Class of 2016 Chances?!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Academic:
•My GPA at the moment is a 3.06/4.0
•My ACT is a 28
•I know that I don’t have the best grades, but i plan on getting them up.
•I’m an African-American (Somalian) student, Male, and Duke is my dream school
•Top Half Rank
•I planned on majoring in Sports Management, but if they don’t allow that/have that major , I’m thinking Marketing or communications, or if they have the opportunity to design my own major, I might do that as well.</p>

<p>Junior Course load:
•Psychology AP, American History, AP Language&Comp, Precalculus, Photography, Stats&Probablity, PhyEd 11, Guitar Methods</p>

<p>Senior Course Load:
•Yearbook Publication, Media Studies, Humanities (AP Lit&Comp), Senior Foods, Stats AP, PhyEd 12, Microeconomics AP, American Government AP</p>

<p>My EC:
•Student Council (VP Junior Year, and President Elect for senior year) (4 Years)
•DECA, which is like business leaders of America. And I am president of that. (4 Years)
•I am the founder and president of the African-American Leadership Council at my school
•I am the producer of the black history month show at my school.
•I am in speech, which has high prestige at my school is ranked in top ten in the USA
•Varsity Golf
•I help run a National Magazine for high school teachers nationwide.
• Link Leader (Orientations Leader for new freshman)
•Been going to Muslim Religion classes every Saturday and Sunday since I was 6</p>

<p>Work Experience:
•I intern with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Twins
•I’m the basketball manager for my high school Varsity Basketball Team, and in the summer I manage an AAU team.
•Also this summer I’m working/ interning with a golf club
•I'm a golf caddy
•Mentor Somali Kids at a local Elementary School
•One of 2 students selected to work on the Roseville Park and Rec Board
•Habitat for Humanity this summer
•More volunteer work in the summers</p>

<p>Awards:
•Lettered in Speech and Student Council
•City of Falcon Heights Teen Leadership Award
•(More that I can’t think of)</p>

<p>Essays:
•Hopefully will be good, I know many people that I will have edit it, so it will be top notch when I turn it in.</p>

<p>Recommendations:
•Assistant Basketball Coach/Vice Principle at me Elementary school, in the Minnesota Hall of Fame for High School Basketball Coaching
•Counselor: He loves me, he worked in the Sports Management Field before becoming a counselor and I know his recommendation will be good.
•Teacher: Humanities/10th Grade Pre-AP English Teacher, One of the Top Teachers in the Nation, Has awards for being a top teacher In MN/USA. I work with her on a literacy publication magazine that a couple of other kids and I are working on together. (thenationalscholar.org) so her recommendation will be legit.
Addition Recommendation: Jeff Munneke; Vice President of Fan Relations and Guest Services I Intern with him, so he’ll write me a good recommendation</p>

<p>Other:
•State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
•School Type: Large Public High School 2000+
•Ethnicity: Somalian/Arab (African-American/Caucasian)
•Gender: Male
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM and First Generation College. Research (Kinda?)</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: Leadership, Experience, Recommendations’, and Extracurricular
•Weaknesses: Most academic related things.
•I know my grades aren’t the best neither is my ACT score, but the reason for that is because I was always busy with school, and extracurricular activities. And that isn't an excuse for why grades are bad, but hopefully they'll look at that, and give it some consideration, And it wasn’t like I joined every club available just to be in them, I was an active member of each one, and I have leadership roles in many of them. I don’t know if my extracurricular will balance out my academics but do you think that I have a chance at all? Also I’m great at interviews so hopefully I nail that too.</p>

<p>Colleges:</p>

<p>Duke
Vanderbilt
Villinova
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Uconn
NC State
DePaul</p>

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<p>Can anyone chance me for any of these schools? Including Oregon?!</p>

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<p>Hey, nasali2012. I’ll try to help out with what I know. But also keep in mind I’m just telling you my opinion. I won’t claim any kind of accuracy, but just some facts I’ve found and mostly opinions.</p>

<p>ACT Ranges 25th% - 75% (Scores placed in the 25th percentile are what the bottom 25% of entering freshmen students at the schools below have made. Same for 75th)</p>

<p>Duke 29 - 34
Vanderbilt 30 - 34
Villinova 28 - 31
Pittsburgh 25 - 30
Syracuse 23 - 28
UConn 24 - 28
NC State 23 - 28
DePaul 22 - 27</p>

<p>You look great for Pittsburgh and the rest below on that list. The ones above Pittsburgh are, well you know, kind of a stretch at the moment. This is as far as ACT goes.</p>

<p>As far as Extra Curricular stuff, it all looks great. Fantastic. There will be lots of people to comment and say that they’re weak. These are the same people who would say “they’re weak” if you had on your list “Wrote a New York Times Best-seller” and “Went to the moon ONLY twice”. Don’t sweat the ECs, I couldn’t do all the things you did in 20 years time, let alone 4. (My ECs aren’t nearly as good or as long)</p>

<p>As far as your GPA… well, you probably know the song and dance. You said you’d try your best to get it up. Try your hardest to make all As and I’m pretty sure a couple on the list are bound to accept you. I don’t know how hard each one looks at GPA, but I’m sure the average for all of them is well above 3.04. But stay determined, and I’m sure you’ll do fine, man. Good luck.</p>