I posted a thread earlier (before my SAT score came in) for my chances. After that I got my scores, so I figured to see my chances. I updated my college list a little bit as well.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian American (Indian)
State: NH
School Type: Public
Prospective Major: Economics and/or Business
Rank: 34/530
GPA: UW-3.8450 [out of 4.2] | W- 4.78 [out of 5]
SAT: 1980 (640 CR 680 M 660 W) I am taking the June ACT
AP Taken: Macro/Microeconomics (both 5) Calculus AB (5)
AP Taking: English Language, Physics 1 & 2, Calculus BC
AP Next Year: European History, Statistics, Literature, Comp Sci
Extra Curricular
Classical Western Violin (7 Years) - played at recitals every year and at old age home
Indian Classical Vocal (10 Years) - sung at annual recitals and performances; also at local temples
Indian Classical Violin (2 Years) - started summer after freshmen year; started because I wanted to learn
Policy Debate (3 years and going to do it senior year) - I LOVE DEBATE and VP of Team; gone to about 8 or 9 tournaments
Math Team (3 years and going to do it senior year) - I really enjoy math
DECA (2 years) - 1st Place at States for International Business Plan with two partners [10th Grade]
3rd Place at States for Principles of Finance [10th Grade]
3rd Place at States for Business Services Marketing [11th Grade]
didn’t place at States but did Advertising Campaign [11th Grade]
School Newspaper (1 year) - started this year and wrote my first article!!!
Technology Student Association (1 year) - started this year and going to states!!! (but all events that I am participating in are speech and writing based)
-2nd Place at States in Extemp. Speech
-3rd Place at states in Essays on Technology
Work at KUMON (3 years)
Volunteer at local elementary school (1 year)
Volunteer at local Soup Kitchen (3 year) not that much though
Volunteer for local youth organization where we raise money for charities (3 years)
National Honor Society
National French Honor Society
National Debate Honor Society
I am in the process of getting a marketing internship over the summer.
UNC
Berkeley
UCLA
Tufts
NYU
Northeastern
BC
Georgetown
Emory
U of Southern California
UVA
@tomofboston I am aiming to get a 32 on the ACT. Would that be sufficient, statistically, for these schools? Also my UC GPA, which I just calculated, is a 4.09.
A 32 or 33+ ACT would help your odds because your UW GPA is slightly lower than preferred for your top schools despite great ECs. As of now you’d conservatively get in at least a 1/3 of the schools on your list and with higher test scores probably at least one of the higher ranked choices.
UNC - MATCH
Berkeley - reach
UCLA - low reach
Tufts - reach
NYU - low reach
Northeastern - low reach
BC - high match/low reach
Georgetown - reach
Emory - reach
U of Southern California - low reach
UVA - MATCH
Obviously, everything is not perfect with your stats, but it’s not bad at all. I mean, your SAT score is even in the middle 50% for Emory, so you DO have a shot there. Get it up higher or a better score on the ACT and things will look up even more. You are taking hard classes which these schools like to see, and you got some good scores on AP tests. I’m betting that even as things are that you would get into at least one or two of those reach schools above. Good luck.
OOS students at the UC’s have to score higher than residents to be competitive.
Can you afford the OOS tuition of $55K per year for the UC’s? There is no financial aid for OOS students.
For me, 55k would be a lot, but when I used the Net Price Calculator it said that the cost would be 47k. Although still on the higher side, I hope scholarships will bring that to 40k! What are some of my chances at the other schools?
Sometimes the NPC doesn’t include the extras for UC’s. Assume $58K per the UCLA website. https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/budget.htm
You wouldn’t qualify for the limited OOS scholarships, they have because of your SAT and ACT scores.
^^^^Forgot to add, sorry, scholarships, if any, don’t go over $5K. Your current stats won’t make you competitive for those elite few dollars. UCLA and UCB are very big reaches for you.
That is helpful… I just want to know whether I stand at least a chance at these schools. I will also be applying to BU, Brandeis, GTech, UT Austin, Northeastern, and some safeties (financial and chances-wise).
So could I get a further evaluation on my chances at these schools? Are there any other colleges that I should consider? Sorry, I am just updating my college lists as the summer goes by!
Your ECs are very strong in my opinion! The only thing that I would say is working against you are you test scores!
BUT remember admissions are hollistic! Never lose hope
UNC - match
Berkeley - low reach
UCLA - low reach
Tufts - high reach
NYU - match
Northeastern - low reach
BC - match
Georgetown - high reach
Emory - low reach
U of Southern California - low reach
UVA - match
