HELP!! Chance me! (I'll chance back!)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applying to Boston University, Indiana University Bloomington, Syracuse University, USC, University of Missouri, and Penn State. I want to major in Journalism (I'm thinking specialization areas in magazine/graphic design/or print)</p>

<p>Anyway</p>

<p>Class rank: 73 of 731 (Top 10%)
Unweighted GPA: 3.658
Weighted GPA: 3.958
AP courses: AP Literature and Composition, AP Psychology (taking these senior year so they haven't had an effect on my weighted GPA yet)
SAT scores: 1840 (reading: 670, math: 520, writing: 650)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
Started the Creative Writing Club at my school freshman year
Photography club member/Animal Lover's Club member
Was a reporter for my newspaper freshman year, Entertainment Editor/Managing Editor sophomore year, and Editor-in-Chief for junior and senior year. (I also went to the JEA/NSPA conventions along with Journalism conventions in my town sophomore, junior, and senior year.) I clock almost 19 hours a week doing journalism or journalism related things!
Wrote for my school literary magazine for all four years of high school, contributing a story almost every issue.
I started my own online business during the summer of sophomore year and it has actually become pretty successful, takes the place of a full time job
I also manage the girls varsity basketball team
I volunteer for the charity Random Acts and also for my local animal shelter all the time, too.</p>

<p>Awards
American Heart Association essay contest winner (It was a county-wide thing, I represented my grade for all of my city)
President's Education Awards Program Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (It's like this principal award thing)
I also have over 19 journalism-related awards both from the prestigious state-wide competition that is put on by the biggest paper in my state and also awards from a journalism society from my county. Like 99.9% of my life is journalism related</p>

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<p>Boston University and USC- low reach
Syracuse and Penn State-match
Bloomington and University of Missouri- should be safeties
-chance back on my latest thread. thanks</p>

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<p>USC is a reach. Boston University is a low reach because of math. Penn state and Syracuse are matches. I don’t know about the others. Chance back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690899-chances-at-mostly-liberal-arts-schools.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690899-chances-at-mostly-liberal-arts-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Boston University and USC are reaches just due to academics. I think you should get into the other schools, Syracuse is the only one with a potential of waitlisting you.
Chance Back:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1705702-wharton-ed-chances-will-chance-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1705702-wharton-ed-chances-will-chance-back.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;