WILL chance back. Please chance me!?!?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: Male
Ethinicity: Black/African-American(Nigerian to be exact)
Income: Not too sure but I know my parents can pay full tuition
Major: Psychology or Undecided</p>

<p>I currently attend the best public school in my state(MD) and it is also #56 in the nation (according to USNEWS). </p>

<p>VERY Competitive school</p>

<p>GPA: UW: 3.1 W: 3.5
Big upward trend 9th: 2.46 10th: 3.0 11th: 3.8</p>

<p>Freshman year- School I went to didn't offer honors courses for Freshmen</p>

<p>Sophomore year- 1st semester: 1 AP 2 Honors classes 2nd semester: 3 Honors classes</p>

<p>Junior year- 2 APs( AP psych(5) and AP Comparative Government(5)) 3 Honors classes.</p>

<p>Senior year schedule- APUSH, APES, AP Human Geography, Honors English 12, Honors French 3, Honors Calculus, Global Issues(elective)</p>

<p>SAT: 1680
ACT: 25 highest composite. Super score E:28 M:25 R:26 S: 24</p>

<p>I honestly suck at standardized tests. </p>

<p>Recs: I'm sure they'll be good, idk if they really matter that much but my counselor said she would explain my freshman grades(I also explained them in my essays).</p>

<p>Essay:teachers and counselor said they were really good. </p>

<p>ECs-
Track and Field- 9/10/11/12
Tech Crew- 9
World Bank Teen Summer Internship Program- 11
Cornell Economics for Leadership program- 11
Muslim Student Alliance- 11/12
Black Student Alliance- 10/11/12
Rockettree Club- 11
Sent Children's books to a school in Nigeria- 11
Volunteered at the Department of Health and Human Services of my County- 10. around 74 hours
Volunteered at Clothing center- 32 Hours
Tutored Middle Schoolers- 8 or 10 hours
Assisted in Elementary school basketball activities- Around 20 hours</p>

<p>I will probably have 150 hours+ when applying. </p>

<p>Awards-
Won a grade improvement/book award at my school(Kappa Alpha Psi book award, I got a kindle )- 11
Won an African American award (non-school)
Won $250 in scholarship money (African American award) also non-school based
I've won a few Track awards (I do triple jump, i'm not very competitive but I've still won a few awards in events)</p>

<p>So Chance me for these schools</p>

<p>Umiami
UVA
Rochester
Fordham
Ohio State (top choice)
Syracuse (legacy)
Pittsburgh
Maryland (in state)
Penn State
UMBC (in state)
Drexel</p>

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<p>Miami- Match
UVA- High reach
Rochester- Match
O State- Match
Syracuse- High Reach
Pitt- High reach
Maryland- Slight slight reach
Penn state- Match
UMBC- Match
Drexel- Match</p>

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<p>thanks, bumppp</p>

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<p>bumping this again.</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>Umiami- reach
UVA- reach
Rochester- high match
Fordham- high match
Ohio State (top choice)- high match
Syracuse (legacy)- high match
Pittsburgh- high match
Maryland (in state)- match
Penn State- reach
UMBC (in state)- match
Drexel- reach</p>

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<p>ACT and SAT scores are too low. Rochester is a surprisingly selective school, and I don’t think those scores will get you into there. Your rising GPA shows academic growth which is good, and you have a fairly decent course load. You are a match to a good portion of your schools, though. </p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>U Miami - Match
UVA - Low Reach
Ohio State - Safety
Syracuse - Match
Pittsburgh - Match
Maryland - Match
Penn State - Low Reach</p>

<p>Sorry I couldn’t do all of them! I’m not familiar with every school on your list! <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1421964-chance-me-harvard-stanford-ucb-etc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1421964-chance-me-harvard-stanford-ucb-etc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Gpa and sat are very low:</p>

<p>Umiami- reach
UVA- reach
Rochester- reach
Fordham- high match
Ohio State (top choice)- high match
Syracuse (legacy)- high match
Pittsburgh- low reach
Maryland (in state)- match
Penn State- reach
UMBC (in state)- match
Drexel- reach
You might want to add a couple of safeties and low matches to your list and if you suck at standardized testing there are a few very nice test-optional schools. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Miami, UVA, Penn St, and Drexel will be tough, but not out of the question if you can raise your test scores a bit. Everywhere else is a relatively good bet; I wouldn’t worry about them. Just study, study, study to improve your scores and continue your upward GPA trend.</p>

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<p>GPA and test scores are very low. Competitive school helps.
UM- reach
UVA- reach
Rochester- reach
Fordham- high match
Ohio State- high match
Syracuse- high match
Pitt- reach
Maryland- high match
Penn State- low reach
UMBC- match
Drexel- reach</p>

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<p>Umiami- low reach
UVA- high reach
Rochester- reach
Fordham- high match
Ohio State (top choice)- high match
Syracuse (legacy)- high match
Pittsburgh- low reach
Maryland (in state)- match
Penn State- reach
UMBC (in state)- match
Drexel- low reach</p>

<p>Please chance me back at “Low gpa, high sat”.</p>

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<p>Does your school rank? If so, what is your class rank? Seeing as you said your school is very competitive, telling us your rank will help those who give you advice the context of your GPA in your school versus others. If a 3.1 UW places you in the top 10% at your school, then your school is extremely rigorous and adcoms will take note.</p>

<p>Your SAT score I won’t comment on since I don’t know the middle 50% of the schools you’re looking.</p>

<p>Remember, even if your score doesn’t fall in that range, people still do get in with lower scores. Just focus now on your essays, let your personality shine, and the rest will follow.</p>

<p>Best of luck to you.</p>

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<p>Low GPA hurts, but upward trend should balance that out. Your low test scores, man, can you retake the SAT again? You’d do yourself a huge favor.</p>

<p>Umiami - High Match
UVA - High Reach
Rochester - Low Reach
Fordham - High Match
Ohio State (top choice) - High Match
Syracuse (legacy) - High Match
Pittsburgh - Low Reach
Maryland (in state) - High Match
Penn State - Low Reach
UMBC (in state) - Match
Drexel - Low Reach</p>

<p>Good luck! UVA’s the only one that you don’t really have a shot at, but hey, crazier things have happened.</p>

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<p>gee i never knew Penn State and Drexel were that hard for me to get into. seems like everyone in my school gets in to those two, but thanks for the input.</p>

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<p>As others have mentioned, your GPA and SAT are low for UVA, and being out of state makes it a lot harder to get accepted. I’m not familiar with all of the schools but I’ll chance the ones I know.</p>

<p>UVA- Reach
Ohio State- Match
Syracuse- Reach
Maryland- low reach
Penn state- Match
Drexel- Match</p>

<p>I’m sure you’ll get into at least a few of the schools on the list, especially your matches. Good Luck! </p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>Bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>I don’t know all of these schools, but for the ones I do…</p>

<p>UVA: low reach
Rochester: high match
Fordham: high match
Maryland (in state): high match
Penn State: high match
UMBC (in state): in</p>