University of Maryland - What are my chances?

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<p>Hello, I really want to go to the University of Maryland to major in Criminal Justice.
I am junior at the best h.s. in the state (I'm out of state). On the PSAT a few months back, I got a 1980. Now, I plan to study and hope to do much better on the real SAT.
Every class I've taken has been honors except those that are AP.
Here are the 5 AP classes I've taken so far:
1. US History (3 on test)
2. AP Chem
3. AP Latin
4. AP Lang. and Composition
5. AP Psychology
I'm taking the last 4 this year, so I havent taken the tests yet. I plan to take another 3 AP's next year.
My unweighted GPA is about a 3.75/4 and my weighted is about a 4.55/5.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Latin club (planning on all 4 years) --> trip to Greece soph. yr. and have been to state conventions and won a few state and national awards
-member of national Latin honor society (planning on all 4 yrs.)
-Red Cross Club (freshman yr)
-Volunteer at nursing home (Sophomore yr)
-Church youth group (planning on all 4 years) --> went on mission trip freshman yr.
-Culinary Club (jr. yr.)
-Manager of girls varsity basketball team (Freshman, Soph. years)
-Varsity soccer (planning on all 4 years)</p>

<p>I also worked a summer job doing office work after sophomore year.</p>

<p>I feel like my extracurriculars list is pretty weak. Also, even though I spent a lot of time at the nursing home, I never bothered to get my hours for it, so I have very few service hours.</p>

<p>So, what do you think my chances are? Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>UMD: Aim for 28+/1950+ </p>

<p>If you get 32+/2150+ for real then you can aim for UPenn… then again, I do not know how much of an advantage/disadvantage that is to major in criminal justice for UPenn.</p>

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<p>I think you mean 198 on PSAT? I think you’ll get in considering Uof M has a 46% acceptance rate. Why did you drop out of Red Cross Club? It also depends on your teacher recs, GPA, etc.</p>

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<p>Yeah, Im sorry, I did mean 198. Im just used to adding that extra 0 because they generally say thats what you can expect. And yeah, UPenn is a good school, but their criminal justice program is not as good. The reason I want to go to UMD is that they have the best criminal justice program in the nation.
And the reason I dropped out of red cross club is that its very unorganized at my school. While I love the idea of it, nothing was getting done.</p>