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hey i'm a white male senior at a public high school in amssachusetts...i have a 3.58 UW GPA, and i dont know my W GPA...i am 25/485 in my school(top 6%ish)...i took 1 ap soph and junior years(eurp. and us), and 3 this year (cacl bc, econ, chem)...my SAT1 is 1290(690 math, 600 verbal), retaking next saturday...SAT2's will be in november...my extracurriculars include 3 years varsity basketball, 2 years varsity baseball, NHS, 10 years altar serving at catholic church, 100+ hours various community service, tutoring, and summer job last 2 years a baseball camp...i will also have many good letters of recommendation...what are my chances at the following schools? location has no infulence
BC
Holy Cross
Dartmouth
UMass-Amherst
Providence
Syracuse
Penn State
Pittsburgh
UMich- Ann Arbor
UWisconsin- Madison
Wake Forest
USC
Pepperdine
UC-Santa Barbara...also if any has a recommandation for somewhere else please let me know...thanks a lot in advance

By Calif (Calif) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 11:52 am: Edit

You may also want to add the Universiy of San Diego (USD) to your list. It would be a safety for you.

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 12:44 pm: Edit

BC REACH
Holy Cross REACH
Dartmouth REACH
UMass-Amherst SAFETY
Providence MATCH
Syracuse MATCH
Penn State MATCH
Pittsburgh MATCH
UMich- Ann Arbor REACH
UWisconsin- Madison MATCH
Wake Forest REACH
USC REACH
Pepperdine REACH/MATCH
UC-Santa Barbara MATCH

By Dickied414 (Dickied414) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 08:26 pm: Edit

are any of those schools so unreachable that i shouldn't even apply?

By Philvid2 (Philvid2) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 10:55 pm: Edit

Dartmouth is pretty unreachable. UMich may be too if you are out of state.

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 11:08 pm: Edit

I'd say UCSB and Pepperdine are more reaches than matches. Although Pepperdine likes church related service, they will often pass over Catholic candidates in favor of envangelical Christian candidates. If you keep Pepperdine on your list, make sure you will be willing to put up with a certain amount of anti-Catholic sentiment on the part of some students, administrators and faculty.

A better bet, based on your including schools like Holy Cross and BC, as mentioned above, would be the University of San Diego - a beautiful Catholic school in a terrific city (San Diego!)with excellent academics. I wouldn't say it's a safety but it's a definite match for you. You may also want to check out Santa Clara University in San Jose and Loyola Marymount U in Los Angeles.

UCSB should be considered a reach just because the UC's take very few out of state students. Your current SATs and GPA are on the low side as an out of state student for UCSB.

By Dickied414 (Dickied414) on Monday, October 04, 2004 - 02:39 pm: Edit

i don'r really care about religion on campus though, i'm not specifically looking to go to a catholic church, i just want to go somewhere good

By Dickied414 (Dickied414) on Monday, October 04, 2004 - 02:52 pm: Edit

and i am retaking SAT1's saturday and i'm expecting upwards of 1350...does that change anything at all?