Can you chance me for the following schools, especially Duke and Vandy?
Duke, Vanderbilt, Tulane (EA), Penn State, Georgia Tech (EA), UNC-CH (EA)
Female, PA, high income bracket, pretty good school in one of the wealthiest areas in the nation
Major: Biochemistry or neuroscience, with the goal of becoming either a researcher or physician’s assistant/nurse practitioner
GPA and Course Load:
Unweighted: 3.88
Weighted: 6.28/6.4
Rank: Top 10%
Junior:
AP Chemistry - B
Honors Physics - A
Honors Pre-Calc - A
AP English 11 (language) - A
Honors French IV - A
American History - A
Senior (with first quarter grades):
AP Biology - A
AP Calculus AB - B (I did receive a 5 on a quarterly on the AP scale, class is just very difficult, not many A’s)
AP English 12 (literature) - A
AP Government and Politics - A
Honors Economics (second semester course) - N/A
Honors/AP French V - A
Health - A
ACT:
32 (33 if superscored) - T1: 33E 27M 33R 34S 22W; T2: 35E 30M 33R 30S 29W
ECs:
- ~50 hours of community service
- Swim team (captain, school record holder, top in league, top 50 in state, district qualifier)
- Lacrosse team (top 30 in scoring in league, fourth on team in points, first in assists, fifth in goals, captain this year)
- Travel Lacrosse (one of the top recruits from the area, decided I don’t want to play in college)
- National Honor Society, French Honor Society, National French Award Winner, AP Scholar, French Club
- Summers before sophomore and junior year: 20 hours/week, lifeguarding during the summer
- Summer before senior year: Sales associate at a bathing suit shop at the beach, top salesgirls and most reliable worker, according to my boss, 35 hours/week
- Morning Announcements and School TV
Recs:
My swim coach - AT LEAST a 9/10, my coach has seen me transform throughout high school and knows how dedicated I am and how much I hate to lose, he told me he has been writing my essay since my freshman year so that he would be able to really show my growth
My AP Chem teacher - I’ve known her my whole life, she knows that I will always go the extra mile with my work
Essays:
My Common App essay was about failure, so I wrote about my experience of qualifying for championships in swimming. Essay was very unique, every teacher that read it got goosebumps. Was more of a story, which teachers liked. I’d rate it 9/10, simply because I’m overly critical
I wrote the same essay for each of the schools “Why _______?” and talked about the opportunities after graduation, the ability to go to a top school and to change the world. Probably an 8/10, made it unique for each school, but followed the same outline.
For GT and UNC, I wrote essays about my life, about my mom’s struggle with breast cancer and about losing my dog. Again, the teacher who read the essays cried for both of them and loved how I connected my mom’s journey with cancer with my goal of finding a cure.
Are my math and science scores too low for Tulane and Vanderbilt since I want to major in biochemistry? Do I even have a chance at Duke and Vanderbilt? Really worried, already submitted my applications but I’m definitely having anxiety about admissions. I plan on interviewing at Duke and Vanderbilt, which I think can help me, as I’m very outgoing. How much weight does an interview have on an application? Thanks in advance 