Hi Everyone, I’m looking for feedback on the caliber of schools I’m applying too. I am really worried about getting into the University of Delawares Honors Program. Do you guys think I will get in?
Background: Delaware High school senior at Conrad Schools of Science (Top 3 Delaware high school)
Colleges I’m applying too- Udel/Udel honors, UNC chapel hill, UVA, Virginia Tech
Unweighted GPA- 4.0
Weighted GPA- 4.95 (5.5 GPA weight for A in AP classes)
Total # of AP Classes= 9 (Score)
AP Biology (3)
AP World History (3)
AP Lang (4)
AP Chemistry (4)
AP US History (4)
Senior Schedule
AP Physics 1
AP Statistics
AP Psychology
AP Calculus AB
E110 (University of Delaware course that is weighted as AP)
Class Rank: 8/170
SAT Score- 1920 (630R, 660M, 630W)
SAT II- Chemistry- 720 Math II-650
EC’s- Martial Arts Students for 5 years. martial Arts Instructor for 2 years. Taught at JCC, Edu-Care, and the YMCA a numerous number of hours. Varsity Swim Team Manager for all 4 years in high school. Founder of Stock Market Investment Club at my school. Member of Key Club and Student Council. National Honors Society.
Awards: CKSF Scholarship Award Biology and Chemistry, AP Scholar With Distinction Award, Pre Calc Honors achievement award (Highest average in my class)
Employment- Worked at my grandfathers restaurant over the summer.
Teacher recommendations are very good. My common app essay is not finished yet.
Hook: First Generation College Student
Really would like some feedback, especially about the University of Delaware Honors Program.
Good shot at UDel Honors.
UVA is a reach.
UNC-Ch has a cap on OOS applicants and your being first gen may but then again may not trump a legacy.
Virginia Tech is unlikely to be affordable.
Where else are you applying?
I would suggest running the Net Price Calculator on UScranton, Marist, Gettysburg, Muhlenberg, Lehigh, Temple, Rowan.
UVA is a low reach (SAT scores; great GPA tho!) - You honestly have a good shot at any of those schools as ur GPA is simply fantastic!
Chance me? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1835410-chance-me-and-ill-chance-you.html#latest
Also applied to University of South Carolina. Hoping to get good scholarships.
Honors College at USC is top 10 in the nation. Most kids who get scholarships have 2100+ on their SAT. Outside of this, public universities do not have any mandate toward students from other states.
Have you run the NPCs on all these universities?
What’s your parents’ budget for college?
I did not apply to the honors college
There are fewer scholarships then.
Have you run the NPCs? Are these colleges affordable?
Since they’re OOS public universities, odds are you won’t get scholarships - and the #1 source of scholarship is the university itself, so you have to target universities that will give you scholarships for your stats or for what you bring to the table.
Just found out about NPC. Will definately look into that. Do you guys think it’s worth applying to UNC and UVA?