Hi I’m incoming senior who has just finalized their college list and was hoping people would give their opinions on my chances at the following schools
Reaches:
Duke (ED)
Washu
Vanderbilt
Georgetown
High match:
Emory
USC
Target:
Villanova
Northeastern
Safety:
Miami
BU
UMD (instate)
Loyola Maryland
Here’s some basic info on me:
Private catholic all male school in MD. 3.72/4.00 UW GPA 4.22/4.50 W GPA. 2180 on old SAT (760 CR, 720 W, 700 M) 1510 on the new scale (770 Verbal 740 Math) and a 33 composite on act (36 r, 33 w, 32 m 31 sci). for sat IIs 740 US history, 760 Chem, 750 lit, 740 Spanish. 770 Latin, 760 biology m, 740 world history
Will graduate having taken ap euro, apush, ap Lang, ap lit, ap Chem, ap bio, ap Spanish, ap calc Ab, and ap psych.
Senior year course load: ap bio, ap psych, ap calc ab, ap Spanish, ap English lit, honors theology iv.
ECs: 4 seasons varsity soccer, 4 seasons varsity indoor track, 4 years of baseball 3 varsity one JV. Will be Captain of all three senior year. President and cofounder of young men for change basically bring in speakers to talk about what it means to be a man in today’s society. Class vp 4 years in a row. A few national honor societies. Acapella group for my school 4 years. Work outside of school. Tutor kids in Spanish.
Not applying for financial aid and am a URM (Hispanic). Undecided on major probably something in science likely bio or Chem.
I know my list is reach heavy but with UMD being instate I would be very happy attending there so I feel like I can reach more. Thanks in advance!
I’m not gonna lie, most of your matches are reaches (USC, Emory) or high matches (Northeastern). Boston University is a match (unless you meant Bentley), but Villanova is probably a safety on the other hand. I mean your list may be more reach heavy than you think but then you have 4 solid safeties so you should be fine.
I agree with @DurejaVu in the fact that you should probably get more safeties on there. Your GPA, course load, and SAT/ACT scores are fine, and your ECs are excellent, so you have a good chance at those top schools. Chance me back please! Good luck!
I disagree that your list is reach heavy and needs more safeties. You have great scores and interesting ECs that will appeal to these schools looking for a boy. URM status should push your app into acceptance pile at Vandy and Gtown. Duke is a reach just based on its popularity and ultra heavy athletic recruiting. You wouldn’t consider giving up on Duke to ED at Vandy?
@Oregon2016 I really love Duke and I know it’s the hardest to get into on my list so I figured ED was the move because it would give me the best chance at my dream school.
Right, I know it’s hard to pass on the dream, but if Duke doesn’t share the love and Vandy wait lists you in RD, you’ll be kicking yourself. Good luck and I hope you hear good news from Duke!
Your list seems pretty accurate except Miami and BU are targets not safeties and USC and Emory are probably low reaches. If your willing to write all those application essays and pay the app fees, this seems like a perfect list of schools. Maybe consider ED 2 to one of these if you didn’t get in ED to Duke
Yeah I would consider an ED II when/if Duke doesn’t work out @blueguy99 . I’m content with the essays as I’m almost done with all of them j know my list isn’t the safest but again I do love my instate option and have no issues attending UMD