What are my chances ANYWHERE?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, I am a rising senior and I was wondering what schools I should be considering (community college, state school, etc.) Thank you!

Demographics:
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
School Type: Public (3000+ students)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Financial aid?: I think? (I live with my mom, she makes around 50k a year)

Academic Profile:

Standardized Tests
SAT I: 1300 (680 reading/620 math, 5/4/6 essay) I plan on taking it again in August, shooting for 1350 to 1400
SAT II: Haven’t taken them, should I?
PSAT: 1210
AP Scores:
APUSH 3
AP Lang 3
AP Chem 1 (Idk what happened here, I got an A+ in the class…)
AP World History 3
AP Human Geography 4

Courseload and Transcript
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 (1 B in freshman accounting)
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.71
Briefly describe any upward/downward trends: All A’s sophomore and junior year, more APs
Freshman year courses (only list honors/AP): Algebra 2 Honors, AP Human Geography, English 1 Honors, Biology Honors
Sophomore year courses (only list honors/AP): AP World History, Geometry Honors, Chemistry Honors, English 2 Honors
Junior year courses (only list honors/AP): AP Chem, AP US History, AP Lang, French 3 Honors, Pre-Calc Honors
Senior year courses (only list honors/AP): AP Lit, AP Physics, AP Macro/micro, AP French, AP Psych, AP Calc AB, Spanish 3 Honors
Rank: 43/660 sophomore year, I need to check again

No major awards, I didn’t know these existed… AP Scholar if that counts haha

Subjective factors:
Extracurricular Pursuits: (also list: number of years/ leadership positions/ achievements)

  1. French Honor Society (Soph-Junior; Historian, President)
  2. National Honor Society (Junior)
  3. Spanish Club (Junior)
  4. Key Club (Soph-Junior)
  5. French Club (Fresh-Junior)
  6. Swim Team (Soph-Junior, varsity)

Job/Work Experience: (also list: number of years and achievements)

  1. Paid internship at an Art Museum in the financial department (1 summer)

Volunteer/Community service: (also list: number of years and achievements)

  1. ReadingPals (Helped Spanish speakers learn English, 20 hours)
  2. Hubbard House (At a hospital where families whose loved ones are ill go when they live out of the city, 40 hours)
  3. Key Club (50+hours, 2 years)
  4. Florida Hospital Teen Volunteer (3 weeks, 100 hours)
  5. VITA Tax Site Volunteer (10 hours)
  6. I plan to volunteer at the library with Spanish children once I get back from vacation

Intended Major:
Linguistics

Essay:
How I crossed the language barrier while volunteering with Spanish speaking children

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It looks like you’ll do well to base your list off of where your SAT falls in the middle 50% at schools that you’re looking at. You’ve got a great, well-rounded application, but your SAT looks a little low for “ivy-type” schools.

Focus your attention on schools with 20-40% acceptance rates (this is a huge generalization, but a good place to start). Look at competitive schools with lower SAT averages than their counterparts, like USC or Emory.

Best of luck!

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^ ^ USC is certainly a reach for this OP.

It really depends on what you can afford and what you want. You’re certainly competitive for 95% of colleges out there, so it’s a matter of what you want out of your college experience. Big campus? Small? City? Suburbs?

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Thank you! This gives me somewhere to start :slight_smile: