Where can I get in?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I would really apreciate it if someone could tell me the BEST college I can get into. It's not a matter of liking it, I just want to know where you think I'm capable of getting in! Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>33 ACT
1960 SAT 630 630 700 (not sending)
630 Lit, 600 USH Subject Tests
5 Aps (3s on all of them)
97.7 W / 91.0 UW</p>

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<p>Good Recs, Good Essay</p>

<p>Major in Business or English, maybe communications. </p>

<p>Im a white male from a competitive high school in NY
Thanks! What's the best college that will accept me?</p>

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<p>You can get into Emory University with that score!</p>

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<p>Georgetown is a highly ranked school that seems to possibly be a good fit for you, especially if you apply early. You could also try for Penn and Cornell if you are really hung up on the prestige thing.</p>

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<p>You think I can get into Cornell, Penn and Georgetown? Man, that would be amazing. Prestige is super important for me. I want to get a good job! Wow. I really want to go to cornell</p>

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<p>You may try UMich. You should be match for Ross and low match for LSA.</p>

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<p>I think Ivies are probably mid-high reaches for you, but you still have a chance.</p>

<p>Feasibly, I would say a college like Vanderbilt or Rice may be worthy goals.</p>

<p>Take what I say with a grain of salt though, I am only 16 and a rising senior.</p>

<p>By the way, could you chance me back? I would really appreciate it! ^_^</p>

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<p>I’m sure you know that college prestige doesn’t promise a good job…and if you don’t spend as much, if not more, time finding a school that’s a good fit for you…and you end up at a place where you’re unhappy, it can be the longest four years of your life.</p>

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<p>I think 4 years of my life is easily worth a bumper sticker from Cornell or Harvard.</p>

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<p>Anybody else??</p>

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<p>Ivies (including Cornell and Penn) will require SAT II scores even if you submit your ACT. With two low 600’s, both in humanities, your application will be severely hurt. These scores are both well below the 50%.</p>

<p>Your low GPA will impact your application unless your class rank (top 5% of class)indicates that your high school has grade deflation. Also, you do not mention your class selection which should include the most rigorous offerings in all core subject areas (math, science, english, history and foreign language).</p>

<p>I would humbly offer you two pieces of advice:

  1. Talk to your GC. If you are truly at a “competitive high school” your GC will know far more about your chances than complete strangers.
  2. Develop a better list of desired college factors than simply “prestigious”. If that is all you can come up with, your essays will likely be shallow and poorly written.</p>
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<p>^ Penn doesn’t require subject tests if you submit your ACT score and Cornell requires subject tests for some but not all schools. If they’re not required, they really don’t care if you don’t submit subject tests.</p>

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<p>Hmm so what is the weakest part of my application?</p>

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<p>The colleges with big name b-schools:
Penn - Reach
MIT - Reach
Michigan - Match (Reach for pre-admit Ross)
UVA - High match
Cornell - Low reach
Emory - High match
NYU - High match
Cal - High match
UNC - Match
CMU - High match
UT - Low match </p>

<p>Realistically, Cornell is probably the “best,” “most-prestigious” school you can get into with a great business program, but other a couple of your matches listed above have a stronger b-program and are arguably stronger schools overall than Cornell.</p>

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<p>@girlincross - From Penn’s website, “Penn requires applicants to submit their entire testing history”. ([Required</a> Testing for Freshmen - Penn Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/required-testing]Required”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/required-testing)). OP must submit SAT II scores since he has taken the tests.</p>

<p>Also, since OP is concerned with prestige, it is reasonable to assume that he is only interested in Cornell’s Ivy League undergraduate colleges (Arts & Sciences and Engineering), not with their public school colleges. Both A&S and Engineering require the Subject Tests for admission (<a href=“http://admissions.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/2013FreshmanRequirementsChart.pdf[/url]”>http://admissions.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/2013FreshmanRequirementsChart.pdf&lt;/a&gt;).</p>

<p>The weakest part of OP’s application in my opinion are your test scores and GPA. For schools that will only see your 33 ACT, you should be fine, but for Ivies, your SAT II scores will hurt. Also, your A-/B+ GPA will be difficult to overcome unless your class rank indicates grade deflation at your high school.</p>

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<p>How is a 91 a B+? At my school it is considered an A. If I don’t send my SAT, why would I have to send my SAT IIs? I would just send me ACT. No?</p>

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<p>Different high schools have different grading scales. At my kids’ school, 93-94 is scored as an A- and 91-92 is a B+. It all depends on the context of your high school.</p>

<p>Penn’s application policy is clear, “Penn requires applicants to submit their entire testing history”. You are not allowed to pick and choose which standardized test scores you want to submit for their application. Both the applicant and GC will sign a statement as part of the application testifying that all scores have been reported.</p>

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<p>I was told that if you have crew on your app, you have a great chance. Check out the crew status’s on a number of your selected universities.</p>

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<p>What do you mean by the “Crew Status?”</p>

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<p>Check to see if the school has a crew team. Penn has one. That may help.</p>