<p>I’m not sure if I agree with your logic @UCh0peful… Oh well.</p>
<p>Also, others who chance me, can you specify strengths, norms, and weaknesses? Thanks so much 
I will try to chance you back or comment on your threads!</p>
<p>I don’t know much about a few of the colleges you applied to except the UC’s lol</p>
<p>Pomona: Reach
Claremont McKenna: Reach
USC: Match
UCLA: Match
UCSD: Low match
Rice: Reach
NWU: Reach
Berkeley: Match
UCD: Low match
UCSB: Low match</p>
<p>Grades and test scores are great, congrats. ECs are pretty good too. DO NOT write your essay about Cancer especially if you know someone who has it. That is a very generic essay. You have all of the standard bases covered, so now go do some unusual fun stuff that can make you unique.</p>
<p>Can someone explain to me the difference in selectivity between the Claremont Colleges and schools like USC/UCLA?</p>
<p>@mandalorian that’s great. Thanks for the comment I’m planning on writing my essay, weird enough, about my hair. It’s weird, but its an extended metaphor of sorts? I just started writing it.</p>
<p>What do you mean unusual fun stuff?? Haha maybe I have done something of that sort and just didn’t think it was relevant? Do you mind explaining? thanks for your help.</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna College: match
USC: match
UCLA: match
UCSD: match
Rice University: slight reach
UCD: safety
UCSB: match, I wouldn’t call a UC school safety
UCB: reach
Northwestern: low reach
Pomona:reach</p>
<p>Thanks for chancing me! For anyone else, please chance me at <a href=“Any idea of colleges I could get into? - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums”>Any idea of colleges I could get into? - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums;
<p>@missworld7 What can I do to make Rice a match? I’m going to apply early. Also, planning on getting the ACT score up. With great recs and essay, could it be a match?</p>
<p>I’d say, get the ACT up with great recs! :)</p>
<p>Sounds good! Thanks for your help :)</p>
<p>Great chance for the UC’s, write good personal statements! </p>
<p>Thanks I will!</p>
<p>@BassGuitar</p>
<p>What about Boston University??</p>
<p>Pomona - Low reach
Claremont McKenna College - Low reach
USC - Match
UCLA - High match
UCSD - Match
Rice University - Low reach
UCD - Match
UCSB - Match
UCB - High match
Northwestern - Low reach</p>
<p>Get your ACT up and some good SAT IIs in, and you’ll be good.</p>
<p>Is a 33 equivalent to about a 2190 on the SAT?? @tanboyrunfast</p>
<p>Yes, according to conversion charts. But because the ACT has less variance than the SAT, the comparison doesn’t always transfer exactly. </p>
<p>Got it Thanks!</p>
<p>Claremont only admits about 12%, that’s the problem with it–it’s getting near Ivy %'s, so it’s a reach of some sort for almost everyone. Living OUTSIDE of California would help your chances, as CMC really wants to be a “national” school, so wants as many students from out of state as possible increasingly.</p>