Nervous/Anxious Mother Needs Your Opinion

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My daughter has just completed her junior year at a highly ranked public school in Rhode Island. Since next year's college admissions will be amongst the highest ever, she is having trouble identifying safety, match and reach schools.........and I thought you would be able to help. Here are her stats (the condensed version):</p>

<p>GPA is between 3.4 and 3.5 UNWEIGHED
SATs 1680 (she was very disappointed and will try the ACT in the fall)
Class ranking is in top 25%
Many honors courses and 3 APs next year
Spanish award
4 years varsity tennis (will be captain next year)
1 year track
1 year sailing
International Club
Yearbook
Volunteer at elementary school
Held job most of sophomore year, then each summer
Community Service (not sure how many)
(I would guess there's more)</p>

<p>Schools she is interested in:
Penn State University Park
University of Delaware
University of Connecticut
University of Maryland
James Madison
George Mason
University of Vermont
Northeastern
Boston University
Ohio State
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Where does she stand on these????? Thank you so much for your assistance!</p>

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<p>No. Your daughter is doomed. Have fun supporting her the rest of your life.HAHAHHAHAHA</p>

<p>I am sorry, that was a cruel joke. Anyways, she has to raise her SAT. If not, the chances are not looking very good.</p>

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<p>Thanks for making my heart stop............ANYONE ELSE?????</p>

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<p>If she raises that SAT score another 150-200 points or gets a 30 or above on the ACT, I think she would be in a lot better shape. As of her stats right now, most of the schools that you have listed will be high matches or reaches. Just make sure she studies very hard for the either of the standardized tests.</p>

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<p>Of the schools I know about, with stats right now:
Northeastern: Reach
Notre Dame: Big Reach...truth be told, I don't think this will be an acceptance unless the ACT/SAT score jumps a lot
Michigan State: Match
Boston University: Slight Reach
U Delaware: Slight Reach</p>

<p>The slight reaches will likely become matches if test scores improve a little</p>

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<p>Also, UMichigan is a definite reach. If she gets a 30 on her ACT, this becomes a slight reach, but OOS admissions at UMichigan are pretty competitive.</p>

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<p>beachguru: You're invited over to the parent forum, where you're likely to get more, um, parental, experienced responses!</p>

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<p>UCONN, UMD, BU, ND are all reaches unless she improves her SAT score. The rest should be matches.</p>

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<p>yeah, UD is definetely a match=she'll get in easy. I'm from DE, it doesn't take much to get into that school, lol.</p>

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<p>Why not put Providence on the list? It's an excellent school in your state.She needs to practice the SAT and ACT.</p>

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<p>Maybe you could try looking at some of the other Penn State campuses like Harrisburg as safeties, and Delaware State at Dover. If she does well her first year, she could try transferring in to the campus of her choice. </p>

<p>Some kids do much better on the ACT than SAT. A plus with the ACT is you only have to submit the best score, while with the SAT they see all scores (but I think most schools look at only the best one). If test anxiety is an issue, it will help to know that a not so great score won't even show up with the ACT. There are also some good schools that aren't using the tests now.</p>