I’m a rising senior girl and I am curious as to what my chances are for getting into some of my top choices: University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor), University of Delaware, University of Maryland, Binghamton, Northeastern and University of North Carolina (chapel Hill).
GPA: 4.0 unweighted (95.2 average out of 100) but that will go up a few points once the IB weighting is added. I am a full IB diploma candidate although out of the IB classes I did not take the most rigorous courses (took the easier IB math and did not take IB physics) so I am not sure how much that will hurt me considering I am still on track to get the diploma. I took 5 IB classes this year, and will take 6 next year. I will also take one AP class next year (AB Calc) because Calc is the only AP class my school offers.
SAT scores: Got a 1930 on my first SAT and a 1980 on my second, which ended up superscoring to a 1990. 690 on Math, 660 on critical reading and 640 on writing.
Extracurriculars:
-Varsity Cheerleading team (10-12) for both football and basketball seasons
-Vice President of the Peace, Love and Joy club(service club)
-Part of “Games” committee for making a mini-Thon at my school (to raise money for cancer research)
-Member of the Leo Club (service club)Irish Club, for the Kids club (service club)
-volunteer at local elementary schools to help kids with homework
-dance classes
-member of the National Honor Society, math honor society and foreign language honor society
-read books to kids at local library
-Work at summer program at local schools
-Participates in a color war every year that induces hours of dance practice every day
I also have two teacher recommendations. I did not take the ACT or any subject tests. Also my grades have improved each year, if that counts for anything. Thank you!
If you are in-state to Michigan or Maryland or UNC Chapel Hill it would impact your chances a lot. I think you have very solid grades and even though they may not be the hardest IB classes it’s still the full diploma so that’s impressive. Your SAT is a lot lower than it needs to be to be positioned strongly with these colleges particularly as an out-of-state applicant. Your EC’s are fine but they are not of the caliber that they differentiate you favorably. Not all colleges superscore so you have a 1980. You would be positioned much better if you had a 2100 or higher. 1980 is about the 90% percentile nationally. If you could achieve a 2100 it would put you at the 96%. Good luck
Unfortunately I am out of state, from New York. Thanks for the feedback though, I agree about the SAT. I was not planning on taking it in October because of early action but maybe I should
UNC, UMich - low reaches
Northeastern, UMD - high matches
UDel - safety
Idk about Binghamton
I have noticed that unc admitted students oos from previous threads have had either above a 2100 or 30 on act. Try the act. You might still get into those reaches as you are very qualified.
Good luck!
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You will need to read through the comments cause I got a 31 on ACT and I added some colleges (BostonU, UTAustin, Northeastern)
Raise your SAT score to 2100+ and you have a great chance at any of your schools especially if you’re instate. Delaware and Binghamton are safeties. Chance me?
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The only thing I would improve is standardized testing, but other than that you’re looking great! For all these schools, you would be a nice fit. For Northeastern and UDel probably a match/safety, and all the other schools like low reach/match.
@shadyconcepts the mid 50% for enrolled freshmen at Northeastern is 2020-2190 so it is a low reach and definitely not a safety for the OP.
@TomSrOfBoston Oh sorry, my mistake! If OP improves their SAT score I’m sure Northeastern chances will be greatly increased. Thanks for the correction.