Chance me for UVA, American, Georgetown, UNC, etc. please!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello Everyone!
I am a junior at a large public school in Central North Carolina and I would love to have anyone's constructive feedback based upon my stats and the schools I will most likely be applying to in the fall. Feel free to be completely honest! Thank you so much!</p>

<p>So first off my list of colleges to apply to right now are: UNC-Chapel Hill, Elon, Wake Forest, Emory, NC State, University of South Carolina, William and Mary, UVA, Georgetown, American, George Washington, University of Maryland, and Vanderbilt.</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: Unweighted - 3.9375, Weighted - 4.7 (will go up by the end of this year with final grades)
Class Rank - 12/511</p>

<p>SAT Scores: CR - 670, Writing - 700, Math - 690
ACT: 33
**This summer I plan to take the SAT II Subject Tests for US History, English, and Math II</p>

<p>Grades:
Freshman Year: (all A's) Honors Biology, Honors Algebra II, Honors World History, Honors Geometry, Honors English, Intro to Communications and Mass Media, Gym/Phys Ed., and Visual Arts I
Sophomore Year: Honors Pre-Calculus (B), Honors Shakespeare (A), Honors English (A), Honors Chemistry (A), Honors Civics and Economics, Spanish I, Spanish II, and Newspaper II
Junior Year: AP US History (B), AP English 11 (A), AP Biology (B), AP Environmental Science (A), Honors Spanish III (A), Honors Newspaper II, Honors Introduction to College Math (A), and Honors US History (A - yearlong cohort with AP US History)
**I am taking Honors Spanish IV this summer
Senior Year (planned schedule): AP European History, AP Psychology, AP Government and Politics, AP Statistics, AP English 12, Honors Newspaper III Fall Semester, Honors Newspaper III Spring Semester, and Career Development Internship with local political magazine.</p>

<p>EC's:
1.) Senior Leaders Club at Cary Family YMCA: member for 2 years, on the executive board for leadership development for 1 year, 100 + service hours every year for this club
2.) High School Photography Club - cofounder, currently I am Vice President
3.) School Newspaper: Staff Writer (1 yr), Features Editor (1 yr), Editor in Chief next year
4.) High School Shakespeare Club: cofounder, currently I am Vice President
5.) TA at local synagogue for Sunday School: 3 years
6.) Lacrosse: 3 years of involvement in community through rec. leagues, 1 year on JV, hopefully on V next year
7.) Community Midrasha Member at local synagogue: take weekly classes on modern Jewish life, participate in monthly community service projects
8.) Environmental Club: member for 2 years
9.) Student Council: member for 2 years
10.) National Honors Society: member for 1 year, just elected officer for next year</p>

<p>Honors and Achievments:
1.) Academic Excellence at my school for 3 years
2.) Junior Marshall (top 20 for junior class)
3.) PYIC Conference Member</p>

<p>Work Experience:
1.) Sunday School TA: 3 years
2.) Retail Sales Associate for La Farm Bakery (summer of 2010)
3.) just got an internship with a local political magazine for this summer</p>

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<p>Keep up the good work. You are on target for the vast majority of your schools. I would suggest that Vanderbilt and Georgetown may present some challenges for you, but not because of your resume, simply as a result of the over abundance of qualified candidates and the resulting “randomness” of the admissions process at the very elite schools. Your writing focus will give you another leg up - so with a few killer essay responses you will be a solid candidate for any of these schools.</p>

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<p>I would say you are very good candidate, but I do not agree with hinsdale1 about Vandy and Georgetown. It seems people tend to think just because of a rise in applications means a “randomness” in the admissions process as you say hinsdale. Even though they have many applicants, they look closely at everyone and accept the best people to go to their schools. </p>

<p>And blbr, I would say you have a very good shot at them all. UNC is a great school(considered to be one of the public ivies), and its in-state acceptance rate is around 50%, so you have a really good shot at that.</p>

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<p>^ If I was arguing that it was random, I would not have used quotes. I was using the “randomness” term in reference to the disparate outcomes from elite school adcoms that can be difficult to comprehend based on simply the objective data provided by the applicant in their post mortem.</p>

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<p>thank you both so much for your honesty, I truly appreciate it. :)</p>