Rate my chances. What are your chances of predicting my chances correctly? **********

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My Major: Computer Science</p>

<p>My List:
SAFETY
1. George Mason (3.32, 1100, 70%, 79) 73
2. James Madison (3.6, 1160, 63%, 89) 80</p>

<p>MATCH
3. Virginia Tech (3.6, 1200, 70%, 88) 75
4. Northeastern (3.5, 1210, 42%, 92) 79 //GOOD WORK EXPERIENCE + RESUME
5. U. Washington (3.7, 1220, 70%, 91) 79</p>

<p>REACH
6. Lehigh
7. Union College
8. U. Maryland (3.8, 1250, 50%, 93) 76
9. William and Mary (4.0, 1330, 35%, 97) 89 //2 LETTERS OF RECS FROM BUSINESS ENTREPRUENUR GRADUATES + COUSIN ALUMNUS
10. U. Virginia (4.0, 1320, 40%, 97) 87
11. U. Southern California (4.0, 1350, 30%, 97) 88 //FATHER - LEGACY</p>

<p>My Stats (VIRGINIA IN-STATE RESIDENT)
GPA {2.9 (freshmen), 2.2 (sophomore), 3.6 (junior), 2.9/3.5 (quarters of senior year)} 2.9 Cumulative (not including second quarter of senior year)
5 AP’s
SAT: 1285 (690 Math, 670 Writing, 570 Verbal)
EC: Web Design Club Founder/President, Habitat for Humanity, Smithsonian, Janmedia (<a href="http://www.janmedia.com)%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.janmedia.com)&lt;/a>, summer course at Mason, lots lots more
Essay: Living abroad (affected first two years of my grade) in third world country/unstable environments; living without father junior year (went to Iraq - diplomat).</p>

<p>My Predictions (being as objective as can be)
1. Accepted
2. Accepted
3. Deferred
4. Accepted
5. Deferred
6. Accepted
7. Accepted
8. Deferred
9. Accepted
10. Deferred
11. Deferred</p>

<p>Also can anyone read my essay?
AIM = metaqux</p>

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<p>My changes:
Deferred or Rejected from Lehigh and USC. Rejected from UVa, U Washington, and U Maryland.</p>

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<ol>
<li>George Mason - match</li>
<li>James Madison - match</li>
<li>Virginia Tech - match</li>
<li>Northeastern- reach</li>
<li>U. Washington -reach</li>
<li>Lehigh - reach</li>
<li>Union College - reach</li>
<li>U. Maryland - slight reach</li>
<li>William and Mary - no chance</li>
<li>U. Virginia - no chance</li>
<li>U. Southern California - reach</li>
</ol>

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<p>Accepted:</p>

<p>George Mason
James Madison
Northeastern
USC
Union</p>

<p>Rejected:</p>

<p>William and Mary
UVa
Maryland
Washington
Lehigh</p>

<p>And VaTech will be REALLY close. If you're in-state, you'll probably get in. OK chance if you're OOS.</p>

<p>Just my predictions, good luck..</p>

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<p>Why is everyone saying I have a better chance at USC (in fact a decent chance) than UVA? Do they consider legacy that much?</p>

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<p>I dont think you have a chance at either</p>

<p>Dont waste your money, or at W & M either.</p>

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<p>accepted george mason, I think it's your only real definite.</p>

<p>Lehigh, USC (even with legacy), UW (CS there is highly ranked), UVa, W&M...all significant reaches mostly because of gpa.</p>

<p>Union, Md, Northeastern...reaches too but more possible esp Northeastern</p>

<p>Decent chance for JMU and VTech maybe 50-50.</p>

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<p>nicola: why do u keep posting ur stats? u have like 20 threads just dedicated to ur chances at certian schools? dont waste the money on sc, w&m,udub, lehigh, or uva, u wont get in.</p>

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<p>No chance at V Tech because they consider GPA the most and my GPA is my weakest aspect. The smaller private ones though at least consider other parts of the application. I looked at the admissions factors of Lehigh and it seems like they consider the essay and recommendations and extracurriculars as highly important. Anyhow, UW is like Tech and Maryland; I think my chances JMU are pretty good and same with GMU (they already took me in for a summer course; hs students needed 1200+ SAT scores and a hs transcript submission. </p>

<p>Anyways I think the best match for me is Union College but I dunno how good their CS department is. USC is my dream school but my chances there are < 1% even with legacy, same with UVA. I dunno though... do you guys think I'll get accepted to at least one or two besides Mason and Madison?</p>

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<p>again, no chance at union.</p>

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<p>You have no chance at William and Mary. Ain’t gonna happen, unless you’re hiding something really astounding from us all - (I’m talking Pulitzer Prizes, Hugo Awards and/or a personal endorsement from Jesus H. Christ. Preferably all three).</p>

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<p>I think you’ll only get in as Mason… but my friend with basically the same stats got waitlisted there. You’ll hopefully get waitlisted at JMU… but, I live in VA also, and they advise everyone in my school not to apply at JMU unless you have over a 3.6. And you need a 4.0 for UVA and W&M, even in-state. I think basically everything is a big reach with your GPA :frowning: I hope it all turns out alright though… good luckk.</p>

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<p>oy vey…this thread is from 2005…hahahaha</p>

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<p>I’m sorry if that was mean, but I go to HS in Northern VA, and I’m applying to JMU and UVA and I’m not even sure if I’m going to get in with a 4.0 and similar SATs. I hope your good ECs and essays help!!! It’s all a game, I’m sure you’ll get in somewhere</p>

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<ol>
<li>George Mason - match</li>
<li>James Madison - match</li>
<li>Virginia Tech - high match-low reach</li>
<li>Northeastern- high match-low reach</li>
<li>U. Washington - Big Reach</li>
<li>Lehigh - Reasonable Reach</li>
<li>Union College - Reasonable Reach</li>
<li>U. Maryland - Match</li>
<li>William and Mary - Doubtful… HUGE reach</li>
<li>U. Virginia - unfortunately dude, don’t even bother w/ this one (IMPOSSIBLE)</li>
<li>U. Southern California - HUGE Reach </li>
</ol>

<p>Your GPA destroyed your chances at these top schools… they might like the backstory, but that won’t cut it for them; I say you get into 1/2 of your schools, and for the other, expect deferrals, or in the case of UVA and USC, flat-out rejections; the transcript looks good, the EC’s are what might help you; they’re extremely impressive… your SAT’s are good for 3/4 of your schools; I’d try to take them one last time; your essay sounds like it has the potential to be really good, and you should be happy; although, I think you’re reaching way too much with UVA, USC, and maybe even UWash; they’re all top-notch schools and, the second they look at your GPA, you’re prob done</p>

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<p>HAhaahahaha i know i just realized that and I feeel sooooo stupid!</p>

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<p>You will be lucky if you are waitlisted at Northeastern which i highly doubt. Its a big reach.</p>

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<p>I would say VERY high reach for Northeastern and USC, ditto for W&M. I have a 4.0+ with 1930 SATS and am not excpecting to get into UVA, but being in-state your chances are a lot better.</p>

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<p>so i just thought id throw this in here since the first kid did
I’ve applied ED to Virginia Tech and I was just wondering what my chances were?
I listed that I want to major in Engineering and I have a low GPA that is 3.5 unweighted but it’s because my freshmen and sophomore GPA’s were low and my Junior year was significantly better and my senior year first quarter gpa is a 3.85 unweighted which ive sent in
I sent in my ACT scores and they only look at math and english, so combined i have a 29
Also im a 2 season captain and im president of many other groups in and out of school
I just wanted to know what you all thought because Ive read that engineering will lessen your chances of getting it but I was told that it could only help because im a girl applying for engineering?
thanks so much!</p>