Chance me: UNC-CH (In-state), Emory, University of Southern California, Wesleyan

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Hey everyone! I know that this is a wide array of schools, but if anyone could let me know what my chances are at these schools, it would be greatly appreciated!

Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle to High Income
State: North Carolina
High School: Fairly large public school (around 1800 students)

Intended Major: Undecided
UW GPA: 4.00
W GPA: 4.5
Class Rank: 8 out of 397
ACT: 32 C (33 SS)
SAT Subject Tests: Just took Literature and Math II. Judging on how they went, hoping to get mid-700s.
Course Rigor: AP Psych 4, AP Spanish Lang 4, AP Computer Science 5, AP English Lang 5, AP Environmental Science 4, APUSH 3 (not submitting). Senior year I will take 5 APs (AP Stats, AP Human Geo, AP Bio, AP Micro/Macro, AP English Lit). Pretty rigorous schedule.

Extra Curriculars (probably my weakest section because of lack of leadership positions):

Youth and Government (attended state conference every year with legislative branch, campaign coordinator for student governor)
Classically trained in piano for the last twelve years
Performed piano in school concerts, played background piano at events
Tri-M National Music Honor Society (Officer)
JV Soccer (9th and 10th)
Volunteer with coaching disabled children in soccer (10-12)
Duke summer writing program (11)
UCLA summer screenwriting program (12)
Key Club and Latin Club
NHS (but joined 12th grade so it doesn’t really matter)

Essays: Writing is a strong suit so I believe that I will have solid essays.

Letters of Recommendation: One letter from AP English Lang teacher (probably an 8 out of 10) and another from my school piano teacher (10-12th grade, we are very close so I believe that it will be a very good letter). My AP Spanish teacher is writing my last essay (9 out of 10).

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Before you get too far, you’ll need to talk to your parents and find out if you can actually afford to go out of state or attend a private school, especially for a state like CA. For the vast majority of parents, it’s cost-prohibitive with no additional benefit. You can’t expect generous financial aid, in fact it’s more likely you’ll get short-changed at the last minute, even if you get in. Trust me it happens every year on this forum like clockwork. Your stats are as competitive as any applicant for these school, and the admissions rate is lousy no matter how you look at it. Shop around for a variety of schools. And I would say research scholarships. They’re a far better deal.