Realistic list of top 10? (UW-Madison, UC Berkeley/Santa Barbara, UT-Austin, UMich, etc.)

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am a rising senior and have been looking at my options as far as where I would like to attend college. I would first like to state that I have discussed with my family the cost of going Out-of-State and I do have the financial information for all of the universities that are on my list. At the moment, I am concerned with my chances for all of the colleges on my list and making sure that I have a proper variety of safeties, matches, and reaches.</p>

<p>I am looking to major in Chemical Engineering and I am a white male.</p>

<p>TOP 10 UNIVERSITIES:
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of California-Berkeley
University of Texas-Austin
University of California—​Santa Barbara
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Delaware</p>

<p>About Me:</p>

<p>Classes:
Weighted GPA: 4.24
Unweighted GPA: 3.86
Rank: 20/430</p>

<p>Senior Year:
I.B. History of The Americas HL
I.B. Chemistry HL
I.B. English SL
I.B. German SL
I.B. Math SL
I.B. Psychology
Physics I (AP)
Zero Hour Broadcast Journalism
Zero Hour Theory of Knowledge
Personal Finance (Summer)</p>

<p>*I am an IB Diploma Candidate</p>

<p>Standardized Test Scores:
PSAT: 194 Index
ACT COMPOSITE - 32
English - 34
Math - 32
Reading - 28
Science - 32</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
5 years Broadcast Journalism
2 Years Mentor for Freshmen and Sophomores
2 years Math Club
2 years Scholar Bowl (Public Relations Manager)
2 years Member of the Youth Advisory Council for a Foundation
2 years German Club
2 years German National Honor Society (Secretary)
2 years National Honor Society (Public Relations Manager)
1 year Student Senate
1 year National Art Honor Society
3 Weeks EF Educational Tour in Germany</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
Best Website (National Broadcast Competition) ($5000 Award)
Public Relations Manager of National Honor Society for my school's chapter
National German Honor Society
National Broadcasting Honor Society
Department Award for English (11th Grade) [One Student Per Grade Level]
Department Award for Mathematics (11th Grade) [One Student Per Grade Level]
Student of the Month - January of sophomore year
Principal's Honor Roll (3.5 GPA for a Semester) [x6]
Letter in Academics (4.0 GPA for a semester per year) [x3]
Letter in Broadcast Journalism
Letter in German Club
Top Living Skills Student (Middle School)
Top Broadcast Student (Middle School)</p>

<p>Many Broadcast Journalism awards:
Best Photographer (10th & 11th)
Best Human Interest Feature Story (10th & 11th)
Best Technical Guru (10th)
Best News Story (10th)
Best Overall Package (10th)
Go-Getter (10th)
And More...</p>

<p>~Broadcast Journalism Leadership~
Web Director - Sophomore, Junior & Senior
Line Editor - Junior
Filmed Graduation and Male Pagent Show (earning money)</p>

<p>Community Service
100 Hrs of community service at a VA Hospital
40 Hours of Student Mentoring
10 Hours of Community Service at Elementary Day Care
Four Volunteer Projects for NHS
150 Creativity, Action, and Service hours for IB Diploma</p>

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<p>You’ll get in at all the universities that you listed (except for Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon. I give you an 80% shot and 60% shot, respectively).</p>

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<p>That is a lot better than I had expected! Thank you!</p>

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<p>My kid is at UW – apply before the first deadline (Nov 1 or thereabouts) and you may have high enough stats to get an acceptance early in the season. High stats kids, even OOS, tend to get in during the first admission cycle at UW, while the good but not off the top tend to get postponed, especially OOS. You just may be high enough to get in by the first admission notification date and have a (in my opinion) terrific school in the bag. </p>

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<p>Are you speaking of University of Wisconsin or University of Washington? I had considered both actually.</p>

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<p>Are you engineering or science kid? Or Arts and Letters type? Because both Illinois and MN have admission into specific colleges. An advantage of early application to Illinois is that there is a specific notification date for all applications completed by a certain date in the fall. Another terrific school you could get accepted to and relieve some of the pressure. But, a warning, Engineering and Science apps at Illinois and even MN are tougher than Arts and Letters type apple. </p>

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<p>I am definitely seeking engineering, I am a little new to how this all works though, I was recently informed that engineering and science are more difficult as far as getting accepted. I have been working on as much as I can for my applications, and I am currently planning college visits.</p>

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<p>closing this thread. The OP has the same one at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1661458-is-my-top-10-realistic-uw-madison-uc-berkeley-santa-barbara-ut-austin-umich-etc.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1661458-is-my-top-10-realistic-uw-madison-uc-berkeley-santa-barbara-ut-austin-umich-etc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;