Anyone chance me??? Please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Penn State University Park (in state)
USC
UNC- Chapel Hill (out of state) (Early Action)
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
George Washington
Duke
Stanford (stretch school, I know, but any opinions will be appreciated)</p>

<p>White, female
Senior applying to colleges in the coming fall/winter for Fall 2013 enrollment
Either Biology or Biomedical Engineering major, with plan to go to Med School</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8
Rank: 3/122
SAT: 2220
Math: 800
Critical Reading: 670 (should I take them again to get this one up a few points?)
Writing: 750
Still need to take SAT IIs</p>

<p>School: Small Catholic High School that does not offer many Honors/AP courses, I took the majority, but not all, of these available classes. The only advanced classes I could have taken but didn't were Honors Literature classes Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior years, AP Literature Junior or Senior Years, and AP European History (could not fit in my schedule).</p>

<p>Prior to HS:
Honors Algebra 1</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Survey of Literature
Spanish 1
Honors Physical Science
Honors Geometry
American Cultures
Theology</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
World Cultures
Spanish 2
Honors Biology
Honors Algebra 2
American Literature
Theology</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Honors Pre-Calculus
AP US History (AP Exam: 4)
Honors Spanish 3
Honors Chemistry
British Literature
Honors Anatomy
Honors Theology</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Calculus
Political Science and Economics
Honors World Literature
Honors Physics
AP Chemistry
Honors Theology</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
Honor Roll every quarter of HS (Mostly first honors, some distinguished honors)
Highest Averages in Geometry, Precalc and Theology (Sophomore year)</p>

<p>ECs:
JV Cheerleading Freshman year
Varsity Cheerleading Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years (four to five days a week and over 10 hours a week, from August to March)
Key Club (all 4 years)
FBLA Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years (Sophomore year - 2nd place Regionals, qualified for States)
Student Council (Sophomore and Senior years)
Job - Summer before senior year, and senior year
Dance classes - 3 to 5 hours a week (Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior years)
National Honor Society (Junior and Senior years)
Spanish National Honor Society (Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years)
Math and Science Tutor (Junior and Senior years)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Ran Cheerleading camp for children for a week every summer since Sophomore year
24 Hour Dance Marathon for Pediatric Cancer (All four years)</p>

<p>I know I am lacking on ECs and my stats are not extremely impressive, but I made the best I could with limited resources at my school. Do I have any chances of getting in at these schools?</p>

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<p>UNC Chapel Hill (OOS): Reach (it’s a “reach-for-anyone” for out-of-staters, almost the same level of reachiness as Duke for everyone)
Duke: Reach (see above)
Vanderbilt: Reach
NWU: Reach
GWU: Match
USC: Match
PSU: Safety</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Your courseload is good and your extracurriculars are okay. I’d worry about your CR score for the SAT though, maybe you could retake it if you still have time? I think you have a pretty good chance at UNC, you may get in at Stanford if you have some spectacular essays and recommendation letters.</p>

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<p>I thought about taking the SAT again to get CR up but I looked up some of these schools’ middle 50% and most start at 670 or 680, I know that at the bottom or right below the range isn’t great but at least it puts me in the range. And I’m at the top end in writing and well above in math for most of my schools so I thought that would balance it out.</p>

<p>And yes I know for a fact that my essays and letters of recommendation are spectacular</p>

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<p>Geez I have similar stats to you, except I have a 2120 SAT, so when they tell you that you’re a reach for NU and UNC (two schools that I’m looking at), I get concerned for myself!</p>

<p>The only tough ones might be Duke, Northwestern, and Stanford. IMO you should be in at UNC…I know its selective, but I think you should be in. Stanford being the most difficult of course</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>anyone else??</p>

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<p>retake the SAT for critical reading. George Washington shouldn’t be too hard or Penn State.</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, I cannot take the SAT again. My November SAT date got moved because of the hurricane to a date I couldn’t attend and I am taking the Subject Tests in December. So I guess I’ll have to settle for what I have.</p>

<p>Can anyone else chance me? I don’t know if I mentioned this but I have spectacular essays and recommendations.</p>

<p>And I have already been accepted to Penn State so no need to include that one any more.</p>