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OK, I applied to Duke (deferred ED), Georgetown, U. of Michigan, U. of Chicago, NYU, Penn State, Maryland- College Park. Where do you think i will get in and be rejected (please use percentages if you can)
SAT- 1310 (580 verbal, 730 math)
SAT II- not taken
ACT- 27
GPA- 3.6 unweighted, 4.0 (weighted)
Rank- 24 out of 376
Shedule- extremely hard 4 AP classes this year, 3AP classes last year, 1 AP class sophmore year with a ton of Honors classes scattered throughout

Extracurriculars- varsity tennis, indoor track, cross country (all three sports played every year of high school), vice-president of national honor society, SGA representative, lots of community service, work 20 hours a week at Outback Steakhouse since freshman year, jazz band (first 3 years)

Awards- National Achievement Scholarship program for black americans, Tennis division champ, Track division champ, lots of letters for academics and sports, lots of regular academic awards for gpa and stuff

Essay- written about how i have changed throughout high school (with an emphasis on community service)

Race- black and mexican (50/50)

thanks for your feedback, please be honest

By Fallentear04 (Fallentear04) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 10:57 am: Edit

I thought you needed SAT IIs for Georgetown. Perhaps they were just strongly recommended, I guess.

I don't know. Not an expert Good luck though.

By Dontkickthedog (Dontkickthedog) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 03:48 pm: Edit

bump

By Myoryu (Myoryu) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 06:54 pm: Edit

If you are minority, you have really good chance at schools like Northwestern or CMU.

Penn States: In

U Maryland: In

U Chicago: Contact the coach if you are planning to play sports and if you are good enough. Nobody knows about U Chicago.

U Michigan: In if you applied there before November. If you applied there after that, well, probably 50/50.

Duke: Unless you do something, you'll get rejected since you are deferred in their early decision.

Georgetown: What major? Walsh School of International Studies? If not, you have a good chance.

By Acennace (Acennace) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 08:44 pm: Edit

You need SAT II for NYU I think.

By Rubster (Rubster) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 09:35 pm: Edit

as far as i know chicago has no sports...i guess it's cuz of the potential rioting.

i think you'll get in to Georgetown, U. of Michigan, U. of Chicago, NYU

penn state and umcp are pretty much safetys.

By Dontkickthedog (Dontkickthedog) on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 01:26 pm: Edit

bump

By Celebrian23 (Celebrian23) on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 03:04 pm: Edit

hey does being black help at all at JHU or northwestern?

By Marinakitchen (Marinakitchen) on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 05:06 pm: Edit

I believe that being a URM helps a lot for Northwestern especially. My friend got in to Northwestern last year with a 1080 on his SAT's, and he's latino.

By Dontkickthedog (Dontkickthedog) on Sunday, January 04, 2004 - 12:58 am: Edit

ok thats all good but... back to the original question BUMP