University of Rhode Island-Chance Me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello everyone. This is my first post trying out the chance me discussions. I am a junior at East Greenwich High School in East Greenwich RI and I have a short list of places I really want to go. Please take a look and chance me!

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Freshman year: Honors English, US History, Honors Biology, Latin 2, Phys ed, Ceramics, Research in the digital age. Algebra 1.

Sophomore Year: Latin 3, Honors English, Honors Chemistry, Honors World Civ., French 1, Geometry, Phys Ed.

Junior year: AP Literature, AP US History, Honors Sociology, Honors Anatomy and Physiology, Honors Latin 4, Journalism Independent Study, Algebra 2

ECs: Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper for two years now, president of class council one year and class council member for three years, Organizer of Choose2Matter (a huge event at our school, I will go into detail on application), Cross Country athlete for the past three years and varsity two of them, volleyball athlete for the past three years and varsity two years,

Jobs: Lifeguard at a nearby beach, teacher assistant at Bryant University of the summer, secretary at an interior design company,

Tests: Haven’t taken SATs or ACTs but did well on PSATs the past year. I will have a tutor and class to prepare for these tests.

GPA: Weighted-3.6
School doesn’t rank.

So based on course rigor and extra curricular strength, how do I look?

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I am a junior in Rhode Island as well. Especially as an in-state applicant, URI is not particularly choosy… Your GPA could be bolstered a bit to increase your chances but I would say that it is incredibly likely that they accept you. I’m sure that you could get into many other good schools as well, considering your strong ECs. Good luck on your SATs.

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I’d say you have a great change of getting into URI. It’s not that selective (especially for in-state) and you have a great strength of schedule and good extracurriculars

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@ts1234 Hey we’re probably neighbors. It will depend on your major. For example, Pharmacy would be tricky with your GPA. Admissions will be very stats driven, unfortunately. You need to apply as early as possible for the best chance and do really well on your SATs. November 15th would not be too early to apply. Choose2Matter is a great program/topic for your essay.

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@gearmom Hello there! Thank you for the input! It is greatly appreciated. As for the majors, it will most likely be something in the humanities, possibly English or a Language.

Thanks!

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@ts1234 If you go for humanities, consider the Honors program. The classes are small and at the sophomore level you can great housing. Also look at the National Student Exchange as a way to inexpensively mix it up for you. I think it’s the same price to study at colleges in the US and Canada as your home college. Of course regular study abroad also.