<p>Hello I am new here and any help would be appreciated for the following colleges.</p>
<p>Now I am no genius or anything like that and I am not planning to go to Yale, Harvard, NYU etc...here are my stats</p>
<p>I am a senior at a public high school in NJ (Monmouth County, my high school is public and top 10 in the state). My GPA is 2.78 (not great I know) and my SAT score is 1630, 520 match, 560 reading and 550 writing. 20 hours of community work and I was in a church youth group for a few months. I was involved with soccer for two years and I wasn't able to try out the other two times because I was in Croatia for the whole summer visiting family. I have a job, working 25-28 hours a week.</p>
<p>The schools that I am looking at are: Rutgers NB, Kean, Montclair, Temple, Monmouth and William Paterson.</p>
<p>I know Rutgers is a reach but everybody I talk to say I will be accepted which I truely don't believe, Temple will also be a reach. Monmouth is a safety but too expensive while not really sure about Kean, WP, and Montclair but I heard they have a good reputation here locally.</p>
<p>I think that you have picked reasonable schools to apply to. I do think that Rutgers is a reach for you. You might consider commuting to Monmouth U if you live close enough to the university. It is a very nice campus.</p>
<p>yeah I live about 10-15 minutes away from Monmouth University. Rutgers is my #1 choice though even though I probably have no chance. Monmouth is actually low on that list because it is pretty expensive</p>
<p>I think Rowan is more of a reach. I think you could get into Rider, but without $$, it is expensive. I forgot about Rider. I don't know what stats are at Richard Stockton. You also could try Pace U, but that could be expensive; I would call see if you can get $ from them.</p>
<p>The schools that you listed being below $10,000, that is for instate tuition, but does not include room and board, and books. I think you have a good list.</p>
<p>So what do you think my chances are, percentage wise, so far I know Rutgers is about a 5% chance although my friends say I'll get in no problem <em>confused</em></p>
<p>I could not give a %. It would be a wild guess that means nothing. Your math sat score is 50 points below the 25%. Your reading score is within the average range. Your gpa is low, so it is a reach, but it is rolling, so if everything is complete you will find out soon. Some kids in my son's school have had their acceptances for a few weeks already, but most have not heard yet.</p>
<p>Rutgers admission is online and the due date is coming up but my counselor tells me that they give their decisions in a short period of time. I am actually visiting the campus tomorrow. What I hear is that Rutgers are very into work experience/outside of school activities and that sort and they would accept me because I'm in-state but I'm am not totally sure</p>
<p>Rowan is not as selective as they appear on paper. Thier average SATs are pushed up because of engineering programs. I live about 10 minutes from Rowan, I can assure you I know kids with worse stats who have gotten in.</p>
<p>Also,the Richard Stockton campus is beautiful</p>
<p>went to the Rutgers campus today and plan to go again in two weeks, very nice campus but the event was very unorganized, I guess they were not expecting that many people to come.</p>
<p>Also went to Kean today too, nice campus but too be honest I am a little concerned about the area around the campus but I really liked it though</p>