Trying to narrow down my college list...

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Hello, I was hoping I could receive chances for some colleges so I could construct a more succinct list that I would actually apply to</p>

<p>Desired major Economics
School Private Catholic school ranked in top 50 catholic schools
ACT 31, superscored 32
SAT IIs (haven't taken yet assuming 700-750ish) Biology M and UsHistory (possibly math I if it would help chances)
GPA 3.9uw
Aps currently in Bio and Us ( will be taking stats, calc, gov, and lit)
Course strength almost the most rigorous available at school
Ec's
3 years model un 1 as vice president (will continue next year and almost certainly vice president again)
3 years jv tennis (will play next year)
2 years jv bowling team
100+ hours community service
member of mu alpha theta and national honor society </p>

<p>Colleges</p>

<p>University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University (ED)
New York University
University of Rochester
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Boston University
University of California-San Diego
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Minnesota
University of Texas-Austin
University of Tennessee- Knoxville (in state)
University of Tennessee- Chattanooga (in state)
Pennsylvania State University- University Park (legacy)
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
University of Virginia
University of South Carolina
University of Washington- Seattle</p>

<p>Thanks for reading.</p>

2

<p>Bump10char</p>

3

<p>match for all except UCLA and UCB. Those are low reaches. U better pray that u get high SAT II scores.</p>

4

<p>Thank you for chancing my thread! :slight_smile:
You seem to be a strong candidate for all of your schools, except for perhaps UCLA, UCB, Brown, Cornell and NYU. Those will probably be reaches for you. Don’t be afraid to apply to them, though!
Just my thoughts. I would recommend trying to get involved in relevant ECs for your major, such as business related competitions. Have you tried DECA or FBLA?
Work experience may help as well.</p>

5

<p>Bump10char</p>

6

<p>ACT isn’t superscored by basically any college, because that’s not how it’s graded (not on a scoring curve like the SAT). It is a good idea to ED Cornell if that is your first choice. </p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

7

<p>UCLA, UCB, Brown, Cornell and NYU are reaches. Are you planning on taking the SAT? Your test scores need a boost. I think you could have a pretty good shot at Cornell ED. </p>

<p>Chance me back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1471006-georgetown-notre-dame-gw-bc-nyu.html#post15592210[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1471006-georgetown-notre-dame-gw-bc-nyu.html#post15592210&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

8

<p>It makes no sense applying to a dozen matches. There’s a good chance that you’ll get accepted to them all, so why waste all of that time and money for no reason? Apply to only your three favorite of those along with your reaches. This should cut your list size in half.</p>

9

<p>Have you run the net price calculator for all of these colleges? Most state colleges have high OOS tuition and are stingy with financial aid for out of state students. Even if your parents say money is “no problem”, lots of parents don’t understand what the actual costs are these days. Also, just FYI, U of Minnesota is looking at increasing tuition for OOS state students (they are pretty cheap now for OOS, but that is likely going to change soon).</p>