<p>If you could please help… I am wondering what the chances of me getting into some colleges listed.
I have a 3.8 GPA with an upward trend since freshman year, 31 ACT, Shooting State Champion,Varsity shooting team captain, Varsity golfer, selective Leadership program graduate, licensed private pilot with 300+ logged hours, Karate-Red Belt(one from black),member of the Leaders Investment Club, on track for Silver Cord, founder of a Charity Website, volunteer academic tutor, Fluent in written Mandarin and Spanish, multiple AP classes including: US history-Physics-Biology, all Honors courses, Community College courses with college credit, student government, Future Problem Solvers participant, Model UN outstanding delegate. My friend also told me to mention that I am Buddhist on a previous thread. PLEASE NOTE: the drop in GPA was from a traumatic family incident during freshman year.</p>
<p>The colleges I am questioning are…
Northwestern(OOS)
University of Virginia(OOS)
Dartmouth(OOS)
UCal-Berkley(OOS)
Stanford(OOS)
University of Chicago(OOS)
Wash U in SL(OOS)
Vanderbilt(IS)
Carnegie Mellon(OOS)</p>
<p>And just for fun…
Harvard(OOS)</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Also NOTE I am about to take SAT soon as I am a junior.</p>
<p>OOS does not mean a thing for all the private colleges on your list. So Northwestern, Dartmouth, Stanford, Chicago, Wash U, Vanderbilt, CMU and Harvard are all private. Your state only matters for Cal and UVA (and you are out of state for both, so would pay OOS tuition).</p>
<p>Your test scores at this point are on the low end for most of the colleges on your list. And you have no real safeties, not even any matches. Also, are these affordable for you? Pretty much all are over $50,000/year, what is your financial situation?</p>
<p>Here is some info on where your 31 ACT places you:
Northwestern - 25th percentile is 31 (so 75% of students admitted have higher ACT scores)
UVA - 25-75 range is 29 to 33, BUT you are OOS, and it is much harder to get in from OOS
Dartmouth - 25-75 range is 30-34. You are between the 25 & 50% mark.
Cal - Range is 27-33, but again, you are OOS. If you are full pay, you may get in. Otherwise you should drop it, as need based aid for OOS students is poor.
Stanford - Range is 31-34. So you are at the 25% mark for a school that admits 5% of their applicants.
U Chicago - Range is 32 - 35. You are below the 25% mark. They are big on test scores there, too…
Wash u - Range is 32 - 34. You are under the 25% mark.
Vanderbilt - Range is 32-34. You are under the 25% mark.
CMU - Range is 30-34. You are between the 25% and 50% mark. If you are applying for engineering/CS, I think it is harder to get in.
Harvard - Range is 32-35. You are under the 25% mark.</p>