Chance me for some top 20's and suggest some schools you think I have a chance at

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here are my stats. I have posted a similar thread before but I have a few more questions. Could you chance me for:</p>

<p>Emory (older sister is a sophomore there)
Vanderbilt
Case Western </p>

<p>AND more importantly could you suggest some other top 20 or 30 schools you think I should apply too. (Like tell me if you think schools like WashU or Northwestern are way outta my reach or if it wouldn't hurt to apply. ) (I know its like under a month away from applications being due, but I had to readjust some schools I'm applying to based on some scores not turning out how I wanted to.)</p>

<p>School:
I am a senior and I attend a very small Catholic college preparatory high school in a rural area that has like 46 students total. My own senior class has only 11 students. My school offers very little AP's and no honors classes. I've been offered only AP US History (junior year) and AP Calculus AB (senior year) both of which I have taken or am taking. In order to challenge myself I took AP US Government and Politics through an online independent course my Junior year. In my senior year I am taking both AP Microeconomics and AP Macroeconomics through an online independent course (I'm interested in business. I am also taking two classes through a dual-enrollment program (between my high school and a local community college). They are Principles of Biology and Basic Public Speaking. In addition, I am taking College Web Design and Development independently online through a community college. In high school I have also taken College Algebra and Writing I.</p>

<p>Course Load:
Junior Year: AP US History and AP US Gov (apart from the other regular classes I take)
Senior Year: AP Calculus AB, AP Micro, AP Macro, College Web Design and Development, College Bio, College Speech (apart from the other regular classes I take)</p>

<p>GPA:
around a 3.94 (UW) and 4.0 (W) This is only freshman through junior year.
Freshman Year: 3.77 (I got a couple B+'s. :)
Sophomore Year: 4.0
Junior Year: 4.21
Senior Year: With all A's at the end could be like a 4.3 I think. </p>

<p>Recommendations:
Getting one from a history teacher who I think really likes me and Literature teacher who said she'd love to write me one. I'm also sending in one from the manager of a local brokerage firm I interned at.</p>

<p>Essay:
About a very close family friend who recently passed away. I didn't make it a sympathy story, but rather how he was like a wise and funny grandfatherly figure in my life. I also explained some hardships he overcame and how he overcame those hardships and how I should be able to overcome hardships too. (Btw the 500 limit is really hard to stay in)</p>

<p>Class Rank:
1/11 (Like I said my school is tiny)</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT: 2070 (670 CR, 680 M, 720 W) (retook the December date and I think I at least went up 30 points (hopefully a couple more) in math so assume I have a 700+ math, 2100/2400, and 1380ish to 1400ish/1600
SAT Subject Tests: 760 US History (because of background from AP US history) and a really really bad Bio score (no AP Bio was offered to me and it really made SAT Bio tough for me) I don't plan to send.</p>

<p>AP Exams:
AP US History (4), AP Gov (3), AP Euro (3)</p>

<p>Leadership:
Captain of JV academic Team (10th)
Captain of Varsity Academic Team (12th)
Captain of the JV History Bowl Team (10th)
Captain of the Varsity History Bowl Team (10th)
National Honor Society Treasurer (11th)
National Honor Society President (12th)
Student Council Class Representative (9th and 10th grade)
Student Council Treasurer (11th and 12th)
Y-Club President (11th grade)
Quartermaster of Boys Scout Troop (9th grade)
Troop Guide of Boy Scout Troop (10th grade)
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop (11th grade)
Webmaster of Boy Scout Troop (12th grade)
Order of the Arrow Section Secretary (10th-12th grade)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Academic Team (9th-12th grade)
History Bowl (10th-12th grade)
History Bee (10th-12th grade)
Student Council (9-12th grade)
National Honor Society (10th-12th grade)
Y-Club (9th-11th grade)
Science Olympiad (9th-12th grade)
Boy Scouts (I've been doing boys scouts for like 6 years)
Summer internship at a local brokerage firm (due to my interest in business and finance)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
Local Hospital: Worked in the Pharmacy Department. Stocked newly shipped medications, filled out Pixus orders, and delivered the medications from the order to each floor’s Pixus machine
Helping Hand thrift store: Assorted donated clothes and shoes, guided shoppers around the store, and cleaned the store after office hours
Math and Science Camp: Assisted kids with the science projects and experiments that were being demonstrated by teachers
God’s Appalachian Project: Stocked new shipments of food, guided and aided shoppers around the store, and organized clothes
Relay for Life: Participated in through Boy Scouts. Put together hundreds of candles in bags and placed the, around a track in honor of those who had passed away with cancer or had been fighting it
Habitat for Humanity: Help put up the foundations and walls off houses, and unloaded trucks full of supplies for the houses</p>

<p>I have also been involved with volunteer work with clubs at school. For Y-Club I helped raise $750 for a bake sale for the Haiti Earthquake. I also participated in Safe Trick or Treat Events. I have organized multiple food drives for underprivileged people and delivered food to the families for National Honors Society.</p>

<p>My own Eagle Scout Project:
Collected hundreds of books and various school supplies for “Books for Africa” organization and held a 3k walk-a-thon and raised around $1000 to cover shipping fees to send the books to Africa. </p>

<p>Awards and Honors:
First Honors for 9th grade year
First Honors for 10th grade year
First Honors for 11th grade year
World History Book Award, 9th grade
European History Book Award, 10th grade
Geometry Book Award, 10th grade
General Excellence Book Award, 10th and 11th grade
AP US History Book Award, 11th grade
University of Kentucky “Class of Kentucky” representative, 10th grade
Commonwealth Ambassador, 12th grade
AP Scholar
Eagle Scout
Kentucky Colonel (awarded because of my Eagle Scout but nonetheless the biggest honor awarded by the state)
Outstanding Youth Leadership Award (came from a state representative)</p>

<p>Accomplishments:
Academic Team: I placed in numerous District and Regional competitions throughout my high school career.
National History Bowl: Captained my JV team to the National Competition
National History Bee: placed 4th in state bee in 10th grade and 5th in state bee in 11th grade and advanced and competed in Nationals
Science Olympiad: Placed in Regional competitions throughout my high school career
Boy Scouts: elected into service society Order of the Arrow, became Eagle Scout, and have gotten numerous merit badges and nights of camping</p>

<p>Also in case it matters I'm a turbaned Sikh/Indian male.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for your responses!</p>

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<p>You’re a strong candidate for all three of those schools. </p>

<p>Vandy, Emory, Case Western: All matches. </p>

<p>UTA, Baylor, or Georgia Tech can all serve as safties.</p>

<p>Washington U and Northwestern are not much harder than Vandy or Emory and are also matches if you can get your SAT score up to 2200+.</p>

<p>You could try applying to some reaches. I would not be surprised if you are accepted to an Ivy League.</p>

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<p>Based on your current stats, Ivies, WashUStL & Northwestern are unlikely to accept you. The AP scores don’t help. Vanderbilt is also a reach, in my opinion. Nevertheless, don’t be discouraged, just apply with reasonable expectations & lots of hope.</p>

<p>Emory & Case Western Reserve are matches. Consider Georgia Tech & Wake Forest. Also, the University of Michigan & the college of Wm. & Mary should be solid matches.</p>

<p>Any interest in Notre Dame ? ND should like your background & ECs, although still a reach, but not out of your grasp.</p>

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<p>Do you have an intended major area of study ? Have you considered any LACs ?</p>

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<p>If your SAT scores turn out as you expect they will then I agree that you are competitive for what is on your list (including WashU and possibly Northwestern). Since you want to major in business, I suggest you look at the strength of the business programs at the schools on your list. One school you might add is University of Michigan (strong undergrad business program).</p>

<p>You don’t mention finances, is that a concern?</p>

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<p>To be clear: My comments are based only on your actual test scores. But want to point out that questions will arise about the rigor of your current school because it is unusually small &, therefore, probably relatively unknown. This may be where the AP scores come into play. And, while a 4 is a good score, a 3 will not be viewed positively by the most selective schools.
P.S. I don’t understand why others think that WashU is likely.</p>

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<p>Thanks to everyone who replied! Yeah I’m not dead set on applying to WashU or Northwestern (and I know they are very difficult to get into and WashU is know for wait-listing tons of people) I just wanted to see what other type of schools I may have a shot at. I have given thought to applying to schools like NYU but I don’t think it’s for me. You see I would have applied to one or two ivies and Duke just because. (I know I wouldn’t be accepted but I would just like to). However, although I have one good SAT Subject score, my 760, my Bio is a 570 (which is horrendous) and I won’t be able to retake in January because I have a big academic team competition the same day and I can’t miss it. And I feel like they wouldn’t take me seriously with that Subject test score so why bother right? Let me know how you feel.</p>

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<p>Also, @Axelrod I see where you’re coming from but do you think they will understand that my school didn’t offer much so I really went out of my way to challenge myself? I took the AP Euro test without an AP Euro class. I took just a simple Euro class so that explains that score. But I should’ve done better on Gov and probably Euro anyway.</p>

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<p>@intparent Well, I come from a financially stable household. My father is a doctor. I would not call us “rich”, but rather well to do. However, I already have one sister at Emory (and paying 250,000 dollars for two kids is ridiculously expensive) so unless I get some scholarship money somewhere out of state, my parents feel it would make more economic sense to go in-state where I probably wouldn’t pay anything. Having said that, they aren’t dead set on anything so we will just wait until decisions and scholarship information comes out and go from there.</p>