Chances for Top Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Right now I'm a junior, but in just a few months I'll be sending applications to the following schools:</p>

<p>Chicago
MIT
Brown
Upenn
Michigan
Georgia Tech
New College</p>

<p>They are listed in the order of my preference as to which I would attend. I know the schools I picked vary from each other a lot, but there are certain characteristics from each that I enjoy. Now let's get on to what you came here for, the stats...</p>

<p>Class Ranking: 1 out of 545<br>
Cumulative GPA: 3.75
Academic Core GPA: 4.1389
Weighted Cumul. GPA: 5.1806</p>

<p>Awards:
Top Ten in Class (Sophomore-Present)
AP Scholar (Sophomore)
American Mensa (Junior-Present)
World Language Competition 2nd Place in Spanish Impromptu (Junior)
World Language Competition 2nd Place in Spanish Declamation (Junior)
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Advanced Placement Human Geography (Freshman)
English Honors II (Sophomore)
Pre-calculus (Sophomore)
Advanced Placement English Language (Junior)</p>

<p>Test Scores:
Score of 5 AP Statistics exam (Sophomore)
Score of 4 AP European History (Sophomore)
Score of 4 AP Human Geography (Freshman)
Score of 3 AP World History (Sophomore)</p>

<p>ACT: 33
English: 34; Mathematics: 32; Reading: 33; Science: 31; Essay: 10</p>

<p>PSAT: 209
Math: 76; Verbal: 70; Writing: 63</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular Activities:
National Honor Society (Sophomore-Present)
Academic Games:
Captain (Junior – Present)
Brain Brawl Team- Inter-School Academic competition (Junior-Present)
National History Bowl Competitor (Sophomore-Present)
National History Bee Competitor (Sophomore-Present)
Debate Team (Sophomore-Present)
Volunteer Judge for Debate (Junior-Present)
Spanish Honor Society (Junior-Present)
National English Honor Society (Junior-Present)</p>

<p>Work/Volunteer Experience:
94 Volunteer Hours playing music for church/volunteering with a MENSA SIG</p>

<p>Current Schedule:
AP English Language
AP Calc AB
AP US History
Dual Enrollment World Religion (Via a local college)
AP Biology
Spanish IV Honors
Debate II Honors
AP Computer Science A (online)</p>

<p>Summer Plans:
I will be volunteering about 200 hours at a local museum, taking two college classes (Sociology and Anthropology), and start interning with a local newspaper as a student staff writer.</p>

<p>Senior Plans:
AP English Literature
AP Calc BC
AP Economics
AP Physics B
AP Chemistry
AP Spanish Language
Debate III Honors (I will be president next year)
AP U.S. Government (online)</p>

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<p>Anyone???</p>

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<p>MIT: Significant Reach
Penn, Chicago, Brown: Moderate Reach </p>

<p>UMich: low reach if OOS, match if in-state</p>

<p>In at GT, New College</p>

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<p>Friedman, What makes me a moderate reach for Chicago as opposed to a significant reach for MIT?</p>

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<p>Not disagreeing, just wondering</p>

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<p>I think your Math, Science scores and grades just aren’t MIT-caliber, but overall aren’t that bad. That’s why schools like Penn, Chicago, and Brown might be easier.</p>

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<p>Brother applied to HYPSM and got into YPM. Your objective stats seem a bit low for the top tier schools such as MIT and Chicago and Brown. A 3.75 is really low when you are looking at great schools. That said, you still have a bit of time to bring it up just a little, and I think that some amazing essays could do the trick for you.</p>

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<p>For UMich CoE, you will be high match to low reach due to low GPA. ACT would be around 60% (75% for LSA).</p>

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<p>Do colleges like these count high school classes taken in middle school on GPA? Because if not then my GPA is a 3.89, if that helps.</p>

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<p>↑ No. Many don’t even count freshman classes.
With 3.89 GPA, it would be a match for UMich, but the acceptance rate is ~30% for OOS.</p>

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<p>You don’t seem math/science focused, so for MIT, I’d say significant reach as well. I’d say moderate reach for Chicago, since they’re more “all around” than MIT so far as math/sci. I don’t know enough about the other schools to comment. What’s your major?</p>

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<p>MIT would be high reach.</p>