Chance for Duke, WUSTL, Johns Hopkins, UChicago, etc..

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm applying RD for the following schools: Duke, WUSTL, Johns Hopkins, UChicago, Emory, Stanford, UPenn, Harvard, and Princeton.
Intended Major: Biology or Chemistry; looking to become a Cardiologist
Here are my stats:
GPA: 3.93 UW, 4.7 W
Rank: 5/384
SAT: 2210 (730 CR, 740 M, 740 W)
ACT: 33 (33 W, 33 R, 34 M, 33 S)
SAT II (740 Biology and 760 Math 1)
AP's: World History (3), Euro (3), Psych (4), US History (4), Calc AB (5), Biology (5), Chemistry (5), Lang (4) (Yes, I'm bad at history)
IB: HL: History, English, Biology, SL: Chemistry, Math, Latin
Senior Year Course Load: IB History, IB English, IB Biology, IB Chemistry, IB Math, IB Latin, TOK (IB required class), AP Calculus BC
Awards: IB Diploma Candidate, Excellentia Award, National Latin Exam, Best overall in Math, 2013/14 Quiz Bowl Champion, National Honor Society, Golden Eagle Ambassador, Bank of America Leaders Program Leader</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Biomedical Organization (President 10th-12th)
Quiz Bowl (Varsity, 9th-12th)
Model UN (10th-12th)
National Honor Society (Vice President)
Junior Class Treasurer
Student Government (Secretary)
Mu Alpha Theta (11th-12th)
Tennis (Varsity 11th-12th)</p>

<p>Volunteering: Over 500 hours
Mayo Clinic (35 Hours)
Museum of Science and History (254 hours)
Tutor at an elementary school (100 hours)
Humane Society (80 hours)
Special Olympics (36 Hours)
School Volunteering (20 hours)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
Interned at a chemistry lab at the university of _____ (don't want to reveal too much) over the summer. Gained a lot of lab experience. </p>

<p>Recs:
One of them is from my Math teacher and the other is from my chemistry teacher. Both of them adore me. Counselor rec should be fine, she's really good at writing those. Additional rec will probably be from a Harvard Business School Alumni who knows me really well and has seen the struggles that I have been through.</p>

<p>Other Info:
Middle Eastern
Immigrant
Low Income Parents (less than 40k) </p>

<p>Thanks for all the help! I will chance back!</p>

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<p>All reach schools, but your stats r fine in my opinion. But since it’s RD, the chances r lower</p>

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<p>wow, very stellar stuff, your low income status should help you. I believe middle eastern is considered white, so thats not going to help you count as a urm. that being said, your overcoming struggles will help you. here it isnt even gpa or scores, but how u present yourself as a person. You’ll get rejected from some of these, and accepted into the others. If you write essays well, uchicago should be an acceptance. please chance me back on my last thread</p>

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<p>@kimdy0‌ I applied ED to WUSTL. </p>

<p>@ShowMeState700‌ Thanks for the chance! I’m really passionate about what I do, and I love helping people. That’s why I volunteer so much. </p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<p>Duke - low to mid reach
WUSTL - high match to low reach (if you’ve visited and shown interest)
Johns Hopkins - match to high match
University of Chicago - low reach
Emory - match
Stanford - high reach (it is for everyone)
Upenn - mid reach
Harvard - high reach (not sure how much the letter of recommendation will help)
Princeton - high reach</p>

<p>Your stats are reasonably good. They’re not standout and they’re not quite at the boundary where I’d say you’d never be rejected because of your scores, but they are good enough. Your ECs are pretty good and it seems like you have a compelling story to tell. No one can predict these schools entirely accurately though, just because of the nature of acceptances at these schools. However, I think JH and Emory are very safe bets, and I’d say that I wouldn’t be surprised at Duke, WUSTL, or UChicago either way. Stanford, UPenn, Harvard, and Princeton are all very competitive and I wouldn’t be surprised if you got in to at least one of those, but I wouldn’t say that anyone, even someone with seemingly perfect credentials, can say that they have a much better chance than ~20-25% acceptance at one of those schools (unless they’re a legacy, VIP (ie. son/daughter of a celebrity), URM, etc.).</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks @micmatt513‌! That was really helpful!</p>