Chance for African-American Male

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Competitive Public High School in TN
High School Junior
uw GPA: 3.8/4.0
Rank: 47/435
Ethnicity and Gender: African American Male
Parents' income combined: over $100,000 (do i have any chance for university scholarships?)
Honor Diploma Student (taken at least 3 honors/AP classes each year)
Very Rigorous Courseload
(Will have at least 6 AP courses when graduating)
ACT: 29 (plan on boosting) English: 32 Reading:30 Math:27 Science: 25 Writing Subscore: 09
Have not taken SAT yet, but PSAT: (cr) 71, (m) 65 (w) 64 [200/240]</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars
-Junior Class Treasurer
-Beta Club Vice President
-creator of Teens Helping Each Other, which helps minority teens socially and academically *very important to me
-over 150 hours of community service
-School Morning News Anchor
-Junior Classical League
-National Latin Honor Society
-National Forensics League
-5th in state for TV Broadcasting
-Bridge Builders, a Memphis-wide diversity program
-Camp LivitUp! volunteer, summer camp for children with special needs
-Health and Wellness Committee</p>

<p>Summer Programs:
Carleton Liberal Arts Program
Tavis Smiley Leadership Seminar
NSLC-Vanderbilt University
Hugh O'Bryan Youth Conference
Bridge Builders Conference
(Hopefully, TASP at UT-Austin) ;)</p>

<p>Awards:
TV Broadcasting-5th in state
21st Century Grant (for Teens Helping Each Other)
Community Service Leader
Rhodes College Book Award
Bridge Builder Team Representative
(Most Likely National Achievement Semi-Finalist and probably NM Commended</p>

<p>Good relationship with Guidance Counselor and Teachers for recs
Should have a solid essay</p>

<p>Planning to Apply: Vanderbilt, Emory, Wake Forest, WashU, Duke
Are these reasonable, too high, too low? Do I have a chance of getting any merit scholarship offers at any of the schools above? Please list other schools that I may fit into. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>bump bump bump!</p>

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<p>You are on track. Just get your ACT score to atleast 30. In regards to scholarships, you probably would not get any need-based ones but perhaps some merit based ones.</p>

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<p>Thank you very much! Any other opinions!?</p>

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<p>you're profile is looking good. just do whatever you have been doing and you should be set!</p>

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<p>Bump Bump!!</p>

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<p>bump! come on guys! Help me out...</p>

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<p>Hmmmm! You look golden!</p>

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<p>I appreciate all the encouragement, but I'm need a little more advice-especially on scholarship information. Plus, are these schools a match for me or could I reach higher?</p>

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<p>i def. think you have a good shot at all of them IF you can raise ur ACT to above 30, or SAT above 2000 (1350 if they dont count writing)... however, if you want a scholarship (merit) it will be very tough for all those schools, vanderbilt the deadline past for most of them i think anyways.. as for financial aid if u have siblings or other circumstances i think that would be considered.. what about Subject Tests though?</p>

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<p>well, i think my chances would be lowered since im an only child...(sigh)
even though im not poor and i dont have any siblings doesnt mean that i want my parents to pay 50,000 dollars a year...oh well</p>

<p>for some reason, i don't think that the south really emphasizes sat subject tests. i mean there are opportunities to take them, but its not stressed in school. I go to one of the best public schools in memphis, and our counselors don't even mention them. Needless to say, I don't have any sat subject test. :)</p>