) and will be transferring to a 4 year school for the fall of ’09. I would appreciate if anyone here could look at my stats and tell me which schools are considered reaches and safeties for me. The major I'm applying with is industrial/systems engineering at all and economics at Emory.</p>

<p>I am applying to:</p>

<p>Reach:
Georgia Tech
Emory
U Virginia
U Miami</p>

<p>Match:
U Central Florida-Honors
U Florida
Florida State</p>

<p>Safety:
U South Florida
U Central Florida</p>

<p>College stats:</p>

<p>Location: Florida
School Type: Community College (Honors)
Gender, Ethnicity: Male, Hispanic
Economic: About $100,000 per year
GPA: 3.9 after 35 credits (high school: 3.9 weighted, 3.3 unweighted)
Rank: N/A (150/600 in high school)
SAT: 610CR, 660M, 550W = 1820 (from 12th grade, I can retake while in Spain and do much better)</p>

<p>Other stuff:</p>

<p>-In the Honors program of the community college
-Vice President of the Honors Student Committee (focuses on community outreach and acts as the core of the Honors Institute)
-Wrestled 3 years in high school
-First generation/first in family in college
-Avid runner, having completed 2 half marathons and training now for the next one.</p>

<p>Work Experience:</p>

<p>Summer camp
Pool and BBQ store - physical work (filling chlorine jugs and propane tanks)
Advertising agency - ground operations for airplane advertising banners
Restaurant - bus boy and dish washer</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>Had planned on joining the Marine Corps out of high school, but left kidney failed just months before leaving for boot camp, which was completely unexpected. That’s why I’m at a community college; I never even applied to college. This could be an overcoming adversity topic for an essay. I've also become much more dedicated as a student/upward trend.</p>

<p>I'd also have two or three great letters of rec from Honors faculty and administrators.</p>

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<p>I'm not incredibly familiar with the difficulty of transferring, but you have an amazing college GPA which leads me to believe that you have a good shot at all of those schools. Your SATs are average, but some schools don't even look at them (or anything high school) after you have a certain amount of college credits. You're on the right track -- this year you should just focus on getting a little bit more involved at school to complete your application. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks beach baby!</p>

<p>Can I get few more replies in here before I let this thread go?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Bump! Just a few more opinions please.</p>

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<p>Anyone? Bump?</p>

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<p>You college GPA is very good and if you transfer with your AA, I think you have a very good shot at the schools you listed. I'd say you are in at least 2 of your reaches.</p>

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<p>Last bump, one more response please, thanks.</p>