Chance me for emory, wake forest and gatech

Chance Me / Match Me!
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My dream school and no.1 choice for ED has always been emory, so please chance me for emory u, emory college!

:))
scores / academics:
gpa: unweighted 3.95 weighted 4.1
class rank 2 out of 60
new sat: 1520 / 1600 math 740 critical reading and writing 780 essay 8 8 7
aps: 5, two 4s and 3 5s
act and sat subject: none, but planning to take sat subject in november
honors: none… except for some minor school honors

extracurricular activities: (very weak…)

jv basketball 1 year (back in 2012)
modeled UN for 2 years and student council for 4 years
ambassador for 4 years (did some volunteering programs)
dance club 2.5 years, taught young kids dancing
school magazine chief editor 3 years, singled handed it when i entered, and now it is pretty cool
school yearbook editor 2 years
amateur swimming, at local swimming club

volunteer work:
local hospital for 2.5 years, at the pharmacy & translating work, very renowned hospital
caring center for the old, 2 years
add up to about 400 hours
not paid.

work/intern
had a one-month internship at a Hilton Hotel
a few months of working at local mall as salesperson

essay:
i put a lot of effort in my essays, and am using my frequent travel experiences to illustrate my interest in sociology

race:
asian, female, south korea

financial aid: do not need

please chance me for emory college, sociology department, and if you’re super nice please also chance me for wake forest and georgia tech~ I love these three schools.
My safety school will probably be a community college in California if i’m not accepted by these three universities, since I’ve got relatives nearby California.
Thank you good ladies and gentlemen~~

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Whoa! Sorry, I don’t do chances, since I am not an adcom. But I am struck by this quote: ‘My safety school will probably be a community college in California if i’m not accepted by these three universities.’

That is a huge gap between community college and Emory/Wake/Georgia Tech. (Ok, I said I would not chance, but I’d bet you’d get into Wake and GaTech, and ED at Emory looks good). You do not need financial aid, and this is a huge advantage, as you would not need to compare fin aid offers.

But just in case you do not get into one of these 3, there are a hundred great colleges you could get into. Are you focusing on large Southern schools? What about other areas of the US?

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Thank you for your reply! My parents have some kind of stereotypes for a lot of good colleges in the U.S. (fordham and purdue, for instance, are the two univs that I really like) And they’ll only support me for my tuition if I got into the “good” schools… If I was rejected by those schools, they want me to be in california, living with my relatives and focus on transferring to the UCs. Maybe it’s a common korean-parent thingy…

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Emory? Good choice! With your SAT score, I’d say you have pretty good chances! Good luck!

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Don’t forget to check Oxford College on the application!