<p>i am a first generation Korean male, in junior year, PA
2nd in my family to go to college</p>
<p>3.65 gpa, on a standard 4.0 scale, it would be about a 3.45 i think
my school scale goes up to 4.6, but it is actually impossible to get above a 4.3
3.65 of 4.6 is equivalent to a 3.45 of 4.0 (my school is really messed up... difference between a- and b+ is .7)
weighted scale goes 4.6 a+, 4.4 a, 4.2 a-, 3.5 b+, 3.3 b, 3.1 b-
i go to a public school in pennsylvania, one of the best in the state, highest rate of students that go off to college, and we always rank 1-3 in all standardized tests</p>
<p>around 1980-2060 SAT I</p>
<p>school doesnt rank</p>
<p>i take all honors credits, except art major, but i am on my way to take ap studio art as a senior
orchestra 4 years secretary
tennis 4 years
volunteer at hospital 100+ hrs
physics olympics captain
participitant in school news paper
took a summer course at yale u.
CEO of PFEW team (pennsylvania free enterprise week, business camp)
winter track 2 years
student ambassador club
relay for life participant
model congress 2 years
mock trial 2 years</p>
<p>recommendations from good teachers, 1 from the CEO of PFEW, another from my company advisor who used to be a financial advisor at a big company,
im pretty good with essays</p>
<p>i plan to apply to 7-9 of the following
Vanderbilt U.
Emory U.
USC
UNC
Macalester College
Whitman College
Bucknell U
GW U.
Occidental College
Pepperdine U.
U. Wisconsin- Mad.</p>
<p>also, are there any other schools you reccomend thats a "match" school for me</p>
<p>Great ECs, pretty good SATs, GPA is lacking a bit. I would say you have a shot, but you're not perfectly "matched" based on your stats. You're probably more of a match/guarantee at Pepperdine...i dunno about the other schools though.</p>
<p>Unless you are from North Carolina forget about going to Chapel Hill. I do think you have a good chance here at Madison, which is much more congenial to out of state applicants than Carolina.</p>
<p>tsdad: It's not that UNC-CH is not "congenial to out of state applicants," it's just that, as you know, the cap on out-of-state applicants is currently at 18%, which makes it highly competitive for out-of-state admission (but no more so than other highly selective institutions). But, you know, there's a reason for that. NC taxpayers do support (and have always greatly supported) their public university system. I know many people would like to see that cap raised, like other top public universities have done. UVA, for example, accepts something like 30% out-of-state. But that has nothing to do with congeniality. One needs to look at how much state money UVA, for instance, takes in--compared to their private funding. Much of UVA's money comes from private sources, not public (not from taxpayers), I believe. I have no idea about the UWisconsin at Madison, but a comparison would be interesting.</p>
<p>tsdad: Sorry. I didn't mean the comparison between percentages (what's the percentage of oos enrollment at Wisconsin compared to Carolina), I meant--how much private funding support does Wisconsin get, compared to taxpayer/state funding. Didn't read your link, yet, so perhaps it's in there(?). My point was, that often--when good public universities have a low accept rate for OOS (such as Chapel Hill), it's because much of their funding comes from the home state, not private funds.</p>
<p>I am applying as the typical middle class white kid (no AA angle) with decent SAT (740 V, 670 M, 620 W) and a competitive AP/honors courseload. My gpa wasn't anything spectactular, but I was still ranked in the top 15% of my class in a nationally accredited public school in the Boston area. My app wasn't saturated with college stuffers, but I was still a varsity letter-winner in soccer for 3 years/coached a youth basketball team. I wasn't sure what my chances would be to get into USC, or if coming from Mass might give me a slight boost. Any comments would be appreciated</p>