Chance me for Duke, UVA, UNC,etc?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’m a senior trying to figure out what schools to apply to. Please chance me for my reaches and matches: UVA, Duke, UChicago, UNC, Boston University, UCLA, UC San Diego, UMichigan, VTech. Thanks!

Weighted GPA - 4.3
Unweighted GPA - 3.86
SAT Score - 1540 (new sat)
SAT Subject tests - Math II: 770 - Chem: 750 - Spanish: 740

1st generation college student
Asian American
Very competitive public high school
School doesn’t rank

Courses - taken all honors core classes, will have taken 10 AP classes (so far all 4s and 5s scores), taken specialized courses (Computer Science, Astronomy, DNA Science, Biotechnology Research); 5 years of Spanish

Extracurriculars
4 years American Sign Language club, am a club officer
Vice President of Amnesty International club, member for three years
Vice President of Spanish Club, member for three years
National Spanish Exam Awards - gold and silver medal recognition
5 years playing lacrosse (3 years varsity team)
Over 150 hours hospital volunteering
Over 80 hours volunteering at children camps and STEM events

Hope to study biology, chemistry, or psychology, maybe pre-med.

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Not an admissions expert here, so take this with a grain of salt. I think you have a good chance based on your stats & your focused ECs. Correct me if I am wrong, but if you are OOS for UVA, even with high credentials it’s a lot harder to get in generally due to the amount of in-state students they must admit. However, I’ll say that even with your high test scores, the schools you have listed have relatively low acceptance rates so I’d advise you to add matches/safeties with higher acceptance rates (consider 40-50% +). Also, as a tip, to get a better sense of how your scores translate to the 2400 scale you should use the SAT score converters and concordance tables, especially to enhance your grouping of schools into safety, match and reach.

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Adding to bry463, UNC-Chapel Hill is also hard to get into as an OOS since it’s a public school. You’re a solid candidate nonetheless.