EA Villanova?!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: M
Race: Caucasian
School: Public, sends a few to top schools.
Location: NJ
Major: Undeclared Arts/Some form of engineering</p>

<p>SAT I: ** Re-take in November, likely 2000+. Last CR+M score= 1250 (First try, blind)
**SAT II: Have yet to take. Likely will be math and English/history.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.94 unweighted, 4.26 weighted
Rank: Top 10%
Schedule: Rigorous. I am taking a good number of APs and many honors courses. Unlike other high schools, AP classes are almost exclusively available to seniors.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Private Art Lessons
Outdoor Track (Varsity)
Indoor Track (Varsity)
Art Club
Physics Club
Newspaper
Interact
SGA
NHS
Co-founder of Celtic Club (Irish appreciation, lol)
Volunteer @ Church (Approx. 7 hrs per month)
Volunteer @ local library (Approx. 15 hrs per month)
Habitat for Humanity-type group (Approx. 2 hrs per month)</p>

<p>Work: Tutor, ~3 hours per week. Free lance artist</p>

<p>Leadership: Have been invited to an insane amount of conferences around the world, but it was never feasible to attend. Additionally, I will likely be named a team captain on either track team. It is customary for the position to be dolled out to seniors, and very very rarely an underclassmen or junior garners the role.</p>

<p>Awards:
Nothing out of the ordinary. Just school awards and a couple of national things.</p>

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<p>Question!
Would NOT being Catholic possibly be a hook? </p>

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<p>Other schools of interest:
-Penn State University Park
-Rutgers
-Lehigh
-TCNJ
-Drexel
-Syracuse
-NYU
-UMD
-Muhlenberg</p>

<p>And just curious... do I have a shot at any Ivies?</p>

<p>Thanks for reading. If you have school suggestions, please feel free to voice them. I am mostly considering schools in the PA/NJ/NY area.</p>

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<p>oh come on, please!</p>

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<p>Okay, I’ll give you my best guess. You will be deferred and accepted regular admission. Your gpa and class rank are very good but your SAT’s are a bit below the school’s average. </p>

<p>As far as not being catholic as a hook, I don’t think it is. Villanova is interested in increasing diversity but simply not being catholic isn’t a hook imo - there a plenty of non-catholics at Villanova and other Catholic colleges for it to be unique. If you were an URM that would help you because of the Villanova stereotype regarding lack of diversity.</p>

<p>Good luck. Maybe I am wrong (since I did not attend Nova and have no inside information)but I have friends and a sister who attended Villanova. My sister was a Top 10-15% with a 1350 and deferred EA.</p>

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<p>As far as school suggestions, your list is pretty diverse. You will have a much different college experience at the other schools (except maybe lehigh). Your list has some pretty different types of schools. 4 types in my opinion. Large state schools (Penn State, Rutgers and MD), a “commuter school” (TCNJ), Mid-sized, private universities with engineering departments (Lehigh and Villanova) and small LACs (Muhlenburg, etc.). It may help if you focused on the type of school you would like to attend.</p>

<p>My guess is that the Nova/Lehigh choices will fit your personality (based on my limited information) more than the big state schools. You obviously are a motivated person that is willing to challenge yourself intellectually. You may find that the big state schools have a smaller percentage of students with your focus. I am not saying that as a criticism (in fact UM - college park has become pretty selective) but they are normally bigger party/tailgate type school. Lehigh is a big drinking school but the students there balance it with studying. There are some very bright kids at Penn State but the average student will be at a somewhat lower level than at Nova/Lehigh. Class sizes will also be much bigger. </p>

<p>If you like Nova and Lehigh, consider Lafayette and Bucknell too. All 4 are very good schools with similar admission standards.</p>

<p>Syracuse is an interesting mix. It is private but in my opinion, has the feel of a state school. Their communications school (Newhouse) is supposed to be good but I don’t know about their engineering department.</p>

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<p>Nova looks good. As do all your others. I wouldn’t say anything about religion and being invited to different conferences won’t help you unless you actually attend.</p>

<p>Chance Back?</p>

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<p>You may have moved on since this thread is about a month old but I checked and the middle SAT range for nova early action is 1360 - 1450. I feel sure you will not be accepted EA (no offense). I do think you have a good shot at RD.</p>