Chance me for UNC, Cornell, uPenn, NC State, Wake Forest, Georgetown! (Thanks!)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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So this is going to be a somewhat in depth chance me post, because I’m looking for a semi-reliable response, but my goal is to still keep it short!

ECs:
3 Years Assistant Equipment Manager at an NBA Team
2 Years Church Basketball League
Attend 2 Different Youth Groups Weekly
Spikeball Club Member
Started my own photography business from scratch making thousands per year
Academic Prefect Committee Member
2 Years Biweekly Volunteer at Local NonProfit’s creative production team producing music experiences for thousands
Interned at Non Profit’s creative development team for a week
National Honor Society

Academics:
4.2 Weighted GPA (pre-senior)
3.8 UW GPA (pre senior)
no AP classes before senior year
Looking like a minimum 5.5 WGPA 1st semester senior year (6.0 for A in APs)
Straight A’s in 4 APs:
APES
AP Physics C
AP Calculus AB
AP Euro
And one B+ in English Honors

Letters of Rec:
Three letters from different teachers, the one I always use is from one of my teachers that has said I’m one of the best students he’s ever had. He also has had many students tell say that colleges told them “we wouldn’t’ve let you in but your letter of recommendation was so great we did” like seriously he’s has many people say that same thing

Essay:
I wrote my essay on a business plan I’ve had for healthcare that I’ve been working with multi million $ venture capitalists on and how it can change America in response to the “discuss a problem you’d like to solve”

Standardized Tests:
ACT:
31M
25E
28R
28S
28 Composite (probably won’t even send it)

SAT:
1380
700 English
680 Math

Taking SAT again this Saturday, so give me a good estimate of what I should aim for (minimum), for Cornell, uPenn, etc if my current is too low

So again the schools I’m asking about are:
UNC (in state)
NC State
Wake Forest
Cornell
uPenn
Georgetown

Thank you so much in advance for the help!!!

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Your SAT and GPA are low for these schools. I’m also concerned about the rigor of your classes. These schools want to see you selected the most challenging classes available. You just started taking AP so that’s a red flag. However, your ECs are interesting and show real commitment and passion. That is very important. I would think you should be a match for in state NC State. The rest are reaches with Penn, Cornell and Georgetown being big reaches.

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So what about the fact that I’m excelling in the APs I’m in currently? Also, my SAT is the exact average for UNC, and they have a 50% in state acceptance rate, and even higher just from my school.

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its usually “safe” to be higher than the 50% average for everything…think of it like a see-saw…it’s extremely risky and could tip either way (one way for rejection and one way for acceptance). it is good though that you’re applying as an instate resident to UNC, maybe this is enough to tip your application in the right way!

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Match for Jc state, from what you’ve said about unc I’d say a good shot and a reach for the other ones. Change me back on my most recent?