What kind of a difference can 3 points make?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I got my second ACT test back today, and I had a good feeling about it. New info is in CAPS, please give me an idea if you would be so kind.</p>

<p>Personal
-White Male
-Illinois resident, birth to present
-No legacies anywhere</p>

<p>School
-Public
-No AP offered
-Ranked #2 of 50-55
-3.952 GPA on a 4.0
-Most rigorous coarse load offered
-Earned an A in an AP government class online</p>

<p>Testing
-30 on the ACT, 33E, 29M, 29R, 28S, 10 on Writing (1st)
-33 ON THE ACT, 31E, 32M, 33R, 34 S, Writing results not back yet (2ND)
-640s on SAT with a 690 on writing
-550 Chemistry, 580 Math II, 600 U.S. History</p>

<p>ECs
-Baseball (4 years Varsity, 3 as captain)
-Scholastic Bowl (3 years Varsity, all as captain, 1 year JV, will be top 10-20 alltime leading scorer at a school with a reputation for producing very good teams year after year)
-Football (2 years Varsity, one year JV)
-Hockey (played all through high school, but school doesn't have a team)
-Junior Class President
-Letterman's Club (2 years, both as one of three "leaders")
-WYSE (4 years test taking competition, won 2nd in the Biology test at regionals junior year)</p>

<p>Honors
-NMSC Commended Student
-National Honor Society
-Student of the Year awards at school in many subjects</p>

<p>Volunteer
-Key Club (our club wasn't very active though, and I often had conflicts with other ECs)
-Assistant Baseball coach (3 weeks of volunteer work for a grade school team)</p>

<p>Job Experience
-Summer job year 2008, 20-25 hours per week</p>

<p>Internship
-Illinois Governmental Internship Program
+One of 11 applicants accepted from entire state of Illinois
+Work as intern in a congressional office 9-5 mon-thurs
+Complete a full coarse load while I'm there, including AP level online Calculus Class</p>

<p>Schools (in order of desire)
-Washington & Lee (only school that requires SAT IIs, only school that will see them)
-William & Mary
-University of Illinois
-University of Virginia
-Allegheny College
-Knox College
-Washington & Jefferson College</p>

<p>Intended Major
-Currently undecided
+Political Science
+History
+Education</p>

<p>Does this new ACT put me over the top anywhere? Does it open up anymore doors? I don't think I have Ivy League make-up, which is handy because I don't have the desire to go to any of them, but I would love to spend four years at a top southern school. Chances very much appreciated.</p>

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<p>UVA requires SAT IIs.</p>

<p>I’d say strong match for W&L. I’d be surprised if you were not admitted.</p>

<p>Your ACT is phenomenal! Definitely submit that! Your chances are very good at each of the schools, but OOS schools are always going to be a challenge (at least you have an excellent chance at them!).</p>

<p>Have you considered Duke or UNC? </p>

<p>Maybe I’ll see you at W&M next year!</p>

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<p>If all’s well, then that would be the plan.</p>

<p>But this is an edit of an old post, and I have since then scratched UVA from the list. Copy/Paste mistake, go ahead and ignore it. My fault, thanks though.</p>

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<p>And as for UNC, I’m really cautioning against super huge OSS publics (W&M seems to have a private feel to it, and I absolutely love Williamsburg), because if I go to a large public I have prepaid tuition at U of I (thanks mom and dad).</p>

<p>As for Duke, I can’t say I’ve considered it, I’m really into this Southern Ivy League idea, and tossed around the idea of Vandy also, but it never really materialized into anything.</p>

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<p>Since I am incapable of coming up with all my talking points at one time, this will be my last post explaining my situation:</p>

<p>i also ruled UVA out on the large OSS public, not seeing it worth it to drop 30k extra a year when I can pay for just room and board at U of I, which will be covered by personal savings (thanks mom and dad). Otherwise I would graduate with debt, which totally isn’t the plan, but would be worth it for W&M or W&L depending on how much debt I incur.</p>

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<p>Is this how this whole bump thing works?</p>