CHANCE ME: Emory, UNC Chapel Hill, South Carolina?

<p>Background
Gender: F
State: South Carolina
Ethnicity: Asian
Income: <100k
Hooks: First generation to go to college
High School: Inner city school, around 2.5k students, most attend in-state or community colleges, not as many AP choices as I'd like</p>

<p>Grades/AP/Class Rank/Test Scores
GPA: 3.975
Class rank: 13/581
Freshman Year
AP Human Geography: 3
Sophomore Year
AP World History: 4
Junior Year
AP Lang: 5
AP Psychology: 3
AP Calculus AB: 3
AP US History: 4
Senior Year AP Classes:
AP Biology
AP Macroeconomics
AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics
AP Literature
SAT: 1800 (Will be retaking this weekend)
ACT: 32</p>

<p>EC's/Volunteer Work
Club soccer at select level for 5+ years; won state cup in 2013
School soccer (2 years JV, 2 years Varsity; JV captain)
All-star cheerleading national champion
Student Council representative (Sophomore and Junior year)
100+ volunteer hours (At hospital, community theatre, library)
Speech and Debate (Several local competition awards)
Drama Club (All four years); Student director of school musical in 2014
Leadership Club
Current Events Club (President)
Science Scholastic Team (Sophomore year)
Math Club (Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior year)
Invisible Children Volunteer Club (Junior and Senior year)
EF International Tours
Attended SC Governor's School GoSciTech! Summer Camp for "So You Wanna Be a Doctor?" course in 2011
Attended Duke University Precollege Program in 2013</p>

<p>Recommendations were from my school soccer coach, math teacher, and drama teacher. My essays should on the topic of the pros and cons of having a twin sister, but I am debating between topics right now.</p>

<p>My goal is to major in Biology with a minor in English; I wish to continue to medical school after undergrad.</p>

<p>Schools:
University of South Carolina (In-state)
Clemson (In-state)
Emory
UNC Chapel Hill
NYU
College of Charleston (Safety)
My counselor said I should apply to Berkeley l and UCLA "just to see" but I honestly don't know what to expect.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>If you were in state I could give you a 100% guarantee of getting in to UNC. But you still have a really great shot with those credentials. Just make sure you really know what you’re getting yourself into. I’m at UNC now and it’s harsh.</p>