Chance an insecure asian at 1 AM waiting on decisions?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I keep saying "FINAL CHANCES THREAD", but I'm paranoid!!!</p>

<p>Chances for:
Duke
Columbia
Emory (in, applied RD but selected as a semifinalist for Emory Scholars)
Notre Dame (in)
UNC-Chapel Hill (in)
NC State (in)
Florida State (in w/ scholarship)
East Carolina (in)</p>

<p>Gender: M
Race: Mixed (filipino-white)
Location: NC
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.77
GPA - Weighted: 4.77
Class Rank: 5/255</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 33 (30 S, 31 CR, 33 E, 36 M, 10 Wr)
Did not send SAT
AP Scores: Calc BC 5, US History 5, Physics B 4, Eng. Lang 3</p>

<p>Current classload:
AP Music Theory
AP English Lit.
AP Statistics
AP Biology
AP Psychology
Honors Band IV</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Marching Band (4 years), Jazz Band (2 years), Symphonic Band (4 years), National Honor Society (2 years), Musical Theatre (4 years), Debate Club/Youth and Government (3 years),
Youth Orchestra</p>

<p>Leadership positions:
Marching Band- Section Leader (12)
Jazz Band- Lead Trombone (11)
Youth Symphony- Principal Trombone (12)
Debate Club- Treasurer, Cofounder (11, 12)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Volunteer at hospital during summers since summer between freshman and sophomore year, and periodically throughout the school year (3 years, 400+ hours)</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
All County Band (9-10, 12)
All District Band (9-10, 12)
All County Orchestra (9-10, 12)
Western Region Orchestra (9)
National Merit Commended Student (11)
AP Scholar With Honor (11)
Junior Marshall (11)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays- good I guess...i've submitted the same essay for all my schools except for UNC-Chapel Hill (see above to see which schools I've gotten into), it was about my hearing loss and how I've come to love music in spite of a hearing loss...for the "most important ec" essays, I wrote about helping to found the debate club at school
Recommendations- ditto, except I submitted the same recommendations to all of my schools</p>

<p>I also have a job where I work 20-30 hours a week during the summer and 10-15 hours a week during the school year.</p>

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<p>ahhhh crap...knew i left something out
SAT II's (submitted only to Columbia):
Math IIC 800
US History 790</p>

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<p>I would say </p>

<p>Columbia: Match/slight reach
Duke: Match</p>

<p>Don't worry about it you have as good of a shot as anyone</p>

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<p>Definitely not a match at Columbia/Duke.</p>

<p>I'd say slight reach for Columbia, low reach for Duke.</p>

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<p>^ I agree....</p>

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<p>The OP certainly has a good shot, but it'll be a coin flip to determine it. The odds end up near 50/50.</p>

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<p>
[quote]
Definitely not a match at Columbia/Duke.</p>

<p>I'd say slight reach for Columbia, low reach for Duke.

[/quote]

What's the difference between slight reach and low reach? lol</p>

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<p>i'd say those 2 are both reaches.</p>

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<p>Low reach would be slightly lower than slight reach (closer to match).</p>

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<p>I don't know about Duke, but Columbia isn't a match for anyone.</p>

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<p>(10 char) bump</p>

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<p>don't you need SAT IIs for Columbia? Anyway, everything else looks alright so Duke and Columbia are moderate reaches. Don't worry too much, you already have great schools to choose from.</p>

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<p>yeah...i forgot to put the SAT II's in the original post so i posted them later.</p>

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<p>There are plenty of students who're matches at Columbia.</p>

<p>The OP's just not one of them.</p>

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<p>i think the fact that you had a hearing loss and yet still are so heavily involved in music is quite impressive and unique. that definitely strengthens your app. plus, you have great sat II's. you shouldnt lose hope. best of luck!</p>