Chance For African-american Male

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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>Suggestion: the best thing you can do for your application right now is to keep getting good grades in tough classes. If your rank could be improved to top 10% that would help. Other than that, just keep working hard and doing what you like to do. Don't worry too much about admissions. From your profile, it doesn't like you're going to be struggling to get into a good school. Sometimes concentrating too much on admissions when you're doing things in high school can have a negative impact on your application. Not that you're doing that, just saying.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the encouragement. I completely understand what you are saying; I guess I'll try to keep that in mind, but its so hard not to worry about my future at college. :)</p>

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<p>ur doing great. you would get in now..
check out the us senate youth program your senior year..
duke has great minority scholarships.. and you will be fine.. just keep it up..</p>

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<p>i would really pump up your teens helping each other.. and dont forget community service scholarships like axa ( up to 25,000).. they dont consider financial need
comcast.. etch..</p>

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<p>Thank you Tiffanyst12
I saw on another post that you went to the us senate program. how was it?</p>