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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone! I know some of my schools are über reaches, but there's no need to be too harsh, because I'm hard enough on myself. You can just say "no chance" and I'll get the point.</p>

<p>-White male
-suburban Richmond, VA
-GPA ~3.8 weighted, rank app. 30 of 300
-All classes 10-12 are IB and honors
-SAT: 680m, 750v
-SAT II: Lit 700, Writ 740, Math1C 620
-Activities: Boy Scouts (Life rank, Sr. Patrol Leader), cross country (3 years varsity, team captain), tennis (3 years varsity), church youth, Beta, environmental club, Law Explorers (3 awards for mock trial performance), political volunteering
-Legacy: University of Rochester, William & Mary (father), William & Mary (mother), Tufts (grandfather)
-Major: Religion, philosophy, polisci, or interdisciplinary</p>

<p>Okay! That's me, so here's where I'm applying. You can probably see the safeties and reaches.</p>

<p>UNC - Asheville
SUNY - Binghamton
Davidson College
SUNY - Geneseo
Gettysburg College
Haverford College
University of Mary Washington
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
St. John's College (Annapolis)
Tufts University
Wake Forest University
Washington University in St. Louis
College of William & Mary
University of Virginia</p>

<p>Also, if anyone could recommend some good schools for me with February or later deadlines (or rolling), it would be cool. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. :)</p>

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<p>What is your intended major???</p>

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<p>Religion, Philosophy, Political Science, or an interdisciplinary major, probably a Middle Eastern studies deal.</p>

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<p>UNC - Asheville: in
Davidson College: reach
Gettysburg College: match/safety
Haverford College: reach
University of Richmond: match
Tufts University: match/reach
Wake Forest University: match
Washington University in St. Louis: reach
College of William & Mary: reach
University of Virginia: reach</p>

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<p>my guess would be..</p>

<p>UofR - in
Mary Washington - in
UVA - maybe
William and Mary - maybe (but I think you'll do it)</p>

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<p>I think you have a nice spread right there and don't need any more schools. You'll have a some good choices come April. Your counselor can give the best infor about someone with your class rank and SATs from your school getting into UVA and Wm & Mary, but I think for W&M you have a good chance regardless. UVA is something that has to be assessed from the instate highschool. YOu did a nice job picking your colleges, so relax, enjoy your senior year and keep those grades up!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the surprisingly kind words, y'all. We'll see what happens.</p>

<p>Any more feedback would, of course, be apprciated.</p>

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<p>I think you have a decent shot at all those schools really. Tufts, Haverford, Wash U, and UVA are tough, but you are in-state for UVA.</p>

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<p>Despite its prestige, Washington is actually 14th (!) on my list when it comes to the hypothetical situation of being accepted to all 15. They've just sent me SO much mail, I'm not even sure the application fee will cover all the postage they've used (wasted) on me. :p</p>

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<p>But Washington University in St. Louis is a top college. They send all kinds of stuff to people, maybe because they want to get better applicants.
College of William & Mary and University of Virginia are the two colleges that might reject your application, the rest of them will gladly take you.</p>

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<p>(WashStL) I can see where you're coming from, but no college sent me as much as them - and I was on the mailing list of St. John's Annapolis and University of Pittsburgh (which won't mean anything unless you were too). I got an inordinately high amount of mail.
(W&M, UVA) That's an interesting viewpoint...</p>

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<p>Might want to look at Holy Cross-very good school 1 hour from Boston. Holy Cross application deadline is January 15th. With your stats might qualify for some aid at HC.</p>

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<p>Thanks, but my counselor would eat me alive if I tried to do any other January school. I'm kind of looking for deadlines 2/1 or after.</p>

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<p>A good balanced list with realistic chances at all.</p>

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<p>why more schools? ur already applying to like 8, and u have a good shot at all of them.</p>

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<p>Like 15 actually. :p The reason is I just don't have confidence in my application. I had a pretty bad sophomore year, and my GPA would be well above 4 if my first two years had been like my last two.</p>

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<p>regardless, i think some of your schools are a safety for you</p>

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<p>UNC - Asheville - IN
SUNY - Binghamton - IN
Davidson College - very good chance
SUNY - Geneseo - IN
Gettysburg College - IN
Haverford College - very good chance
University of Mary Washington - IN
University of Richmond - great chance
University of Rochester - great chance
St. John's College (Annapolis) - great chance
Tufts University - good chance
Wake Forest University - very good chance
Washington University in St. Louis - good chance
College of William & Mary - very good chance (in-state status/legacies will help)
University of Virginia - good chance (in-state you should be in good shape)</p>

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<p>UNC - Asheville - IN
SUNY - Binghamton - IN
Davidson College - coin flip
SUNY - Geneseo - IN
Gettysburg College - IN
Haverford College - coin flip
University of Mary Washington - IN
University of Richmond - IN
University of Rochester - IN
St. John's College (Annapolis) - great chance
Tufts University - reach
Wake Forest University - very good chance
Washington University in St. Louis - reach (doesn't look good - gpa too low)
College of William & Mary - IN (legacies are HUGE)
University of Virginia - good chance (in-state you should be in good shape)</p>

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<p>Thanks, everyone! I hope I do so well.</p>