What are my chances at these colleges. (I'm a junior)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello guys, I'm new here (in fact this is my first post) and I'm wondering what my chances are at my colleges. Please excuse my "formatting errors" if there are any as I don't have any experience as to how posts around here look. </p>

<p>I go to a high school thats fairly large (about 1600 students across 9-12) if this factors into anything. We use a 7 pt grading scale</p>

<p>Academic Resume: (the gpas will be calculated on a 4.0 scale that can be found on Collegeboard's Big Future thing)</p>

<p>GPA unweighted: 3.68
Class Rank: 54 out 312 (top 17%)
I will have finished 7 AP's by the time I graduate high school: AP Stats, APUSH, AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Calc AB, and AP Calc BC</p>

<p>Test Scores:</p>

<p>SAT: 1950 (710M, 680CR, 560 Writing)
I have signed up for the Math I, Math II, and US History subject tests.</p>

<p>ACT: 31 (33 English 29 Math 34 Reading 26 Science) hoping to get at least 33 soon because I know I under-performed on the Math section</p>

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<li>I will be retaking both the SAT and the ACT and I am enrolling in a SAT class soon</li>
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<p>ECs:</p>

<p>National Beta Club
Key Club
Varsity Football
I am looking to be a Student Red Cross Volunteer (maybe even start a Red Cross club at my school)
Applying for internships this summer
Have worked with Habitat with Humanity in the past
I have approximately 150 volunteer hours
Squeaky clean record
Duke TIP (I've heard that this does little to help your college app though, can anyone confirm?)
Spanish Club</p>

<p>I plan to major in Financial Engineering/Quantitative Analysis:
The colleges I am planning on applying to are:
1) U of M Ann Arbor
2) Purdue- West Lafyette
3) University of Texas at Austin
4) University of Florida
5) NYU
6) NC State
7) Chapel Hill
8) UCLA
9) Carnegie Mellon (I understand that my chances here are low but please do provide input on CMU anyway please)
10) Georgia Tech</p>

<p>I do apologize for the length of the post. Also, if you all need any more information, just let me know. :) </p>

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<p>Extra info: I am an Indian Male, reside in NC, and I am fluent in English and Hindi (I’m not literate in Hindi though). I have taken Spanish III so I understand a bit of Spanish.
I am on track to be NC Academic Scholar and a Global Scholar.</p>

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<p>UMI: Reach
Purdue: Low match/Match
UT-Austin: Reach (rank way too low; they prefer top-7% even OOS)
UF: Match
NYU: Match/High match
NCSU: Safety
UNC-CH: Low match/Match
UCLA: Match (can you pay full-freight?)
CMU: Reach
GA Tech: Match/High match</p>

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<p>Yay,a reply!!! First off, thanks for your input; it’s much appreciated! </p>

<p>Can you explain the difference between a Low match, Match, and High Match please?</p>

<p>I believe I will apply to CMU early decision and UofM early action, so will that affect my chances much?</p>

<p>And yes I do believe that I will be able to afford tuition at these colleges because my parents are fully supportive in my academic and are willing to invest a large sum in this huge part of my life and are willing to do whatever it takes to ensure I get a good education ( I really hope this doesn’t sound snobby).</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>UMAA: reach
Purdue: match
UTA: reach
UF: match
NYU: high match/low reach
NC State: safety
UNC: match (be thankful you’re in-state)
UCLA: low reach
CM: reach
GT: match</p>

<p>Chance back
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<p>Based on our experience, I would differ with the previous posters. My kids went to a highly rated school near Chicago. Here are my thoughts based on where kids with similar stats in the last 10 years get in from our school. For further clarification I will put in statistics the number of kids that apply and get in to each school from our high school each year (we have about 700 kids per class for a student body of about 2800)) </p>

<p>Michigan - high reach With your stat OOS admission is highly unlikely, you would not get in from our school, early action will not affect your chances (40-50 apply, 4-7 get in)
Purdue - match (30-50 apply) (15-25 get in)
Texas - reach again since you are OOS it makes it much more difficult, you would not get in from our school (10 apply, 3 get in)
Florida - match/safety (statistics not meaningful)
NYU - low reach you would be borderline from our school (10-15 apply, 2-5 get in)
NC State - safety (statistics not meaningful)
UNC - low reach it helps that you are in state. If you were out of state, you would have litte or no shot (statisitcs not meaningful)
UCLA - high reach very difficult for OOS with your stats. You would not get in from our school (10-15 apply, 1-2 get in)
Carnegie Mellon - high reach, you would not get in from our school, Ed would increase your chances but still highly unlikely (5-10 apply, 1 gets in)
GT - low reach, your stats are a,little low for GT, you would be borderline at our school (5-10 apply, 2-3 get in)</p>

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<p>There is no “official” definition. In general, you can view a “match” as meaning your stats/ECs/etc are typical for admitted students at that school. A low match means your stats are a bit better, while a high match means they are a bit worse. A “safety” would be a school that you’re 90+% likely to be accepted at, while a “reach” is unlikely (but could still happen).</p>

<p>At UF, your stats put you in the middle 50% of admitted students. However, your GPA and Class Rank (UF likes the top 10%) is just a bit low, so you’re a Match to High Match. UF uses holistic admissions, so you should never view it as a “safety”, the admission process is just too random. Finally, UF offers limited OOS scholarships, so even if you’re accepted, you may find it way too expensive with OOS tuition ($28+K a year), unless you land one of the rare OOS scholarships or your family can afford the OOS tuition. </p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Ok, does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to improve my chances of getting in at these schools?</p>

<p>Does anyone have any other schools they think I should apply to with a really good Financial Engineering/Quantitative Analysis program?</p>

<p>Thanks for the replies btw.</p>

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<p>@Nflpackers96‌ I would love to help you out, but I’m not sure how these things work-out myself. If I get the hang of i I will definitely chance you back</p>

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<p>Very last bump until after I get my SAT II scores back (or should I just make a new post for that). Also please suggest other schools with good financial engineering/quant/financial mathematics that I’m a low match-low reach for. Thanks</p>