<p>3.8 UWGPA, 4.10 WGPA
2100 SAT (590 CR, 800 M, 710 W)
SAT II: 790 Chemistry, 750 Math I, 730 Physics
AP's: Music Theory (4), Chemistry (5), Biology, Physics B, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics</p>
<p>Decent EC's...student tutor, varsity cross country runner, physics team, recreational sports (won a sportsmanship award), National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, French Honors Society</p>
<p>Take mostly honors and AP classes.</p>
<p>Nice upward trend in grades.</p>
<p>Good essay (For UNC...McGill doesn't require any writing)</p>
<p>I live in NJ and go to a very competitive public HS (top 0.25% of all US high schools)</p>
<p>Top 10% of class.</p>
<p>Any thoughts for either school would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot! </p>
<p>You will need to pull 2 more 5s on those AP tests for McGill. Be aware that for McGill you apply to a college and possibly to a specific major, which affects your admission odds. School of Engineering is notoriously tough to get into.
UNC-CH is a public university dedicated to serving the best students of North Carolina. For this reason, it only takes a small percentage of out of state and international students. Therefore, it’s as hard as getting into a Top 10 university. As of now, your odds for UNC-Ch are thus very low.
What other universities are you applying to?</p>
<p>Chapel Hill is a major reach because OOS. I think that you are the ideal candidate yet I know quite a few people who have had stats just like this and have unfortunately been denied. You are a match for McGill though! I think you will get in. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Thank you all for the responses! And yes, @Catria is correct, I applied to the faculty of sciences and the faculty of engineering for McGill University. I should be finding out very soon from McGill. As for UNC-CH, I know that it is a reach, but how much of a reach? My essay for them I thought was very good (and related to UNC). Those are my top 2 schools but some others I applied to were Georgia Tech, UMich, Wake Forest, UToronto, Vanderbilt, and some safeties that I have already been accepted to.</p>
<p>Your CR score may be a problem for McGill (I believe they have 620 as a minimum cut off and actual scores of admitted applicants would be 50-100 points higher). More AP5’s would certainly help (predicted 5s).
Odds are very, very low for UNC-CH. Not totally impossible but the students who get in OOS all have incredible applications so it’s impossible to predict how yours compares.
I’ll assume 50,000 and no financial aid is no problem for your family, so UMich is a reachable reach. Georgia Tech is a match (same thing re: finances.) Wake Forest is a match and Vanderbilt another reachable reach.
What safeties do you have and which do you like best?</p>
<p>I agree that CR may be my downfall unfortunately but I do know 2 people who got into engineering with 590s also so that gives me some hope. I also agree that UNC-CH is definitely a reach, but I wouldn’t count myself out yet. Unfortunately I was deferred from both Georgia Tech and UMich engineering schools. Hopefully they will like my application the second time around!
For my safeties I have UDel, UMaryland, UatBuffalo, BU, and Rutgers. I haven’t heard from BU yet, but I was accepted to all of the other ones, and I think I like Rutgers the most. I got into their pharmacy school which is excellent and something that I will definitely consider (also because I am a NJ resident so tuition is very manageable).</p>
<p>Rutgers/Pharmacy is awesome especially with in-state tuition.
You didn’t answer re: budget? Do your parents have the 50k?
Have you received your financial aid awards yet? If so, can you list your target budget and each admitted university’s cost, after scholarships but before loans? This way we can do a cost/value analysis for you.</p>
<p>Woops sorry, I completely forgot to respond, but no my parents don’t have 50k per year to spend for college. I would have to take out some student loans which is something I don’t want to overload myself with. For UDel I would be getting about $9,000 per year, so tuition would be like $21,000 per year and for UatBuffalo my tuition would be about $5000 because I got a big scholarship. UMaryland has not yet given me financial terms and Rutgers would be about $13,000 in tuition per year which is amazing.</p>
<p>As a freshman, you’re only allowed to borrow $5,500. Add work study ($2,500) if that’s awarded, plus your parents’ budget. That’s the maximum cost of attendance (tuition + room&board + books + transportation/miscelaneous) that you can afford.
Have no regrets for UMich and GTech: they’d be unaffordable anyway.
Udel= $21,000
UBuffalo* = $5,000 *: Buffalo State or SUNY Buffalo?
UMD= ? (max: $45,000 so unaffordable without scholarships => willl
Rutgers Pharmacy = $13,000
So right now, the contenders for best value are Buffalo (IF SUNY) and Rutgers. If UMD’s costs are brought down to $20,000 with scholarships, it’d be a serious contender.
McGill is $35,000 for tuition alone (add about $10,000 for rent, charges, food, etc) so hopefully you’ll get some financial aid, but I don’t know whether it’s available for Americans. It’s definitely the best university on your list but if you prefer a “traditional college experience”, the others above may be better choices.</p>
<p>I also forgot to add one big thing…I am a Canadian citizen so McGill’s tuition for me would be an unmatchable $8,500. That is a big part why it is my top choice aside from the fact that I absolutely love the school and the city. And Buffalo is SUNY. As of now if I do not get into McGill or UNC, Rutgers Pharmacy is probably my top choice. And yes, I would consider Maryland a contender if I can get money (like you indicated). However, I am still considering Udel a contender because its chemical engineering program is excellent. Right now I am leaning more toward a science related major over engineering though.</p>
<p>Yes it is, so I’m praying that I get in. I know how numbers driven McGill is, but I’d like to believe that they won’t just weed me out because of one minimum requirement not met. The rest of my numbers are all equal to or greater than whatt McGill is asking for.</p>
especially with in-state tuition.