Give an URM a chance.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Race:Black
Gender:Male
GPA:3.8UW
Rank: 4/90
ACT: 28 (retesting and expecting at least a 30)
High school: Inner-city school, sends no one to top schools.
State: Michigan
Income bracket: 30k</p>

<p>Art Club -- Founder/President
FIRST Robotics -- Pneumatics Electronics Team Leader and Mascot
National Honors Society
Member of Non-Profit Organization
Full-time job
Stage hand for several local theatre productions
100+ Hours of volunteer work (includes a lot of activities)</p>

<p>No APs/Honors (Not offered)</p>

<p>Reccs -- Decent </p>

<p>Essays -- Good to Great</p>

<p>(Super)Reaches:
Amherst
Bowdoin
Pomona
Dartmouth
Brown</p>

<p>Match:
Macalester
Lawrence
Northeastern
Hampshire </p>

<p>Safety:
Calvin College
Michigan State
UMinn-Morris </p>

<p>I'm trying to figure out if I want an LAC experience, or a smaller private university one. I have my heart set on universities, but I'm told that a LAC would offer more support for someone with my educational background. If I were to apply mainly to universities. My list would be:</p>

<p>Reaches:
Duke
Northwestern
University of Virginia</p>

<p>Match:
Northeastern
American University
Tulane</p>

<p>Safety:
MSU
?..I don't have anymore.</p>

<p>Suggestions for safety and match schools are both encouraged and appreciated.</p>

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<p>Does your school offer AP/Honors classes?</p>

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<p>No -- I forgot to mention that.</p>

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<p>Is there a reason why you aren't applying to UMich? It seems like a match for you, and seeing as how your instate, it probably won't be expensive either.</p>

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<p>I like MSU much more than UMich. It's bigger, but has a lot of great residential colleges, whereas UMich only has its Residential College...which isn't too great from what I'm told.</p>

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<p>Bumpity-Bump!</p>

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<p>If you could raise your ACT to 30+ (as you expect) I think that would enhance your chances greatly. I can't imagine your not having any AP/Honors courses having a significant impact since your school doesn't offer them, although it would have looked good if you took something at a community college or something.</p>

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<p>I would have loved to take CC courses but I couldn't.</p>