What are some of the best school I have a chance at?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a High School Junior looking into colleges and hoping to get some help from those who know the admissions game better than I do.</p>

<p>I'm not sure what I want to major in yet but I've pretty much narrowed myself down to three choices: Sports Journalism, some form of Business or Screenwriting.</p>

<p>Here's some of my info:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.0 (about 80 as a number, weighted and unweighted)</p>

<p>SAT: I got 1620 the first time I took it, but that was with absolutely no review besides a PSAT I took over a year prior to the test. With review next time I expect to score somewhere from 1700 to 1850.</p>

<p>Rank: N/A</p>

<p>No honors or APs.</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>4-year member of Stock Market Club (will be club President or VP as Senior, was Junior board member as Junior)</p>

<p>3-year member of DECA (a America-wide business club for those who don't know)</p>

<p>Job</p>

<p>High School MBA (Mastery in Business)</p>

<p>Featured Columnist at BleacherReport.com (3rd most read sports website on the internet)</p>

<p>I'm from New York and would like to stay on the East Coast. My dream school would be U of Maryland or Penn State, do I have any chance at all?</p>

<p>I know my grades aren't great, so could somebody please give me a list of some of the best schools that I would have a chance of getting into? I'd like to go to a big name school and preferably one with a well-known Division I basketball/football team, but it's obviously not a necessity.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I responded to your previous post, you can look there for my opinions regarding your situation. If you have any other questions just ask here.</p>

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<p>Thank you, I’m now going to look into Temple and Drexel, the reason I re-posted is that I’m looking for a longer list of ideas since I don’t know that many schools.</p>

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<p>go to the college board match maker
[College</a> MatchMaker - Type of School](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>

<p>chance me?
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<p>If you decide on what major you want when you apply, you EC’s will help you a lot. EC’s like you have are exactly what colleges are looking for. It shows you have accomplished something in the field you are interested in.</p>

<p>My grades weren’t all that great, and I applied to pennstate this year. I had a 3.2 UW and a 3.4 W. 2000 on SAT, and I got into penn state with a generous scholarship.</p>

<p>Definetely express your passion in the field that you want to pursue in, i know for a fact Pennstate asks for that in your essay.</p>

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<p>Thanks, which ECs would you say are more impressive and would give me a better chance for acceptance, the business or journalism?</p>

<p>Because I could see myself happy doing either so it really comes down to what gives me the best chance.</p>

<p>Just to expand on the whole BleacherReport.com thing, I’ve had articles linked to or feature on websites such as SportsIllustrated.com, LAtimes.com, SeattlePI.com, cracked.com, brobile.com, SF Gate, Houston Chronicle, and a few more of note.</p>

<p>I’ve also written two individual articles that cracked 80k reads, and have written individual articles that topped 25k reads 13 times.</p>

<p>I’m not trying to show off here, I’m just curious, do you think this would be more impressive than my business ECs?</p>