Chance a junior, please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior.
Asian Female, Small magnet school in the suburbs of Seattle.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.96 UW
RANK: School doesn't rank, but definitely top 10%. Class of 49 students.
SAT: 710R/ 790M/ 720W composite
SAT II: Math IIC: 800/ Chemistry 760, taking US History and Biology in June
APs: Chemistry 5, Microeconomics 5 sophomore year. Taking 5 this year and expect all 5s except maybe a 4 in Biology.
PSAT: 217, I'll probably miss Semi by 1 pt.</p>

<p>Recs should be amazing, and my essay should be pretty good.</p>

<p>ECs: nothing spectacular, some typical small HS things, you won't find any hooks in here!
-NHS 10-12, Treasurer in 11th grade, most likely will be Prez next year
-FBLA 11-12 Co-founder, Co-prez (probably next year as well)
-----FBLA competition awards: 1,1,2,4@ Regionals, I'll probably place in 1-2 events at state hopefully.
-Key Club 10-12
-Math Club 9-12 (but it's not an "official" club, we just have a team)
-----7th place in some regional competition :(, AIME qualifier (most likely all four years)
-Academic Games 9
-250+ Hrs community service @ Puget Sound Blood Center
-15 Hrs/Wk working at a grocery store</p>

<p>Prospective Majors are either Economics+Chemistry or Public Policy+Chemistry. Afterwards I plan to do a 5-year M.D./M.B.A. program.</p>

<p>Schools I'm considering:
Columbia
Davidson
Duke
Emory
Georgetown
Johns Hopkins
NYU
Princeton
Stanford
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
University of Washington (in-state, may apply for Honors program)
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Washington University in St. L
Whitman
Yale
London School of Economics (ahahaha if I got in, I'd ditch the doctor dream)</p>

<p>How much would it help if I applied ED to Duke, my #1?</p>

<p>I'm applying to various internships for this summer.</p>

<p>Can you please give me my chances at those schools (any format)?
As for a balanced list, I'll end up applying to 8 of those; and possibly another state school as a safety.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>bump
anyone?</p>

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<p>nobody????</p>

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<p>Hmmm.... Well the thing is... it's very hard to 'chance' you b/c you are very qualified to for the schools you listed, but it's very hard to tell whether or not you'll be the candidate the school is looking for. </p>

<p>You have competitive scores, and a competitive academic record, but the thing is, I don't really see a reason on your short resume you provided to admit YOU over someone else (at places like SPYC). At places less competitive (20% accepted and up), your chances are much higher. The problem you and everyone else face, is that everyone has top scores, so you need a reason for the school to choose you. And that may come in the form of your demographic group, or your geographic location - but in terms of your EC record, I don't see much....</p>

<p>You're in the running, but, as you pointed out, no hook.... so, it's a crap shoot for you at the top schools.</p>

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<p>Academics look solid. Your EC's are boring & mediocre. Unless you write kick ass essays you won't stand out at all. I would say that:</p>

<p>Davidson
Emory
NYU
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
University of Washington (in-state, may apply for Honors program)
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Whitman</p>

<p>Are all very possible and likely. Your others are a bit of a stretch. Oh and side note: Public Policy rocks! Good Luck</p>