<p>I'd love to get chanced for CMU, Emory, Northwestern, USC, Georgetown, and Georgia Tech, specifically in linguistics or information science. Also, what other honor societies and ECs should I be working on? I know my ACT score is low for Northwestern, but I was wondering anyway. Sorry for listing so many schools, but I am really undecided. I'd be happy to chance back anyone who asks!</p>
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College: 8 classes(Botany, Computer Networking, Industrial Safety(ha), Introduction to Business, Criminal Justice, English Composition I, and College Algebra) and enrolled in three more(Psychology, English Composition II, and Oral Communications/Speech)
GPA: 4.0 UW / 4.7 W(Homeschooled so ehhh)
Class rank: 1/1(Homeschooled)
ACT: Composite 31(equivalent to 2100ish on SAT(Superscore 32)) English 30(32 for superscore) Reading 33 Math 33 Science 28(I just can't manage the science section)</p>
<p>EC's:
Volunteering at the library(5 hours a week(total of 100))-Continued
Leader in church youth group(300+ hours)-Continued
Volunteering at the local food pantry(450+ hours)-Continued
Part time job as Little League umpire/scorekeeper for two years</p>
<p>Honors:
Phi Theta Kappa
Duke TIP
No more honors because they are sorta hard to find with homeschooling and the ones available are meaningless(eg Mu Eta Sigma)</p>
<p>Other Stuff:
Income Bracket: 100-120k
Arkansan
White
Male
I think my essays should be pretty good(Everyone does tho).
My recommendations should be amazing(One from English Composition I teacher and the other from College Algebra teacher)</p>
<p>Your gpa is really good, yours e.cs are also really good, the fact that your taking college classes is a plus, shows your willing to challenge yourself, but the only thing holding you back are your sat and act scores.</p>
<p>Your sat is better than your act, but your still kind of on the lower end of the scale for those tests at those colleges, but I still think you have a good chance at all of colleges you listed.</p>
<p>Emory - Match/High Match
GTech - High Match
Northwestern - High Match/Reach</p>
<p>If possible try increasing your act by 1-2 points or try taking the SATs
You’re GPA is great, having a slightly higher SAT/ACT score will boost your chances </p>
<p>Thanks for the chance on my thread your courseload looks fairly rigorous, and your act is pretty good too. Being from arkansas gives u some geographic diversity, which can help in admissions. Your extracurriculars are fine, TIP is interesting. Overall id say:
CMU: match
Emory: high match
Northwestern: low to mid reach
USC: low to mid reach
Georgetown: low-mid reach
Georgia Tech: match
You have a chance at them all, I think you’ll get into at least one if not more. Good luck!!!</p>
<p>I think you’re a pretty competitive applicant for these schools, and I think you’ll get into at least two of them. Hopefully you wrote good essays.</p>
<p>CMU: match
Emory: low reach/ high match
Northwestern: reach
USC: high match
Georgetown: low reach/ high match
Georgia Tech: match</p>
<p>Keep in mind a lot of colleges don’t super score the ACT as each score already covers a broad range while the SAT is more precise. And 31 is roughly 2060 </p>
<p>The homeschooling thing is pretty cool but idk how colleges view homeschool gpa.
Cmu is probably anywhere from a high match to reach depending on what course u major.</p>
<p>Emory- low reach
Northwestern- reach
Georgetown - low to mid reach
Usc- high match/ low reach
Gatech- high match </p>
<p>Thanks, @kinaralah . Why do you think GA Tech and Emory are reaches? I have the average ACT score at both as well as the GPA and ECs. What am I missing?</p>
<p>I said tech was a high match and I feel like you would need 2100 for emory to be a solid match as although their average says it’s around high 2000s, you see a lot of people here with 2100+ get rejected. This probably means the accepted kids with 2000 had very strong ECs or GPAs. I just feel like your ECs are slightly lacking and unfocused and I’m really not sure how they will view your gpa as a homeschooled student. With all that being said, I’m sure u can get into both of you write a killer essay.
Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks a ton for elaborating, @kinaralah . What would you recommend for me to get involved in EC wise? Id like to get it together but as a homechooler some ECs are hard for me to be exposed to/notice. </p>
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your courseload looks fairly rigorous, and your act is pretty good too. Being from arkansas gives u some geographic diversity, which can help in admissions. Your extracurriculars are fine, TIP is interesting. Overall id say:
and I feel like you would need 2100 for emory to be a solid match as although their average says it’s around high 2000s, you see a lot of people here with 2100+ get rejected. This probably means the accepted kids with 2000 had very strong ECs or GPAs. I just feel like your ECs are slightly lacking and unfocused and I’m really not sure how they will view your gpa as a homeschooled student. With all that being said, I’m sure u can get into both of you write a killer essay.