Am I crazy for thinking I have a chance?

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<p>Please, I'd love your opinion, CC.</p>

<p>So, I did not do too well freshman/sophomore years of high school, but junior year was great. Huge upward trend.</p>

<p>I'm white a white girl from a large public school in central Florida.</p>

<p>I have around an unweighted GPA of 3.5 and weighted 4.0-4.1
Top 12%
I will be top 10% after 1st semester with a higher GPA (3.6 uw)
Shooting for at least a 2100 on SATs come October
AP World = 4
AP American History = 4
AP Lang = 4
AP Euro = 4</p>

<p>5 AP classes senior year and 1 community college class.</p>

<p>Total of 9 AP classes and all honors classes when available.</p>

<p>Community service will be at least 3 hours a week. </p>

<p>A few clubs, not an officer of anything.</p>

<p>I hope to paint myself in my applications as a lover of literature (which is true). This can also somewhat explain my lack of involvement in clubs.</p>

<p>I'm especially worried because #1 and #4 of my school are definitely applying here, though as backup schools. Also, I know #7 got denied last year, but that person also messed up big time Senior year.</p>

<p>So what do you think? How about if I applied ED?</p>

<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH, CC! I AM A LOST FOOL WITHOUT YOU!</p>

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<p>Our daughter was accepted last year with slightly higher stats. The best advice I can give - show interest! Make sure you visit Emory, request the DVD, request a mailing. Interest is very important to Emory. In your essay - make sure you tie in how Emory is important to your major/experience/etc. and how it is your number one choice. I think that helped our daughter because they had a major that no other university had on the east coast. Good luck & keep up the good grades! I think they do consider improvement in grades & strength of senior year schedule.</p>