Chances of Getting in...?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently a junior and am trying to pick out what colleges to apply to and what my chances will be at some schools. Here are some of the ones I'm thinking about:</p>

<p>USC (top), UCLA, Berkeley, Duke, Northwestern, UPenn, Stanford, SMU, and UCSB</p>

<p>A little bit about me...
Extracurriculars:
-Junior Class President
-Senior Class Treasurer (Only Junior on Senior committee)
-Site Council President
-Sophomore Class Secretary
-ASB head of Athletics
-JV Swim team (1 year)
-Varsity Golf (1 year)
-Jv Water Polo (2 years)</p>

<p>My scores:
SAT 1960 (680 M 660 W 620 CR)
GPA (weighted): 3.95 </p>

<p>Current Junior year schedule:
AP US History
AP Physics
AP Calc AB
AP English Language
Honors Pre-Calculus
ASB
Physics</p>

<p>Any suggestions for other schools to look at. What my chances are at schools on my list. etc.</p>

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<p>Stanford: Reach
USC: Reach
UCLA: Reach
Berkeley: Reach
Duke: Reach
NWU: Reach
SMU: Low match
UCSB: Match</p>

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<p>Since you have another year I would study for retaking the SATs until you get at least a 2100 but several of those schools would still be reaches.</p>

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<p>hey sorry but what does low match and reach mean?</p>

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<p>match - your grades, SAT and ECs are on par for the university.
reach - your grades, SAT and ECs are low for the university.
*low match - your grades, SAT and ECs are slightly under than average for university</p>

<p>and, I agree with Catria on all except UCLA. I believe UCLA is a match.</p>

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<p>^^ A HIGH match - your grades, SAT and ECs are slightly under the average for the U.</p>

<p>Berkeley and UCLA attract roughly the same pool of applicants so, barring exceptional circumstances I put the same chances to both.</p>

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<p>Do you really see SMU as a low match for me? I think my chances at SMU are very good. I would apply to it as a safety school</p>

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<p>It can’t be your safety but I would say it is a match (not high or low) since your stats seem like they are fit for that college. But you goota understand that you score under the 25th percentile at some of those colleges and those students with tha low scores are usually recruited athletes or have some major hook of some other sort, which you don’t seem to have.</p>