Chance me: UNC Chapel Hill, Davidson, Emory, ECU, & Vanderbilt

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Bio:
-State of residence: NC
-Race: White
-Gender: Female

School:
-Type: Small, rural public.
-Graduates: 149, rarely go to ivys, most stay for local community college.
-AP’s Offered: Not many, 2 Science, 2 English, 3 Histories, and AP calc, and some online (for example AP Psych.) Not sure at exact amount of AP, just know it’s not a lot. Most do dual enrollment courses at community college.

-Unweighted GPA: 4.0
-Weighted GPA: 4.75
-AP’s: Lang, Lit, environmental science, psychology
-Dual Enrollment: American His 2, Precalc, Statistics, CNA Cert.
-ACT: 26
-SAT:1180
-Rank: Top 10%
-Course Rigor: Basically the hardest I can fit in my schedule. I will have an extra class both semesters of senior year. I’ve mades all As all of high school including all AP and College classes.

EC:

  • After School Theatre/ drama club, 9 plays thus far, and held lead roles in over half
  • President of Medical club (HOSA) at my school
  • Volunteer at Animal Shelter 8 hrs a week
  • Multiple volunteer clubs with doing multiple community service acts
  • Attended Camp Med 4 years and Project SEARCH Academy both held on Wake’s campus
  • Job Shadowed ER Doc and Dentist
  • CPR/Lifeguard certified
  • Link Crew ( Leadership teams to help incoming freshman.)

Honors:

  • Multiple Class Awards (4 a year) for being top 2 in honors/ap classes regarding grades
  • Received project potential scholarship
  • State finalist in science fair
    -NTHS/NHS, Tresurer in National Honor Society

Work:

  • Waitress at local restaurant on avg. 3 days a week

*** I’m a strong believer that standardized tests don’t represent the whole student. Mainly because I am top of my class and my scores don’t represent me well because I simply cannot finish the sections. Time really gets to me. I have retaken each test several times, improved every time, and scores shown are my final, highest scores. Counselor says that being from a rural community out of state (for Emory) could shadow my average scores a bit, thoughts on that?

Intended Major: Chemistry and/or psych, passion is medicine and intend on going to medical school.

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You should look at test-optional colleges. There is a mismatch between your grades and test scores.

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“I’m a strong believer that standardized tests don’t represent the whole student.” ~ Sydney164

Unfortunately, many schools give strong consideration to standardized test scores when deciding who to admit.

I would say Davidson, Emory and Vanderbilt are definite reaches - chances are probably not real good. Chances at UNC-CH are decent, but not a slam dunk. ECU should be no problem whatsoever, but it’s not a well regarded school, especially outside NC.

Have you thought about applying to NC State? I’d rate your chances there as better than at UNC-CH, and it’s definitely a step up academically from ECU. Plus Raleigh would be considerably better than Greenville as far as social and cultural life, shopping, restaurants etcetera.

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Yes, but NC State doesn’t offer me what I need in terms of a major and what I’m looking for in a school. I just love these reach schools so much, and hate the fact that my test scores are holding me back from getting in.

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NC State has a better chemistry department than ECU, for sure. State offers both B.S. and B.A. degrees in chemistry, accredited by the American Chemical Society.

http://catalog.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/collegeofsciences/chemistry/

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I would work on test taking if you can take it again. You know you have to fill in something for each question.

The problem also is that top grades at a rural high school may not correspond to high test scores. You may have the ability, but not the education of other applicants.

The good news is it is easier to get into in state medical, dental, or veterinary school from a rural area.