'Reverse' chance me? Please name any top 50 universities where I'd be accepted.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, I’m a 21 year old male attending a Texas CC. Intended Major is Philosophy with English minor, with the ultimate goal of attending a top-twenty law school.

BACKGROUND:

If you feel it would be helpful, please feel free to read my story on my profile page. Briefly put, I was homeless periodically since age 12 until 18. From about 18-20, I worked in the oilfield while dealing with my dad’s medical issues. At 20, just before my 21st birthday, I finally broke into the world of the academics by earning my GED (Honors).

ACT: 32

(Math brought me down, got nearly perfect scores in the other sections. In response to this, I’ve taken math in CC so I can score higher on the ACT math section. I have taken one math, gotten an A, and am about to take the second math. Since the ACT tests college readiness, and I have done college math now, I will do better. Just assume it will be a 34-36? I will retake it, and trust me, I will get a 34-36.)

GPA: 4.0

LOR: 4 letters, each powerful and unique.

One letter by my HS counselor who knew me back when I used to sleep in a van. Naturally, it is an emotionally charged letter with his full backing and support. Also, I forgot to add, I have three outstanding letters from my professors.

EC’s and awards:

Honors College member

Honors College Scholarship winner

Stayton Scholarship for Writing winner (published author in poetry and non-fiction)

Peer tutor for English/Composition and Rhetoric

Coauthor for my professor’s PhD dissertation,

***(Part of my professor’s dissertation deals with critiquing the English abilities of immigrants. Therefore, I am not a research collaborator, as I understand it, but a legitimate coauthor. This seems most obvious in that I have produced the entirety of chapter four of his book, which he proceeds to comment on in chapter 5, and which will soon be published at University of Houston-Downtown.)

Phi Theta Kappa member

Editor-in-chief of newspaper that spans the college system that I attend, (8 campuses in a major city)

If you would, please tell me which top 50 universities might accept me. It is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for reading all of this.

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UT Austin
U MICHIGAN
BU
PSU
Lehigh University
NYU
Reach:
Harvard
Yale
Northwestern
UPENN
You’ve got lot of chances, but I’m not listing 2k colleges. See schools and stats here: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

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Thanks a ton, it’s very much appreciated.

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In terms of your goals as you have explicitly stated them, you might want to take a look here:

https://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/blog/top-lawyer-producer-schools-infographic/

By statistical factors, these schools might roughly be the equivalent of the country’s top 50 undergraduate colleges:

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

This source offers excellent standardized testing data:

http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/college-profiles-new-sat/

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I second UT Austin. It’s obviously the best in Texas in terms of alumni connection and academics, and it’s a public Ivy. They’re also known to accept lots of CC transfers, and since you’re in-state, it’ll be very cheap.

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I suggest two in-state public options: UT Austin plus one more, then four or five schools known for giving tons of aid to low income kids.

An Ivy or two, and three or four schools that are rich enough to give tons of aid to low income kids, just slightly lower in the rankings to have better admissions odds. Northwestern was a good example. Amherst, Vassar, Vanderbilt. Rice or Trinity might be options in Texas.

The great middle of “match” schools is tough because you need a lot of aid and many do not meet full need.