Chance me Regular Decision Please

Applied Regular Decision as a business major

White Male

State: Ohio

Highly ranked (#1 for public AND private high schools in central Ohio), small (slightly less than 100 in my class) public high school

School does not rank

ACT: 33 (36 reading, 36 English, 33 Science, 27 Math) (23 Writing)

GPA: 3.69 UW, 4.12 W (9th: 3.84 10th: 3.93 11th: 4.59 12th (first semester): 4.14)

My counselor rec should be very good, she is a friend of my family.

AP Courses: Macroeconomics (10), European History (11), Lang + Comp (11), Physics (12), Lit + Comp (12), Government (12), Statistics (12). I have also taken as many honors courses as I could and 3 dual-enrollment courses through a local community college.

ECs: Football 9-12, Basketball 9, School Newspaper 10 and 12, Camp Counselor for 5th grade camp 11, “Summer 2 Serve” youth service group 9-12, “I-Can-Bike” camp for the mentally disabled 9, youth football combine 10, GHHS Youth football camp 9-12, various soup kitchens and free grocery stores for impoverished families 10-11, daycare for impoverished families 11, Powerlifting Club 10-12, National Honor Society (11-12), GYFA youth football game announcer

Major Awards: MSL-Ohio Ernie Godfrey Scholar-Athlete Award (top academic award from my school’s athletic league), National Honor Society, 3x Scholar-Athlete Award winner.

I will be applying for need-based financial aid

Income bracket: $50k - $60k

Everything looks good, especially your ACT score. Did you visit and interview with Wake?

No I didn’t do either. Do you think this will totally kill my chances?

I think they prefer it, but it is not mandatory. I have seen older threads where students have been accepted without an interview.