<p>GPA: 3.5UW/3.7W
SAT: 1100 (M+CR) - My first try so I didn't study. <em>I'm taking it again in June and Oct. Also I'm taking the ACT in Sept</em>
RANK: Top 10%</p>
<p>AP/Honors Classes: HL Pre-Calc, HL Spanish 3, HL Chem, AP Calc, AP Eng Lang, AP USH, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Eng Lit</p>
<p>EC's/Awards/Community Service:</p>
<p>*Relay 4 Life (5yrs) - 2 family members have cancer, and my school team raises over 20k every year.
*American Cancer Society Club (1yr) - My friends and I are starting it next year, and we're passing it on to the following class.
*Key Club (4yrs) - Vice President
*Tennis (4yrs) - "Most Consistent Player" Award
*Journalism/Newspaper (2yrs) - Entertainment Editor and Staff Writer
*Foreign Foods Club (2yrs) - Vice President
*Early Academic Outreach Program (3yrs)
*California Scholarship Federation (4yrs)
*Block B Academic Letter
*Honor Roll (Every Semester)
*Certificate of Scholastic Achievement
*Random Acts of Kindness Club (2yrs)
*Conservation Club (2yrs)
*Fun Fest (4yrs) - My school puts on a festival for special ed kids every year.</p>
<p>I'm applying to the University of Miami, UCSB, LMU, USD, Pepperdine, SDSU, and ASU.</p>
<p>Thanks...</p>
<p>SDSU: safe match to safety
UCSB: match</p>
<p>Any thoughts on my other schools?</p>
<p>I'm not too familiar with those, but I think Pepperdine would be a match to a safe match. Perhaps others will know more.</p>
<p>Not looking good for Miami with those scores. Get it up to at least 1200 for consideration, but then even that score barely puts you over the 25% mark. </p>
<p>Some applicants do better on the ACT than the SAT as well. You may want to take the ACT more than once before applying to colleges.</p>
<p>Yah I was shocked when I saw my SAT scores. My math score is Miami's 25th percentile, but my critical reading isn't even in their range.</p>
<p>And I think I will do better on the ACT. Some of my friends have the same grades as me and they got an 1100 on their SAT too, but when they took the ACT they both got 29's.</p>
<p>BUMP...BUMp...BUmp...Bump...bump</p>
<p>You are not going to get a scholarship to Miami but if you bring up your SAT score to around 1200+ you should get in</p>
<p>SOCAL do not worry about ur SAT scores at all. Have u seen my stats profile. I got the exact same SAT score as urs. I got an 1100/1660. I got into UM with that. no scholarship though :( but a great financial aid package :)
Apply and with ur gpa u have about a 50-55 % chance of getting in ;)
Not bad. </p>
<p>ill classify the schools as:
- ASU: Safety, U will get in no doubt. Arizona schools are easy. 99% chance.
- peperdine: Match. U should get in. its not easy but not hard either. 75% chance
- LMU: not sure about that school. I frankly wouldnt go there. Id even pick ASU over that one (even considering ASU is in desert land :D)
- USD: Descent chance. its harder than pep at least stats wise. They might be easier though. Id say 65-70 % chance.
- SDSU: You have a really good shot. not as good as ASU but still good. 80-85 %
- UCSB: Closest school to Miami there is, aside from USC. Its easier to get in than Miami but harder than all the rest. Id say 60-65 % chance of getting in. </p>
<p>If I where u Start ur essay for UM as early as possible and get ur recs the minute u enter school in the summer. If ur applying ED to UM ud be surprised how tough it is to make their deadline.</p>
<p>JETSX, I dont think u always need a 1200 to get in. Sure most ppl have it, but UM always takes a group of ppl with solid SAT scores. Sure, without a 1300 u wont get any scholy but with an 1100 and an amazing app (great letters, ec's, essays, resume, curriculum, etc..) its all possible. UM looks at everything, not just SAT and GPA like UCSB.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help acarta07. I decided I want to apply to Miami RD because that pool of applicants has higher acceptance rate and the applicants numbers aren't as amazing as the ED/EA group (like you said in the umiami forums). And I want to have time to make my essays outstanding, and get all the recommendation letters I need.</p>
<p>I'm going to start studying for the SAT's, and I honestly believe I can bring my score up to a 1300. During the test I left 8 math problems blank due to time constraints...I don't know what happened bc on the psat i finished all the problems with time left over. And I just need to really study critical reading. I just lose my concentration and end up skimming the passages instead of fully understanding them.</p>
<p>I don't care if I get scholarship to Miami anymore, I just really want to get in!!!</p>
<p>Oh and why don't you like LMU? Have you been to their campus? I think it is amazing and I love the school.</p>
<p>1100 isnt very good at all.</p>
<p>But, seeing that you're top 10% and that it was your first time, you just need to study and learn the techniques/strategies of taking the SAT and youll boost your score a lot!</p>
<p>acarta07, your financial aid is likely going to be better than SoCal18' as you are an in-state applicant and there are many options available for you to lower the costs. Being in-state, you have Bright Futures money (3000-4000 depending on test scores) in addition to the 11K they dish out in grants to needy applicants (Grant A: 8000, Grant B: 3000), and the other Florida programs (BFRAG: 2850, FSAG: varies).</p>
<p>As for admissions, in-state status gives you an advantage, as even though Miami is private, they like to keep around 45% of their population in-state students.</p>
<p>I would not recommend Miami to the OP with those stats. Why? It costs around 33,000/year (not including self-help aid) for someone who is applying for financial aid, is out-of-state, doesn't receive a scholarship, and has a low EFC (but not low enough to receive the Pell Grant). It is stupid to put yourself in nearly $100,000 undergraduate debt when you have many attractive in-state options that you could potentially graduate debt-free from.</p>
<p>A2Wolves6 - Are you sure Miami's maximum grant is 11k?</p>
<p>And I'm still going to apply. If I get rejected, no big deal...as long as I get into UCSB, LMU, USD, or Pepperdine, I'll be perfectly happy.</p>
<p>From collegeboard.com</p>
<p>Average percent of need met: 82%
Average financial aid package: $24,674
Average need-based loan: $3,823
Average need-based scholarship or grant award: $18,286</p>
<p>Do you not agree with these numbers?</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>I know you guys want to share your opinion.</p>
<p>How about my chances just on LMU, USD, and Pepperdine!!!</p>
<p>ur chances on LMU, USD and Pep are way better than those in Miami. those 3 are a lot easier to get in and i think u should get into those. I think all the cali schools on ur list are easier than UMiami. I need to check the difficulty of UCSB. I know its not easy but ill check to be sure.</p>
<p>Key word there is SCHOLARSHIP or grant award.</p>
<p>If you subscribe to the US News premium edition, it says that 22% of people are awarded scholarships for UM. The average merit scholarship is 14846. If you do the numbers, Miami accepts about 6700 applicants. 22% of those applicants get scholarships, or 1500. That means they award about 22 million in scholarship money per year (getting this number by multiplying the number of people who receive scholarships by the average scholarship).</p>
<p>50% of the kids are awarded scholarship or grant aid, or 3350. With the average scholarship or grant being 17512, that means that the TOTAL number of grants available are about about 59 million.</p>
<p>59 million (total money available) - 22 million (money awarded for scholarships) = 37 million</p>
<p>Now, here's where it gets tricky. You then divide that 37 million by the total number of applicants who were determined to have financial need. That number was 52%, so 3500 students. The number that comes up? 10571. A number very close to the 11K that I and many others were awarded. That is the average need based grant award that the University of Miami awards.</p>
<p>I have yet to meet someone who is NOT from Florida, who has applied for need based aid, and received a need based grant that is more than 11K.</p>
<p>An acceptance letter from Miami means nothing if you can't afford it. If you want to apply there, go ahead. But your aid award is more than likely not going to be sufficient. Apply there as if you're getting rejected, make sure you have affordable options outside of Miami that you would like to attend.</p>
<p>^Thanks A2Wolves6.</p>
<p>I am applying to Miami, UCSB, and Pepperdine as if I'm going to get rejected. I really hope to get into LMU, because I believe that is my best option. Since I want to work in the entertainment industry LA is the place to be. And they have a business major with an emphasis in entertainment marketing. They have perfect weather, the most amazing location, the best campus, and their student body is amazing. However, I'm worried about the athletics. They don't have a football team, but I love basketball, soccer, and volleyball, so I wouldn't care that much. And for financial aid, I can get cal grants and they are about 10k for private schools, and LMU is actually really good with grants, so hopefully everything will work out.</p>
<p>Thanks again for the info.</p>