Looking for some matches/small reaches!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Ive got a bunch of safety's and higher reaches like Carleton, Chicago, and Washington Univ in St Louis but I need a couple more matches and low reaches. Preferrably in the Midwest. Id like a close knit campus, but that doesnt necessarily mean a small student population. Id love to just sit outside on a nice fall or spring day with some buddies just enjoying the view.</p>

<p>Stats
32 ACT
5.04/5.00 GPA
Class Rank: 70/570
Rigorous schedule, all honors, and AP's
EC'S: Polish School (Grades 4-11, 4 hrs a week), other weak EC's =[</p>

<p>So my EC's are weak and thefore I need a match/low reach school that would accept me with those EC's and stats.</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

<p>Current List:
Reach: Chicago, Carleton, WUSTL, Northwestern
Match: U of I, Wisconsin
Safety: Marquette, Beloit, Mizzou,</p>

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<p>Hmm... I think that U of I is a safety for you.... and I would recommend Carnegie Mellon as a small reach.</p>

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<p>Thanks!!!!!</p>

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<p>Case would be a good safety--and you will probably get a lot of money from them...I'm thinking somewhere in the 10-20k range.</p>

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<p>Wow i looked at the Carnegie mellon common data set and I saw that my ACT scores were raverage and that they dont put too much emphasis on the EC's. Nice.</p>

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<p>Thanks for Case. I just checked and Itd be a safety with my stats but i heard the put alot of empahsis on Ec's?</p>

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<p>Your class rank is surprising with your GPA--what's the unweighted?</p>

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<p>Well my schools very competitive. My unweighted is only like 4.5-4.6, so its not that great but I'm hoping my weighted and my course load shows that im very intelligent.</p>

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<p>unweighted is out of 4.0, bart.....calculate using the following and report back:</p>

<p>A=4.0
A-=3.667
B+= 3.333
B= 3.0
C+= 2.667</p>

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<p>My school does it out of 5 though. My unweighted is 4.6 so i guess its about a 3.5/4? My wieghted out of 4.0 would probably be a 4.00/4.00</p>