Chance for Rice and Emory!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys! As you all probably know, I am currently a rising senior who would love some input from you guys regarding my chances at Rice and Emory, because I am currently struggling to decide which to apply to for Early Decision (ED). Both schools are great, and I really am torn between which to decide; so, forgive me for saying this, but any input on which school I'd have a better chance at would be very, very much appreciated! :)</p>

<p>Age: 17
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian
Location: California
School: Public-- around 480 students in grade
Rank: Around top 11% (I barely make 10% with 9th grade grades, but for 10th and up, I'm just barely off. :(</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: Around 3.8666
Weighted GPA: Around 4.0666 (actually, it might be a little higher, as I don't know if community college courses are equivalent to AP classes, so I didn't use the AP boost on them)
SAT: 2220 (CR 750, Math 760, Writing 710) (took only once, but have no more time to retake it)
SAT II: Bio E: 780, US History: 740 (I know, really bad.. but I will be taking English Lit and Math II in October!)
ACT: 33 (Essay: 11)</p>

<p>APs Taken: English Language (5), US History (5), Biology (5)
Courseload for senior year: AP Chem, AP Economics, Government Honors, AP Calculus AB, AP English Lit
Community College Classes: 3 taken so far (all A's); taking two as of now for a total of 5.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
-National Honor Society (NHS) member from 10th and up; NHS Secretary for senior year
-Cofounder and secretary of a cancer club at school
-Volunteer leader for non profit organization dealing with economically disadvantaged families and children-- tenth grade and up
-Associated Student Body (Student government): 9th, 10th; Freshman class Secretary
-Speech and Debate: 9th and up
-Going to a Native American reservation during the summer to help out and volunteer: 7th- 11th grade; did some research there on garlic-- didn't publish it or put it into a science fair or anything, so I don't really know if it counts.
-Peer tutor at high school and at local elementary school: 11th grade, 25+ hours
-Participated in Red Cross Blood Drive 9th- 11th
-Helped lead fundraiser that raised over $8,000 for cancer patients at school
-Helped lead fundraiser that raised over 3,000 pounds of canned food for the economically disadvantaged at school
-Helped out at multiple homeless shelters from 2005 to 2009
-Part of school welcoming committee for freshman: 11th and soon 12th
-Over 150+ hours community service</p>

<p>-Nationally ranked 13th speaker at Policy Debate Tournament
-Octofinals at same tournament.</p>

<p>-Internship over summer 2009 with alternative energy company
-Job working as cashier at fast food restaurant during summers and partly through year (10th grade through 11th grade summer)</p>

<p>As for my major, I want to go into pre- med with a focus on neuroscience (it's freakishly fascinating!), but I guess because my activities don't really show a huge "passion" for pre- med or neuroscience, I guess I'm going to choose something along the lines of alternative energy as my major (alternative energy is actually pretty interesting, so I have some credibility there haha) and then switch to pre- med. I know, I know, don't judge me! Who knows, I just might forego pre- med for alternative energy later on! :)</p>

<p>Or maybe I'll put undecided? Does it matter what major you choose for privates?</p>

<p>Any honest input on which university would be more reachable and best for me would be extremely valuable! Please help, as I am stuck in a rut, as these are really great colleges. :) I was also thinking about universities like Washington University in St. Louis, but I figure it's a bit too far out of my range. :(</p>

<p>If you guys also have any additional information on these universities, your information would be priceless.</p>

<p>Other universities that you think would be a good match for me (preferably within top 20 schools?(according to USNews heh.)) would be wonderful as well to keep into consideration. If I don't get into these schools (knock on wood!) I was thinknig of applying to UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD for publics.</p>

<p>Thank you guys so much!
(PS If you guys want, I can chance you back too)</p>

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<p>rice reach
emory in
Does it matter what major you choose? i dont think so
which is best for you: i think rice cuz its closer and higher ranked?
can u plz chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/748134-plz-chance-poor-californian-who-has-compassion-chance-back.html#post1062924526[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/748134-plz-chance-poor-californian-who-has-compassion-chance-back.html#post1062924526&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I might be wrong, but pre-med usually isn’t a major. Pre-med means that you’ll be taking the classes that are pre-requisites for medical school. You can major in anything</p>

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<p>I would say that Emory is a good match for you. They look at ECs more than most other schools, and you have great ECs and good scores.
As for Rice, I don’t know much about their admissions process so I can’t help you out there, sorry!</p>

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<p>if you wish to study medicine, why don’t you try JHU? think your EC and scores are quite impressive``</p>

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<p>Thanks for your guys’ valuable input :)</p>

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<p>First of all, I know you dont think two 700+ sat 2’s are bad, thats just ridiculous. </p>

<p>I think emory is at least a match and you have good chances at rice but make sure to just focus on the EC’s most important to you. A laundry list of activities you only participated in to get into college isnt going to help you.</p>

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<p>I think you have a very good chance at both schools. :slight_smile: Wouldn’t hurt to have your GPA a little higher, but I think it’s good enough. Your other stuff makes up for it. You should actually shorten your extracurriculars a little bit when you start filling out the college apps haha. Good luck!</p>