Chance me please (Carnegie Mellon, UVA, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Duke)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Could You guys please give me some help on my chances for any of these schools?</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon
UVA
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
Duke </p>

<p>My high school record is kind of odd so my college counselor is having trouble with figuring out my chances. I definitely had an upward trend...</p>

<p>GPA UNWEIGHTED
Freshman- 2.2 (whoops)
Sophomore- 4.0 ( switched to Military School...lol )
Junior- 3.94 (switched to new School again Junior Year)
Senior 1st Trimester- 3.95</p>

<p>Senior first trimester grades were really strong. 5 A's and 1 A- with 3 AP, 2 Honors, 1 reg
Also I only took one Honors Course my Sophomore Year and none my Junior Year.</p>

<p>Is my Freshman Year just going to kill my Chances for the more competitive schools?</p>

<p>My school doesn't rank but Junior Year I was probably top 15 (out of 110 kids)</p>

<p>SAT (super score)</p>

<p>Math 700
CR 750
Writing 680</p>

<p>total 2130</p>

<p>EC's
Nothing super outstanding. Community service, sports, and a few awards for academics.<br>
I Don't really want to list everything.</p>

<p>Common app essay is about the Military School and how that changed me.</p>

<p>I haven't applied to a couple of these schools ( Cornell, Duke, Johns Hopkins)
because I wasn't sure if I had any realistic shot. </p>

<p>So any advice would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>If you’re in-state for UVA, then UVA and Carnegie Mellon are matches. Johns Hopkins is a reach, I would apply there in case you can get in. Duke and Cornell are very competitive, I would say No.</p>

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<p>I think they all look like reaches. Are you in-state for UVa?</p>

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<p>Yeah in state for UVA. I’m really banking on getting in there I think. How much does being in state really help anyway?
I have some other less reachy schools that I’m applying to but was wondering about my chances on these more competitive ones.</p>