Will I get in?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I have a 3.6 gpa unweighted but a 4.3 weighted gpa. </p>

<p>I have a 2150 SAT score, 710 reading, 700 math, 740 writing.</p>

<p>My courseload is difficult. I took:</p>

<p>APs: US Government, AB Calculus, European History, Art History, Spanish Language, Literature.</p>

<p>Other notable classes: All 4 years Spanish, in highest class; 3 years Latin, took AP course but not test; Senior Thesis class (invite only); Honors Calculus and Physics, 1 year of Ancient Greek.</p>

<p>My extracurricular are as follows</p>

<p>1) Boy Scouts; Eagle Scout w/ bronze palm, Ad Altare Dei Award, Pope Pius Award, Senior Patrol Leader (highest leadership position) den chief, troop newspaper publisher
2) Newpaper Editor as senior (selected) and also Writer
3) Varsity Baseball w/ leader position (not captain) 4 yrs
4) Varsity Squash Senior Player. Top 8.4 yrs
5) Red Cross Volunteer
6) Sevice Club member 4 yrs
7) Created a high school football league now very successful
8) high school seminar series
9) worked at Marshall's retail
10) Homeless shelter volunteering
11) piano for 13 yrs</p>

<p>Awards: AP Scholar, Eagle Scout, National Latin Exam-Maxima Cum Laude</p>

<p>Here is the list; it's long I know:</p>

<p>Notre Dame
Dartmouth
Northwestern
UCLA
Syracuse
Michigan - Ann Arbor
Virginia
Boston College
Villanova
Maryland - College Park
Washington U St. Louis
Wake Forest
New York University
Tulane</p>

<p>What Schools are really long shots and do I have a good shot at these schools? Thanks for all the help!</p>

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<p>It would be helpful if you could add some details to your ECs. Based on what I see, you have a decent to very good chance on the majority of your schools here. Your schools that are reaches are Wash U, UCLA, Northwestern, Dartmouth, and Notre Dame. I personally feel that your chances into Wash U and Northwestern is extremely low and your chances into Dartmouth low. It is a shame your GPA isn’t higher or else my opinion would be different. Hopefully your GPA has increased throughout your high school career.</p>

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<p>In my personal opinion a 3.6 GPA is usually right around the cutoff where most schools of Northwestern, Wash U, etc caliber would most likely dismiss you.</p>

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<p>Where is your home state? What is your intended major?</p>

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<p>Might add Holy Cross very good school 1 hour from Boston.Holy Cross offers some merit scholarships for students interested in Classics/Latin. HC is a smaller version of ND.</p>

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<p>My home state is Maryland. I intend to go into college as an International Studies or Journalism major with a minor in Spanish. My senior year GPA is much better and will lift my GPA, and will put a solid uptrend on my GPA. Thanks for all the responses this is quite helpful and reassuring!</p>

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<p>Can you afford OOS tuition at some of these schools? UCLA will run you $55K to $60K per year. Don’t apply to schools you can’t afford.</p>

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<p>^ The same case for most OOS public schools. UMich is also $55k+ per year. For UMich LSA, your GPA is rather low while your SAT is right around the admission average. It would be a low reach to reach for you from OOS.</p>