Finally Received SAT scores - Chances time!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I finally received my SAT scores today, and it is time to make an official chances thread. I am new to this process, so feel free to be critical and harsh with regards to my chances at each prospective school. Thanks again.</p>

<p>GPA
Freshman: 4.74
Sophomore: 4.55
Junior: Should be 4.8 at end of the year</p>

<p>Test Scores
SAT: 700 CR, 690 Math, 640 Writing (I will probably retake to raise the writing)</p>

<p>Important ECs/Awards
-NHS, Spanish Honor Society
-National Merit Commended
-3 Year Varsity Basketball
-Varsity Captain
-All-Conference Academic Team
-Freshman Orientation Guide
-Food Bank Volunteer
-Volunteer at Children's Basketball Camp</p>

<p>Recs should be great and essays will be good/above average</p>

<p>I want to major in either business (if it has a business school) or economics. </p>

<p>Schools:
UMich
UWisconsin
Notre Dame-EA
BC-EA
Bates
Colby
Hamilton
Colgate
Cornell
Northwestern
Bucknell
Carleton (Legacy to yearly contributer for ~30 years)</p>

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<p>I am not familiar with admissions standards for all schools, but I think you should be safe for UMICH and UMADISON as long as you apply really early in the rolling admissions process.</p>

<p>hopefully others can comment on your chances for other schools.</p>

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<p>You might want to raise your SATs some for Northwestern and Cornell, but your GPA's rockin.</p>

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<p>great thanks!...can anyone copy and paste my list and tell me which ones are matches, reaches, or even safeties?</p>

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<p>In my humble opinion:
UMich-safety
UWisconsin-safety
Notre Dame-EA
BC-EA-match (maybe high?)...it is really hard to get in
Bates- match
Colby- match
Hamilton- low match
Colgate-low match
Cornell-reach
Northwestern-reach
Bucknell-safety
Carleton (Legacy to yearly contributer for ~30 years)-match with
legacy</p>

<p>I'd apply to Bowdoin (the best of the ME schools). Your reaches are def. reachable.</p>

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<p>I think you could conceivably get into everywhere on that list. Cornell and Northwestern are the most challenging admits on it. If you raise the sat slightly I'd say you would be good for your list and you could potentially add a dream school or two.</p>

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<p>You've put together a pretty good list. NU and Cornell are reaches, but it's still possible that you could get into one of those if you raised your writing SAT to 680+.</p>