<p>I am from girl from New Mexico and ranked #1 out of about 160 at a parochial private
school.
I want to study BME
I have taken all the hardest classes (except freshman year I didnt take honors English).
Took 3 Aps this year and will take 5 next year
I speak Spanish and am Hispanic.
Also my uncle went to Duke and is on some board of directors there and I dont know if that really helps.
ACT: 31
Math : 28
English: 34
Reading: 30
Science: 33
Writing: 10
Combined Writing and English: 33
GPA: 4.6 (weighted) probably 3.9 or 3.8 unweighted
Extra curricular:
President of Peer Mediation Club
Officer in volunteering club that organizes a huge school wide service project packaging meals
200+ hours volunteering
Girl Scouts (various awards)
- made pamphlets in English and Spanish that I proliferated to local libraries about the meaning of "sisterhood"
- organized a meal at a soup kitchen using locally grown foods
Also
-Working on Gold Award to set up program to teach middle school children nutrition (100+ hours)
-1st place school science fair Honorable Mention at regionals
-1st Honors Every semester
-Letter in acedemics
-tutoring underpriledged children at a biligual school in town almost entirely in Spanish
- Baby Sitting
-Volunteering working at a sporting event doing the register, filling drinks, doing intentory, etc.
-Volunteering at various fundraising runs
- other stuff I'm forgetting
Hobbies:
Photography</p>
<p>Oh and I’m in NHS! Thank you all who look at this I would really appreciate your any comments :)!</p>
<p>Your ECs are awesome! No problem there. Also, your GPA is outstanding! Just need good teacher recomendations and write a thoughful essay(s).</p>
<p>Chance me?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1529167-can-i-get-into-these-ca-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1529167-can-i-get-into-these-ca-schools.html</a></p>
<p>Duke: Reach</p>
<p>Now, what’s your matches? Is UNM even an option for a safety?</p>
<p>I’m applying to UNM just in case, but I’ve worked so hard in high school with the dream of going out of state. I think I will also apply to Johns Hopkins,Georgia Tech, Texas A&M, UT Austin, and U of Utah (which is under WUE).</p>
<p>If you want to take advantage of legacy at Duke, ED at Duke Pratt. Duke has two undergraduate admissions offices; the one for BiomedE is Pratt.</p>
<p>JHU: Reach
U Utah: Safety
GA Tech: Match
UT Austin Cockrell: Match/High match
TAMU Dwight Look: Low match/Match</p>
<p>@Catria Thank you! I am thinking about retaking the ACT again in September becuase I know I can raise my math section and maybe reading. Do you think that will help my chances. Also, the only reason I’m worried about applying ED is I’m afraid Duke won’t offer me enough Financial Aid becuase my family makes about $200,000 a year combined, and my sister is still in HS which already costs them about $13,000 per year.</p>
<p>I think you’re a high match for Duke, especially because you’re valedictorian of your class AND a URM from New Mexico. If you apply ED to Duke, all the more reason for your acceptance to come through. </p>
<p>Hopkins might be a little trickier because of the ACT score if you apply to BME. I’ll call it a reach whether or not you apply ED or RD because that’s by far their most competitive program they offer. If you can raise your ACT to 33 or higher, then JHU BME becomes a low reach/high match.</p>
<p>G-Tech, UT-Austin are matches, TAMU is a safety. Yay!</p>
<p>@movieman wow thank you!! I think I will take the ACT again in September and October just to be safe. I know I can raise Math and Reading I just dont know if I can match the scores I got before in English, Writing and Science haha 
but thank you so much!</p>
<p>I have to agree with movieman here. You are definitely a high match ED (just barely reluctant to say match) because of the New Mexico/ Valedictorian/ URM triple threat combo. In the early round, colleges are looking to round out the class and will jump on an ED candidate that is geographically rare, and of ethnicity that is underrepresented and that is certainly qualified academically as well (try to bring up that ACT though). Another thing you could try to do is to some more academic ec’s since most of what you have is volunteer work, which is fantastic in its own right, but just try to broaden your activities a bit.</p>
<p>If she was a Trinity applicant then OK, I could have said high match, but Pratt, while having a higher acceptance rate, has higher mid-50% stats.</p>
<p>But Pratt can become a high match at 33.</p>
<p>You have a good shot at Duke but if you don’t get in it’s because of your testing scores. A 2200 SAT or 33 ACT would make acceptance a sure thing.</p>
<p>Hey thanks for chancing me! You have a very good resume. I think you have a solid chance at Duke. If you apply ED you’re probably in, and extremely good chances if you raise your ACT 1 or 2 points. Ga-Tech and UT-Austin are matches, and TAMU is a safety as others have said. Hopkins is the real reach here, because Hopkins BME is brutal, and has very competitive admissions. However, if you write good essays and raise those tests scores a little, you’re definitely a competitive applicant. Good luck!</p>