OOS chances at Northwestern, BU, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I live in PA so I'm out oos for all but PSU, which I already got into</p>

<p>I have a 4.2 GPA - mostly honors classes and a few AP's including AP music III
I'm in the top 10% of my graduating class and have been on honor roll every semester save the first one in freshman year due to Algebra 2H.</p>

<p>I got a 2090 cumulative SAT I
-700 CR
-680 Math
-710 Writing</p>

<p>And SAT II
-700 math I
-660 math II
(averages out to a 680, go figure...)</p>

<p>EC's
I'm co captian of my schools JV ultimate frisbee team
I've been a boy scout since 5th grade with numerous leadership jobs. Also, I'm going for eagle scout very shortly.
I'm in NHS, Active in my church, and have logged 200+ community service hours through scouting
I also worked full time residential construction over the summer.</p>

<p>I know I don't have that many EC's but the ones I do have take up most of my time.</p>

<p>So I was just wondering what my chances are, applying undecided:
I figure I've got a ok shot at UMD college park, and a decent one at Udel - those two I'm not as concerned with as the following:</p>

<p>I'm also applying to Northwestern, Bucknell, William and Mary, and BU (all RD): those I'm not too sure about.</p>

<p>Just wondering if anyone had any ideas or guesses as to what my chances might be. I'm already in at Penn State University Park but I really don't want to go there unless I absolutely have to.</p>

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<p>please. </p>

<p>bump.</p>

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<p>You will get into BU!</p>

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<p>chance me :)</p>

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<p>I hope I do. anyone have any opinions on the others?</p>

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<p>What's your unweighted GPA?</p>

<p>Generally speaking,
I'd say YES to md, del, bucknell, bu, pennstate
MAYBE to W+M
and UNLIKELY to northwestern</p>

<p>northwestern is such a crapshoot for anyone but your ECs don't exactly stand out in a crowd.</p>

<p>good luck, though</p>

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<p>that's pretty much what I figured.
However, my family has a pretty big legacy at W&M so I don't know how much influence that will have.</p>

<p>unfortunately I dont have a clue what my unweighted GPA is. My school only gives out weighted if I had to guess, I'd say it'd be between 3.6-3.8</p>

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<p>any more please?</p>

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<p>northwestern and william and wary will be slight reaches.
But apply, you at least have a chance.
BU seems like a good match for you.</p>

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<p>"I'm already in at Penn State University Park but I really don't want to go there unless I absolutely have to." Well, Penn State UP is harder to get into than BU, so If you got into PSU you will get in there. I think you're in at W & M and waitlisted at Northwestern.</p>

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<p>^^that's really interesting. I never knew that. Especially considering the fact that some girl in my class with a 4.9w GPA is complaining that two other kids in my class applied to BU and she won't get in because our SAT scores are higher than hers. I think she needs to calm down.</p>

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<p>yeah, I go to Penn State University Park and three kids that live with me all got in there. haha I know not that is not a completely representative sample, but they were saying that when they were thereon the tour/applying the admission standards being discussed seemed easier than PSU. Best of luck.</p>

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<p>any more opinions?</p>

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<p>please. even just one more.</p>

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<p>I'd say in at BU, Bucknell, and William and Mary.
Reach at Northwestern.</p>

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<p>i'll just hope for the best then. I'm not really that prone to stress, I just wanted to get an idea. thanks everyone</p>