Raised my ACT 6 points, looking a little higher now...

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Age: 17
Race: White
Sex: Male</p>

<p>Location: Wichita, Kansas, Competitive High School</p>

<p>Class: 2010 (going to be a senior)</p>

<p>Plan on majoring in Political Science with a possible History minor. </p>

<p>GPA: 3.74 Unweighted 3.94 Weighted</p>

<p>Rank: 69/490 Unweighted 55/490 weighted</p>

<p>AP/Honors: English 9,10,11 Honors, AP US History, Biology Honors, Chemistry Honors, Took Algebra 2 as a freshman. Going to take AP Literature, AP Government, and AP Statistics senior year. </p>

<p>Got a 4 on AP US History Exam. </p>

<p>ACT: 34</p>

<p>EC's:
3 years football
2 years tennis
3 years marching band
2 years concert band
1 year Business Professionals of America
3 years NHS
Boy Scouts (not an Eagle yet, but willing to get my Eagle if I need it for Duke)
2 years of Model United Nations
Church Group Leader for 1 year
3 years Newspaper (sports editor).
3 years Friendship Club ("regular" students are paired with special needs students to be "buddies")</p>

<p>Plan on doing eithe Army or Navy or Air Force ROTC </p>

<p>What are my chances for.... (in order)</p>

<ol>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Vanderbilt</li>
<li>Notre Dame (I'm not Catholic, but a Christian)</li>
<li>University of Illinois (both my parents went here and I am a huge Illini fan, but I want my professors to actually know who I am)</li>
<li>Texas Christian (TCU) (my safety)</li>
</ol>

2

<p>I’d say 45% chance at duke and Vanderbilt, 50% chance at Notre Dame and U of Illinois and 99.99% at Texas Christian.</p>

3

<p>Duke and Vandy are toss ups but I would bet you get into one or both , Good chance at Notre Dame and in at UIUC and TCU</p>

4

<p>i don’t know your chances, but i do wanna know how you raised you score that much. that’s a LOT!!</p>

5

<p>yeah how did you raise your score six points!!!</p>

6

<p>Well, I messed up big time on my first ACT. I took it in January, and got a 28. I took way too much time on the Math, and then the Science I came just short of giving up. English and Reading I did ok.</p>

<p>Second time around I didn’t start prepping until about 2 weeks ahead of time, and basically I just took 3 practice tests. </p>

<p>I brought my scores up from…
Math - 28 to 33
Science - 26 to 33 (biggest)
Reading - 31 to 34
English - 30 to 34</p>

<p>And Frankly, the thing that helped me the most was my 2nd semester classes. I had our school’s hardest (and best) english teacher, best history teacher (lots of writing), and I also took my first chemistry class.</p>

<p>(and frankly, I think I still got a little lucky ;), I was anticipating a 31 or 32)</p>

7

<p>Bumpity dumpity humpity</p>

8

<p>Strong chances for TCU, Notre Dame, and Illinois.
I think that your GPA and test scores put you in the midrange of accepted applicants(slightly higher ACT, lower GPA/class rank), so i think if you write a solid essay and presentable app, you can definitely get in.</p>

9

<p>“but willing to get my Eagle if I need it for Duke”</p>

<p>Are you implying that the only reason that you are willing to achieve the honor of beign an Eagle Scout, one of the most prestigious merit for the time-honored Boy Scouts, is to pad your college application?</p>

<p>This is probably one of the most disheartening thing I’ve read so far in CC.</p>

10

<p>The value of the Eagle Scout award has diminished significantly over the past few decades</p>

11

<p>^^^
I blame colleges.</p>

12

<p>Well, I can’t honestly say I take that much pride in Scouts. I loved Philmont and high adventure stuff, but the rest of the stuff (popcorn sales, scout oath and crap, uniforms) just annoyed me.</p>

13

<ol>
<li>Duke-Probably Reject</li>
<li>Vanderbilt-Reach </li>
<li>Notre Dame (I’m not Catholic, but a Christian)-Low Reach</li>
<li>University of Illinois (both my parents went here and I am a huge Illini fan, but I want my professors to actually know who I am)-Safety w/legacy </li>
<li>Texas Christian (TCU) (my safety)-Safety</li>
</ol>