Take A Chance and CHANCE ME! (UMich, Boston College, Wake Forest, Villanova, Etc.)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone! I am fairly new here but have been following many of these threads closely. I would really appreciate some helpful and realistic advice from all you pro's on the college admissions process.</p>

<p>Here's me in a nutshell:</p>

<p>My personal information:</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (white)
Income: Upper-class (do not plan to apply for financial aid)
I attend an extremely competitive public high-school north of Chicago.</p>

<p>List of Schools (from Naviance page, excuse the application dates):</p>

<pre><code> American Univ student 11/15 - - 1/15

Boston Coll student 11/1 - - 1/1

Bowdoin Coll student 11/15 - - 1/1

Bucknell Univ student 11/15 - - 1/15

UC Los Angeles student - - - 11/30

UC Santa Barbara student - - - 11/30

Carnegie Mellon Univ student 11/1 - - 1/1

Colgate Univ student - - - 1/15

Emory Univ student 11/1 - - 1/15

Fordham Univ student - 11/1 - 1/5

Georgetown Univ student - 11/1 - 1/10

Hamilton Coll - NY student 11/15 - - 1/1

Holy Cross, Coll of student 12/15 - - 1/15

U of IL Urbana-Champaign student - - 11/1 1/2

Indiana U Bloomington student - - 11/1 -

U of Michigan student - 11/1 - 2/1

Middlebury Coll student 11/1 - - 12/15

New York Univ student 11/1 - - 1/1

Northeastern Univ student - 11/1 - 1/15

Northwestern Univ student 11/1 - - 1/1

Occidental Coll student 11/15 - - 1/10

Pepperdine Univ student - - 1/15 1/15

Reed Coll student 11/15 - - 1/15

U of Richmond student 11/15 - - 1/15

Santa Clara Univ student - 11/1 - 1/7

U of South Carolina student - 10/15 12/1 12/1

U of Southern California student - - - 1/10

U of Texas Austin student - - - 12/1

U of Vermont student - 11/1 - 1/15

Villanova Univ student - 11/1 - 1/7

Wake Forest Univ student 1/1 - - 1/1

Coll of William & Mary student 11/1 - - 1/1

U of Wisconsin Madison student - - 11/1 2/1

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<p>Please don't think I want a chance on all of these schools, I just want some general input on a few. Feel free to leave your two-sense on just a few schools (reaches, middles, safeties).</p>

<p>Objective Information:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0/5.0 (Weighted)
ACT: 31 ( I just took it again and feel like I did much better)</p>

<p>I've taken all honors classes since my freshman year. I have certainly tried to challenge myself with classes.</p>

<p>AP's:
AP English Language/Composition: 4
AP English Literature: (Taking now-senior year)
AP Macro/Microeconomics: (Taking now-senior year)
AP Statistics: (Taking now-senior year)
AP Environmental Science: (Taking now-senior year)</p>

<p>I am taking Math II and Literature SAT II's in October, I plan to get mid 700's on each (obviously a meaningful prediction).</p>

<p>Subjective Information:</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>-High School Soccer: 2 years Varsity (Co-Captain) (Third in State!), 1 Year JV, 1 Year Freshman A
-High School Track: 2 Years Varsity, 2 Years Sophomore
-I am the elected head of the second-largest social service group at my public high-school. (We travel to grade-schools and discuss drugs and bullying with young kids). This is a HUGE commitment and I am writing one of my essays on this.
-Over 50 hours of Community Service at local soup kitchens and senior homes
-Play Piano privately and have performed at several senior homes.</p>

<p>Essays: Solid (AP English Lang./Comp. and honors U.S. history teachers)</p>

<p>Thanks for reading this exhaustive biography on someone else but hopefully I can get some great feedback!</p>

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<p>I am unfamiliar with unweighted GPAs, but I’ll try my best. UMich could be a bit of a reach, especially out of state. Boston College and Wake Forest are also a reach, but being smaller schools than Michigan, if you write a stellar essay you may have a better chance. Villanova should be a safety school for you. Good luck!!</p>

<p>btw, don’t put to much weight on this, because i’m not exactly an expert</p>

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<p>Thanks for the response! I obviously plan on using my weighted GPA based on the rigor of courses I’ve taken.
I agree that UMich could be a bit of a reach, and so far I think that’s my number one choice.</p>

<p>Anyone else haha?</p>

<p>Also anyone have any tips on shortening this list (maybe you have some inside information on one of them :slight_smile: or you think they may be out of my area of interest based on the other schools I have listed)</p>

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<p>OH I thought you said 4.0 out of 5.0 weighted, not 4.0 unweighted and 5.0 weighted. Let me change my response. I think all of the schools are high match/low reach, but I think you will get into at least two out of your top four. My friend got into Michigan last year with a not perfect GPA and a 30 ACT, so you should be fine. Boston College and Wake Forest are more selective, but you should get into at least one, if not both of them.</p>

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<p>Oh no wait I did mean 4.0/5.0 weighted, my unweighted is around 3.5/4.0</p>

<p>haha but thanks for the chance.</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>