What are my chances? Cornell, UMich, Penn St, Rice, Madison, NYU will chance back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Unfortunately you have a lot of teenagers telling you colleges will overlook a bad year if you have an excuse. This was not my experience working in admissions. We had a lot of kids with a lot of what sounded like good excuses, but we could not accept them over those who had consistently strong school performance.</p>

<p>While a few reaches never hurt, your main focus should be on schools where your stats are in range that take a substantial percent of transfer applicants.</p>

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<p>hmom5, okay thanks.</p>

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<p>I think you have a decent shot at a lot of them. I think Umich would be a good one. Notre Dame is possibly more of a reach unfortunately. But, in an essay or interview, work in the reason you had a bad year, how it affected you, and why your transfering and you might do well.</p>

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<p>As promised =)</p>

<p>Wow! The research you’ve done is AMAZING! I’ve always wanted to be great at maths and sciences, and I find nanotech very exciting.</p>

<p>But back to the actual subject. I don’t know too much about the 3 universities at the bottom of your list. However, I truly believe you definitely have a great shot at all the other universities you listed. You’ve shown your passion and dedication to a particular subject, and not to mention you’re GPA, really, is quite good.</p>

<p>Best of luck! =)</p>

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<p>Cornell- low reach (only because it’s an ivy)
UMich-match
NYU -match
Penn State-?
University of Texas-Austin-?
University of Wisconsin Madison -?
Notre Dame-match/safety
Rice-low reach
Amherst (maybe)-low reach
University Minnesota Duluth -?
Wake Forest-safety</p>

<p>chance me back?
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