What are my chances of getting into these Universities?
Question by Jared: What are my chances of getting into these Universities?
I would like to know, by just looking at the resume I will paste on here, my chances into getting into the following colleges. The top 4 colleges are the dream colleges so you don’t have to speak on behalf of them since I know they range for a 7%-10% acceptance rate, but if you know information that could help me or you think that I would get accepted, please share! I will list the colleges first-
Dream Universities: Would love to go here but reality, hardly get accepted and I am aware of that.
1. George Washington University
2. Stanford
3. Yale
4. Georgetown University
Ideal Universities: This is where I mainly would like to know what my chances are to getting in these
1. University of Washington
2. Seattle University
3. Seattle Pacific University
4. Gonzaga University
5. University of Denver
6. Carroll College
Safe Universities: I am sure I could get into these colleges easily..right?
1. Washington State University
2. Northwest University
Here is my resume-(Dont mind the dashes, they are my school/state/county names that I crossed out)
Academics:
Cumulative GPA: 3.63
Academic Standing: Top 5% of Junior Class
Class Rank: 21/450
AP Courses: AP Biology, AP European History, AP 10 English, ADV 9 English,
AP US History, AP 11 English
Leadership:
2010 – 2012 (My State) State Board of Education Student Representative
2010 – 2012 (My State) Association of Student Councils Executive Board Member
2009 – 2011 —— High Public Relations Officer
2009 – 2011 ——- High ASB Executive Committee
2009 – 2011 ——– High Student Ambassador
2010 – 2011 ——– High Link Crew Leader
2009 – Present 4-H Camp Leadership Team
2009 4-H Camp Counselor in Training
Awards/Honors:
2010 State Board of Education, Junior Rep. Selectee
2010 State Farm Star Award
2010 WSSDA Annual Conference Selectee
2009 WSSDA Annual Conference Selectee
2009 State Farm Star Award
2009 — Golden Dog Nominee, Certificate of Academic Excellence
2009 — Rising Star Award, In Recognition of Academic Excellence
2009 Scholar Athlete Award
2009 21st Century Scholar
2007 – 2008 —– MS PE Student of the Year
Volunteer/Community Service
2010 Water Stargrass Removal Project, —– Conservation District
2010 Kid Care for Love and Logic Parent Class
2010 Kid Care for Association for Teachers and Parents
2009 – 2010 Youth Take Heart
Extra-Curricular Activities:
2010 —— High Varsity Boys Soccer
2010 —– High Cross Country
2010 Spanish Club
2010 Key Club
2010 Speech and Debate Club
So…how do things look? 
Best answer:
Answer by neniaf
I would say that you stand an excellent chance of getting into most of your ideal universities, as long as your SAT scores are commensurate with the rest (I notice you didn’t mention them). Your GPA is spot-on for those schools (I’m assuming this is an unweighted GPA; if not, you will have more trouble), with perhaps the exception of the University of Washington, and your extracurriculars are excellent. Let me say, for others who may be reading this, that this is really what we would like to see for extracurriculars. Not only did you get involved, but the awards you won indicate that you did more than was required in these activities. The Jesuit and other private universities on your list, who like well-rounded students, will appreciate it.
As you said, your dream universities are almost certainly out of reach. Unless money is not an issue for you, I don’t think I would apply to all four of them. There is nothing in what you have told us that says that Yale, for instance, would see you as a fit.
I’m not familiar with Northwest University, so I’m assuming it is relatively easy to get into. I think that if, for some odd reason, you found that to be the only school to which you were admitted, you should think about whether you really would do better to start out at a community college and transfer, but I don’t really see that scenario happening for you. WSU is a perfectly good school, and since I’m assuming you are a resident of Washington, you stand a very good chance of getting in there.
Congratulations on putting together a good list of schools. Just by looking at it, I have a fairly good sense of what you are looking for, which probably means that you know what you want too. My best guess is that you will get it.
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Well, I would say that things look pretty darn reasonable for you – and that is putting it conservatively. I went to an Ivy and my brother went to George Washington. To be frank, I can’t understand why you list GW along with Stanford, Yale, and Georgetown. GW, although a good school is not in that league. Well, not for undergraduate education anyway, perhaps GW competes with the others for some graduate programs.
I can’t speak confidently for some of the schols you listed but really think you ought to bump GW into the Ideal University section rather than keeping it as a long shot.
One of the important elements you left out is your SAT score or at least what our expectation is from and practice exams you took. The GPA and activities look pretty good but more detail on activities would also be helpful. Keep in mind that top schools look for depth rather than breadth so choose a couple of activities that you did best with, or the ones that interest you most to emphasize. The entrance essays also are given weight, as are your choice of reccomendations, so choose wisely.
Best of luck.