Chance Me- Georgetown, Chapel Hill, Duke, Columbia?

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I've already applied ED to Chapel Hill. I'm applying RD to Georgetown, Yale, Duke, Columbia, and smaller in-state schools. I'm tentative on other schools, particularly Penn and Princeton</p>

<p>Gender: M
School: ~2000 student, rural/suburban public school; very little emphasis and depth on available EC's, as the school diverts its attention on sports.
Rank: 1/428
Unweighted GPA: 3.96
Weighted: 4.92
SAT I: 800 R 700 M 720 W
SAT II: Will take 3 in December (Spanish I w/o listening, American History, and World History)
ACT: 34
AP: 5's on Human Geo, Biology, US History. 4 on Psychology</p>

<p>Senior courses: AP Eng 4 Lit, AP US Gov, AP Calc AB/BC, AP Chem, AP Stats
Previous AP courses: AP Bio, AP USH, AP Psych, AP Enviromental, AP Human Geo</p>

<p>Awards (years in parentheses):
- American History Award (very local award, one student in my school (11)
- AP Scholar w/ Honor (12)
- German Honor Society
- Two years in a row team medal for Science Olympiad in the regional competition
- 2 personal medals for Science Olympiad in the regional competition.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- President and ex-VP of Science Club
- Key Club
- NHS
- Peer Tutoring (every week)
- National Achievers (minority program)
- Commended on NMSC</p>

<p>Other:
- Attended Governor's School</p>

<p>Hooks:
- URM (Hispanic)
- Low income
- First generation college applicant, if you only count US colleges</p>

<p>Major: Undecided, but leaning towards pre-law and accounting. I will look out for comedy writing/acting in college once I get there, however.
Recs: Have good relationships with my recommending teachers; one of my club advisor is a former teacher and knows me pretty well.
Essays: I consider myself a good writer; I go for the "creative" option on essay supplements/Common App. </p>

<p>Any help would be greatly appreciated!!</p>

<p>Georgetown: Reach
UNC: Low match (in-state)/Reach (OOS)
Duke: Reach
Columbia: Reach
UPenn: Reach
Princeton: Reach</p>

<p>But at least even Princeton looks reachable, so every other school is reachable. You have a shot at all those schools. I suppose your safeties are those “in-state” schools you mention.</p>