Is this list of schools good?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey guys, I currently live in NY and am in the 100k+> income bracket. I attend a well known Jesuit Prep school.
Alright I'll just get right to it</p>

<p>ACT: 32
GPA: 3.85 </p>

<p>Freshmen
English 1 H: A
Algebra 2 Adv H: B+
Global 1: B+
Biology H: B+
Latin 1: A
Religious Studies 1: A
Intro to computers: A
Intro to music: A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
English 2 Adv H: B+
Geometry H: A
Global 2 H: A
Chemistry: A
Latin 2 H: B (grrr)
Spanish 1: A
Religioius Studies 2: A</p>

<p>Junior Year
AP english lit and comp: A
AP US History: A
Trig-log-calc H: A
Physics H: A
Latin 3 H: A
Spainsh 2 H: A
Religious Studies 3: A</p>

<p>Senior Year
AP Lit and Comp: A
AP Calc: A
AP Macro: A
Latin 4 H: A
Engeneering Science H: A
Religious Studies 4: A</p>

<p>Extra curriculars:
I have worked at a local hardware store since 8th grade (for 5 years) for
10hrs+ p/w durirng the school year and 30hrs+ p/w during the summer.
Indoor track: freshmen/junior year
Cross country: Freshmen/sophomore year
Outdoor track: Freshmen/sophomore year
100hrs as a junior community service at local community house</p>

<p>Summer activities:
Freshmen: Went on a NOLS trip for 1month in wyoming/worked
Sophomore: Traveled through Europe for 3weeks/worked
Junior: Worked 35hrs per week</p>

<p>Schools I'm thinking of applying to (in order of importance to me)
UVA (dream school since I was 5)
Georgetown
UMich
Duke
UNC</p>

<p>------------- that ends the list of schools I'd really like to attend but here are some others
JHU
UC Berkley
University of Florida (instate... trust me)
Florida State (legacy)
U Chicago
Emory
Vandy
Notre Dame
Rice
Dartmouth
Boston College</p>

<p>What do you guys think of this list? For both Georgetown and B.C. I have higher chances than the average person because of the Jesuit Prep school that I attend (we have 11-16 kids accepted to Georgetown and about 20 kids attend B.C. from my school each year). My school dosen't rank kids and only allows 3 AP classes per year, but non in freshmen year and only 1 in sophomore year.</p>

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<p>dude. relax. </p>

<p>with those grades etc. you’ll get into at least one of the schools you want to go to. [plus, I could tell you love UVA by your username:) ]</p>

<p>Seriously though, I think it’s much more valuable to write an amazing essay than to stress about whether or not you’ll get in. Once that application is in the mail, or whatever the phrase is if it’s online, it’s up to the admissions office, and you may have to depend on them having drunk their coffee or being in a good mood on the day they read yours. So try to be a little more zen, yeah?</p>

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<p>Alrighty, thanks, I’ve planned on finishing my essays before school starts which should be good :).</p>

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<p>Your HS GPA is not good enough for Berkeley.</p>

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<p>a 3.85? Thats shocking because it is over the 50% at a lot of schools. A 3.85 is not a good gpa?</p>

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<p>Your HS GPA is not good enough for Berkeley. </p>

<p>Your GPA IS quite good! Good for Berkeley and, more importantly, UVA!! I say you’re in at the “school of your dreams”!!! Are you going to take the SAT in the fall, to see which test you do better on?</p>

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<p>I think your list is top heavy. Too many High matches and reaches and not enough safeties/Low matches. The only schools on your list that I am highly confident you will get in are U Florida, Florida State, U Michigan and Boston College. If you’re truly happy to attend one of those, then fine. But if not, keep looking. Have you ever thought of a place like Wake Forest or maybe Tulane?? Or even Clemson? There are a lot of kids who once were ticketed for UVA who can’t get in now and end up at Clemson. </p>

<p>As for UVA, sorry but it’s far from a lock. As you very likely know, it’s a very tough admit from OOS. It’s not that you’re not qualified, but the applicant pool is something like 18,000 from OOS of which just over a third were admitted. They waitlist a ton of kids and that’s not an inconceivable (and very unsatisfactory) conclusion. </p>

<p>Re UC Berkeley, it’s hard to say what’s going to happen this year. If they are going to significantly expand their OOS population (I’ve read stories of expanding from under 10% to over 20% of the entering class will be from OOS), then you’re a good candidate, particularly if you’re full-pay. I’d caution, however, that you should visit. Its feel and look is quite a bit different than what you find in Charlottesville. Make sure you want to go there for more than just the name.</p>

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<p>I really hope you get into UVA. I wish you the best of luck! Let us know how it all turns out. :-)</p>

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<p>I would be more than happy attending Umich, In fact this is one of the top 5 colleges that I would want to attend. Of course UVA trumps all, however, I’d be happy attending any of those colleges on that list besides UF or FSU, which if I was forced to attend I would transfer out after 1 year and then be happy!</p>

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<p>UVa (OOS), UNC (OOS), Duke, Dartmouth, Berkeley (OOS), Chicago, Rice are all reaches.</p>

<p>Mich, Emory, Vandy, JHU, ND are all possibles.</p>

<p>Georgetown with your competitive Jesuit HS origin - a possible, though I’m guessing 1/2 your class will be vying for that spot in DC.</p>

<p>BC, FSU, Florida should be no problem.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross is a very good Jesuit school similar to Georgetown and Boston College.</p>

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<p>I would really caution you against setting your heart on a single school. UVA is gorgeous, I love the atmosphere, and they have a wonderful bagel place right across the street from campus. But I think it’s possible to be happy at most places, unless you are a really straight-edged person at, say, Clemson, as long as the school is big enough that you can find people like you. I know a guy with a 5.0 gpa, literally 2400 on his SATs, and he ended un at Idaho. And he loves it. So don’t get too attatched to a name, though I know it’s tempting.</p>

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<p>The average unweighted GPA at Berkeley is 3.93. Most likely higher for OOS applicants. The OP’s GPA is 3.85. Good enough for many of the schools in her list, but likely not for Berkeley. She does stand a good chance at UVa, UMich, UNC or Georgetown though.</p>

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<p>Being from a Jesuit high school will give you a leg up on others applying to the top Jesuit colleges. Jesuit colleges take care of their own.</p>

<p>[Jesuit</a> Colleges and Universities Quiz Results - sporcle](<a href=“http://www.sporcle.com/games/jesuit_colleges_results.php]Jesuit”>http://www.sporcle.com/games/jesuit_colleges_results.php)</p>

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<p>My advice is apply to UMich as soon as you can b.c they have rolling admissions and EA Georgetown because if you can get into either you won’t have to worry about applying to low matches/safeties so you can focus on applying to more high matches/reaches.</p>

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<p>wbwa,
Re your guiding statements,</p>

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<p>U Michigan’s student body is not in the same class with the others and actually lags Boston College. </p>

<p>According to collegeboard.com, here is how the most recent entering classes compare:</p>

<p>SAT CR 25-75, College</p>

<p>640-730 Emory
640-750 Vanderbilt
630-730 Johns Hopkins
650-750 Notre Dame</p>

<p>590-690 U Michigan
610-700 Boston College</p>

<p>SAT MATH 25-75, College</p>

<p>660-750 Emory
690-770 Vanderbilt
670-770 Johns Hopkins
680-760 Notre Dame</p>

<p>640-740 U Michigan
640-730 Boston College</p>

<p>ACT 25-75, College</p>

<p>29-33 Emory
30-34 Vanderbilt
29-33 Johns Hopkins
31-34 Notre Dame</p>

<p>27-31 U Michigan
29-32 Boston College</p>

<p>% IN TOP 10%, College</p>

<p>85% Emory
86% Vanderbilt
80% Johns Hopkins
87% Notre Dame</p>

<p>92% U Michigan
80% Boston College</p>

<p>ACCEPTANCE RATE, College </p>

<p>30% Emory
20% Vanderbilt
27% Johns Hopkins
29% Notre Dame</p>

<p>50% U Michigan
30% Boston College</p>

<p>RML,
UC Berkeley is not more selective than either U Virginia or U North Carolina for OOS students. Furthermore, the selectivity of UC Berkeley OOS is now a question mark. With the severe need for cash from OOS students, the school plans to materially increase this component of their student body. I think that this student has a pretty decent chance of acceptance into UC Berkeley.</p>

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<p>I would second recommending Clemson as a safety school. If you are in the top 10% of your class, with your test scores, you can get a scholarship so that you can be eligible to pay in-state tuition.</p>

<p>Let me know if you have any questions about Clemson!</p>

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<p>Oh, don’t be fooled by mere statistics, hawkette. </p>

<p>Although the % of OOS admitted students to Berkeley has increased, the quality of the applicants remained strong or even gotten stronger. Those OOS applicants to Berkeley are likely to enroll in schools more prestigious than, or at least, as prestigious as it, such as HYPSM, Caltech, Penn, Columbia, Duke or Cornell. You seldom see Berkeley applicants who are also UVa applicants - they don’t share applicant pool. The quality of OOS applicants of Berkeley is better than of UVa’s from the very start. </p>

<p>OOS applicants with 3.8something HS GPA are likely not admitted despite having great SAT scores. That’s just how Berkeley admissions work.</p>

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<p>Alright guys, Do you guys think UNC UVA Georgetown and UMich are all possiblilitys I’m hoping i have a 1/3 chance at atleast all my chances.</p>

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<p>^ You do have a chance at Berkeley. All I’m saying is that - it most likely is a “reach” for you despite your other great stats. Berkeley is a GPA whore, not a SAT whore / test whore. And, if you do have a chance at Berkeley as OOS, the more you have a chance at UNC, UVA, Georgetown or UMich.</p>