Any shot at all?

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<p>Here goes:</p>

<p>Female, Caucasian, from a large-ish public high school in Illinois. Prospective theatre major.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.82 UW, 4.15 W with an upward trend
Class rank: Somewhere in the top 5% (weighted).
Courseload: 8 APs total by the time I graduate. The music/arts classes I've taken have cheated me out of a lot of challenging courses because my school is on block schedule. My counselor explains this in her rec.
ACT: 33
SAT: 2260 (780 CR, 710 M, 770 W)
Honors/awards: National Merit Semifinalist, a couple of in-school choir/theatre awards.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Theatre - 4 years (acted in eight shows, directed, and worked tech for every other show since I started high school. I attached my performance resume with my common app.)
Show choir - 4 years (500+ hrs/yr commitment, member of two national champion-level groups, featured soloist)
Concert choir - 2 years
Band (top concert band, top jazz band, marching band) - 2 years (played trumpet for 7+)
Graphic/web design for a lot of school-related things - 2 years
Model UN - 1 year
Some minor volunteer work</p>

<p>I'm kind of wondering if it's even worth applying, haha. Any advice would be awesome. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Depending on the quality of your essays, my opinion is you’re in. That being said, anything can happen and there are no certainties. But based on your scores and high school workload and ecs, you look like a really good candidate, particularly for the theatre school.</p>

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<p>Of course you should apply. You’ve got a pretty good shot.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>Your resume shows your passion for Theater, and your Academic strength. NU Theater is tough-as it only accepts 50 girls/50 buys on average. You have worked hard-Go For It!!!
G’Luck! APOL-a mom</p>