UNC, Northeastern, UMich, Colgate...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What are my chances of getting into:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Northeastern University
Colgate University
University of Michigan
University at Buffalo (Honors College)
Hofstra University (Honors College)
Stony Brook University (Honors College)</p>

<p>Interested in studying biochemistry/biomedical engineering than continuing onto medical school
White male from New York
93 unweighted gpa
30 ACT (will take again)
1810 SAT (will take again)
1260 SAT (2 part)
SAT 2: 750 (Chemistry), 720 (U.S.) and 670 (Math 1)
9th Grade-AP World
10th Grade-AP World (4) and AP Stats(3)
11th Grade- AP US(4), AP Language and Composition(3), AP Chem(3) and AP Environmental(4)
12th Grade- AP Italian, AP Physics B, AP Calc AB, AP Lit and AP Economics</p>

<p>Work Experience: Lifeguarding and working part-time at a catering company</p>

<p>Athletics: Varsity Track (Assistant captain 10th-12th)
Varsity Cross Country (Captain 12th)
Varsity Swimming (All-league, Varsity participant since 8th grade and Captain in 11th and 12th)</p>

<p>Honor Societies: National, Science, History and Foreign Language(secretary-12th)</p>

<p>Clubs: History Club, Interactive Volunteer Club, Debate Team, Class government, Student government, music council and chess club</p>

<p>Volunteer: Adopt a soldier, operation shoebox, birthday cards for homeless teens, relay for life, peer tutoring, operation Christmas child, hoops for hometown, relays for a reason, thanksgiving food drive, pancake's for Parkinson's, etc</p>

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<p>Assuming a 93 translates to ~3.6 and you retake to a 33ACT or equivalent SAT:</p>

<p>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- low low reach
Northeastern University- match
Colgate University- low reach
University of Michigan- match</p>

<p>I don’t know enough about the rest to judge. What’s an honors college?</p>

<p>At your current ACT score, I’d say all but Northeastern are reaches. Still, a 30>>1810, so report that if you have a choice.</p>

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<p>For UMich LSA, the average admission uwGPA is 3.85 and the mid 30 ACT is 30-33. It is definitely a reach for OP, considering the over all admission rate of 30% and going lower. Even with ACT 33 would be a low reach due to low GPA.
For UMich CoE, it would be definitely a reach.</p>

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<p>@literaturemajor‌ thanks for the match-up but what scale are you using that a 93 unweighted converts to a 3.6? And my weighted average is about 99.4 does that help?</p>

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<p>Definitely retake your ACT and SAT to make you more competitive. For the colleges I know about, I’d say Colgate is a reach and Buffalo and Stony Brook are matches (possibly Honors College for Buffalo; I don’t know anything about the Honors College for Stony Brook)</p>

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<p>@taco4roc‌ My bad. It’s closer to 3.7-3.75. You’d have a good chance at these schools with a retaken ACT.</p>

<p>Colleges will like to see that you’ve taken a rigorous course load, but generally the weighted gpa is considered much less heavily than raw grades.</p>