Chances at Duke, Wake Forest....

<p>Hey, chance me please! Ill make it brief, but help would be much appreicated. Schools are:
Duke, Wake Forest, GW, Columbia (reach), Brown (reach), Emory (recruited for track). ALready in at Miami. Thanks!</p>

<p>94.9 w GPA
Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander
5 AP's by graduation (already 5 on stat, 4 on calc)
2020 SAT (630c, 690m, 700 w 12e)
Essays- very unique, go along with my major and also talk about diversity with my family
Reccomendations- Good</p>

<p>EC's
Peer leaders
NHS
VOlunteer with Special Olympics
Captain of football team, 3 year starter, many awards with it including scholar athlete, $1000 scholar-leader-athlete scholorship
Captain of Indoor track team- All conference, 3 years, many awards
Captain of Outdoor track team- All conference, 3 years, many awards</p>

<p>Any advice please?</p>

<p>I'd say pretty high reach for Brown and Columbia, because I feel that both your ECs and your SATs are relatively weak (although your SATs moreso than your ECs, which I may be undervaluing due to my own non-sports background). Recruited is a strong hook, and so your probably good for Emory. I think Duke is a pretty big reach for you as well. While I'm not hugely familiar with Wake Forest, I think you have a pretty good chance there. I think a lot of your decision depends on whether you made yourself stand out in your essays; I don't necessarily feel that your stats as presented so far paint a really clear picture of who you are and what your academic passions are.</p>

<p>But overall, good luck! Your GPA is pretty good (although I don't know what your school's weighting system is), so I bet you'll have success at some pretty good colleges.</p>

<p>Do you go to Kamehameha?
(or do you live on the mainland, in that case dont mind me :S)</p>

<p>just curious</p>

<p>I think being Hawaiian will help, especially if you emphasized it in your essay. They are more rare than hispanics or blacks.</p>

<p>Live on the mainland, but have hawaiian hertiage. Thanks for the advice. My essays were quite unique. Any other thoughts?</p>