<p>I'm a rising senior</p>
<p>Schools:
USC
BC
Notre Dame
Georgetown
Pepperdine
St. Olaf
U of Wisconsin
Minnesota</p>
<p>Could you please categorize these as reaches, matches and safeties for me? Thanks!!</p>
<p>Gpa: 3.85 on the rise, should be 3.9 by deadline
Rank: N/A
Elite top 100 public school known for scholars
State: MN
Gender: Male
Race: white
Act: 35C, 34E, 36M, 36R, 34S
AP: Euro 4, stats 4, us history tbd, am lit tbd
Senior load:
AP: Econ, Bio, calc bc, comp gov, us gov
World Literature, concert band (highest level in national recognized program)
Recs: none yet, but I'm in tight with my counselor and several teachers so fingers crossed
Ecs: 4 years football (2 letters, 2 year starter)
3 years basketball
Community service letter (2 letters by grad)
4 years of being a church leader for middle schoolers
Several mission trips
400 hours of comm service by graduation
3 years of student leadership team
3 summers of umping little leaguers
3 years marching band
3 years pep band
4 years concert band
Summer Camp leader</p>
<p>Forgot SAT IIs: USH 770, Math 2 750</p>
<p>REACH
University of Southern California
Notre Dame
Georgetown</p>
<p>MATCH
Boston College
University of Wisconsin
University of Minnesota
Pepperdine</p>
<p>SAFETY
St. Olaf</p>
<p>Maybe add one more safety on your list and you will be good.</p>
<p>Just curious why Minnesota, Wisconsin and pepperdine were characterized as matches? I’m not necessarily disagreeing but I’m confused.</p>
<p>ACT35?Hey guy, how do you get it? I think you did a pretty good job!</p>
<p>A heck of a lot of luck</p>
<p>apply to USC early[ before their Dec 1 scholarship deadline] and you could be awarded a 1/2 tuition scholarship. If you took the PSAT and scored above the MN NMSF cutoff, then take the SAT and you WOULD be awarded a NMSF scholarship if accepted at USC. Just remember, if invited to interview for a scholarship in Feb, you MUST go, in order to be considered. Most who are invited and interviewed do receive the scholarship offered. Just dont blow the interview request off. It will mean losing thousands of free $$.
scroll to the bottom of this link to see the merit scholarships USC offers.
[USC</a> Scholarships - USC Undergraduate Admission](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/scholarship.html]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/scholarship.html)</p>
<p>is USC really a reach with his stats?</p>
<p>Cost constraints? If, for example, the applicant needs a large merit scholarship to attend a given school, the reach/match/safety assessment should be made on the basis of the scholarship, not admission.</p>
<p>"is USC really a reach with his stats? "
ANY college with an acceptance rate lower than 25% should be considered a reach.
75% of USC applicants are rejected. That means his “odds” of acceptance are 1 in 4. Not good odds for any student these days…</p>
<p>“If, for example, the applicant needs a large merit scholarship to attend a given school, the reach/match/safety assessment should be made on the basis of the scholarship, not admission.”</p>
<p>With those constraints^^, USC is a huge reach for any student, as less than 7% of those applicants who applied before the Dec 1 scholarship deadline were chosen to interview for the big merit scholarships.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! I would love a merit scholarship but money is not a problem.</p>