Yo Homie G's.. Wanna Match/Reach/Safety me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Yeahhh. Totally curious how you would match/reach/safety these schools for me.</p>

<li>University of Illinois @ Urbana/Champaign</li>
<li>University of Wisconsin-Madison</li>
<li>University of Washington-Seattle</li>
<li>Purdue University</li>
<li>Indiana University-Bloomington</li>
<li>Wake Forest</li>
<li>Vanderbilt</li>
<li>Michigan State University</li>
<li>UMich</li>
<li>Ohio State University</li>
<li>Carleton College</li>
<li>Florida State University</li>
<li>Cornell University</li>
<li>UC- Santa Cruz</li>
<li>Mizzou</li>
</ol>

<p>My stats:</p>

<p>White Male from Minnesota
Decent Public school near St. Paul
Upper Class Income.
UW GPA 9th-11th: 3.3 (bad 9th grade)
UW GPA 10th/11th: 3.75 (10th 3.5, 11th 3.80, upward trend)
Weighted GPA 10th/11th: 3.82
ACT: 29
SAT: 2000
Class Rank: Top 30% (9th grade was bad)
Otherwise it would be top 10% for sure.
I’m quite a writer, since I do it all the time, so I think my essays will be top-of-the-line.</p>

<p>Good Recs.</p>

<p>Honors Courses:

  • HONORS US History
  • HONORS 10th Grade English
  • HONORS Advanced Algebra
  • AP English Lit.
  • HONORS Chemistry (I’m taking the AP Test)
  • College Level Anatomy
  • AP English Comp.
  • AP Psychology
  • HONORS Calculus
  • AP Spanish Language
  • HONORS Economics (maybe micro/macro AP Test)
  • HONORS Physics (AP Test)</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities:</p>

<p>Varsity Cross Country (6 years)

  • Captain
  • Hosted several team events</p>

<p>Varsity Track ( 4 years)

  • Captain 2 years</p>

<p>-PT Job at Department Store since June '08</p>

<p>Intro. Med. Residential Program @ U-Wisconsin this summer… in August.

  • This was competetive to get into.</p>

<p>Environmental Club (2 years so far)

  • minor volunteering
  • possible president next year?</p>

<p>School Band (5 years)

  • Pep Band
  • Section leader
  • Orchestra Ensemble
  • Jazz Ensemble- 2 years</p>

<p>Piano (13 years)
-Participated in various recitals/ competitions… no awards.</p>

<p>Guitar ( 3 years)

  • Been teaching myself</p>

<p>MSWE Leadership Team (Model Students With Enthuisiasm)
-Red Ribbon Week President (Organized an anti-drug and alcohol themed week of activities for the school.)

  • Active in community volunteering through this program.
  • Elected on to the Executive Board</p>

<p>WEB (Where Everybody Belongs)

  • Group Leader… volunteered to assist underclassmen with adapting to a new school
  • Did twice as much volunteering than anyone else</p>

<p>Junior Leadership Team Advisory (meets daily as an advisory)</p>

<p>Senior Leadership Team Advisory (sequls JLT)</p>

<p>Peer Tutors (Roughly 3-4 hours weekly)</p>

<p>Student Senate (Elected for Junior Year)

  • Hoping to work up to President or Vice by senior Year</p>

<p>Fall Musical (will be 3 years)

  • Medium sized roles, likely a lead role junior or senior year</p>

<p>Winter One-Act Play Competition (2 years)

  • Small roles. This just gives me something to do in the winter.</p>

<p>Student Ambassadors (Freshman Year)</p>

<p>I write novels in my spare time. My longest was 210 pages. I want to get something published soon.</p>

<p>I am a dedicated rower… I row 4-6 times a week in the summer, and 3-4 times in the school year.</p>

<p>So go ahead and match/reach/safety me! Please!!! Thanks.</p>

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<p>Your test score is nothing amazing, but its not bad either, your GPA and class rank are gonna kill you though</p>

<ol>
<li>University of Illinois @ Urbana/Champaign- Reach (out of state is hard to get in)</li>
<li>University of Wisconsin-Madison- Reach</li>
<li>University of Washington-Seattle- Reach</li>
<li>Purdue University-?</li>
<li>Indiana University-Bloomington-?</li>
<li>Wake Forest-reach</li>
<li>Vanderbilt-reach</li>
<li>Michigan State University-Match</li>
<li>UMich-High Reach</li>
<li>Ohio State University-?</li>
<li>Carleton College- High Reach</li>
<li>Florida State University-?</li>
<li>Cornell University- Very Very High Reach</li>
<li>UC- Santa Cruz- Reach</li>
<li>Mizzou-Match/Low reach</li>
</ol>

<p>I think that a lot of these are reaches, but narrow it down, cut of cornell, michigan and maybe carleton, as you have very little chance of going to those. Find more safty's and matches. Why not U of Minnesota? Or Iowa could be a good safty/match</p>

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<p>I think you were too harsh... I'm just gonna say that... I think I have a decent chance at some of the places you labeled "Reach."</p>

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<p>Your Good test scores are not high enough to balance your GPA/Class Rank, your ECs are nothing are good but not outstanding, if you were able to get a book published, it would be a huge boost.</p>

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<p>meh ok. anyone else?</p>

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<p>I confess that I don't know a heck of a lot about most of those colleges, but I will say this: do you know that carleton is a small liberal arts college? Just wondering because all your others are large state schools and research institutions. How good are you at cross country? I've known many people that got into great schools because of running.</p>

<p>PS. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/583457-how-likely-i-will-get-into-williams.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/583457-how-likely-i-will-get-into-williams.html&lt;/a> check me out too</p>

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<p>My dad went to Carleton, so he's encouraging me to apply. I won't enroll there.
I'm decent at XC. I switch back and forth between JV and Varsity, and was really close to being on a state varsity team last year.
I'm better at Track. I've gone to state with my 4x800 team.</p>

<p>@ Aquaphiliac, I'd totally chance you, but I have never heard of Williams. Sorry dude.</p>

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<p>honestly, i think you can get into the top half of the list. vandy and umich will be reaches though. </p>

<p>chance me for GT! <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/580544-new-gpa-scores-georgia-tech-i-ll-chance-you-back-i-swear.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/580544-new-gpa-scores-georgia-tech-i-ll-chance-you-back-i-swear.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Wishwash, I think Smallcollege = being way to harsh. </p>

<p>I'm pretty sure you'll be able to get into UCSC even though they are harsh on outs of state students.</p>