Chances at Emory?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I go to an extremely competitive, big public school (around 800 kids in my class.) It is ranked number one in the state for almost everything (academics, standardized test scores, and athletics.) I am a middle class white male. My school has 3 levels of classes, in order of difficulty they are: CP, GHP, and Honors/AP in that order. So, freshman year I pretty much just slacked off, then I decided to get my act together and have been doing pretty well since then. Heres my stuff:</p>

<p>GPA:
Freshman: 3.0 weighted, 2.8 unweighted (2 honors, the rest GHP)
Softmore: 4.0 weighted, 4.0 unweighted (All GHP)
Junior: 4.5 weighted, 4.0 unweighted (2 honors, 1 AP elective, rest GHP)
Senior (expected): 5.0 weighted, 4.0 unweighted (All AP)</p>

<p>SAT:
Between 2100 and 2250 (expected)</p>

<p>Class rank: around 110 out of 800
I'm not in the top 10% of my class because of my freshman year grades, unless they include your senior year in the ranking. Once again this is a very competitive school.</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
JV Lacrosse Team - Two years
Track Team - JV one year, Varsity one year
Cross Country Team - JV one year, Varsity one year
Intramural Winter Track - 3 years
Intramural Summer Track - 2 years</p>

<p>Physics Club - 2 years
Computer Club - 3 years
NHS - 1 year
FBLA - 2 years
Mathleague - 2 years
Political Science Club - 2 years
Key Club - 2 years
Math Honor Society - 1 year
Amnesty Club - 2 years
Guitar Lessons - 1 year</p>

<p>(I don't if they count winter/spring sports you plan on doing senior year, if they do add a year to spring and winter track)</p>

<p>Leadership:
Computer Club Vice President
Physics Club Secretary</p>

<p>Recognition:
FBLA - Will probably place at state, possibly national competition for multimedia competition this year</p>

<p>State technology competition - May place in 1 or 2 categories, we'll see</p>

<p>Other:
100-150 service hours
I made my High School's website (I think this might look pretty good considering they picked me out of 3500 kids at the school to make it)
I also made the computer club website
I have my own flash cartoon series and website which I make, and have gained quite a bit of recognition for on the internet (I am planning on majoring in cartooning (and business) so I think this should help)</p>

<p>I want to enter the cartooning career field, my ultimate goal is to have my own show. If not that, then business career field. I want to go to Emory because they're highly ranked for business, and they offer internships at Cartoon Network since they're in Atlanta, it's the perfect school for me. So, what are my chances of getting in?</p>

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<p>Can someone also rank me on reach-match-safety for these schools?</p>

<p>Emory University
U Michigan (Ann Arbor)
U Virginia
Penn State Schreyers (In-state)
Notre Dame
Lehigh University (In-state)
Carnegie Mellon (In-state)
University of Pennsylvania (In-state)
Just for the heck of it...Wharton Business School (In-state)</p>

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<p>Bump. Someone please help me determine my chances at getting in.</p>

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<p>Emory University - Slight Reach
U Michigan (Ann Arbor) - Match (LSA) Slight Reach / Reach (ROSS) (Your lucky UM doesn't count freshman year :o )
U Virginia - Match / Slight Reach (OOS)
Penn State Schreyers (In-state) - Safe Match
Notre Dame - Slight Reach
Lehigh University (In-state) - Match
Carnegie Mellon (In-state) - Match / Slight Reach
University of Pennsylvania (In-state) - Reach
Just for the heck of it...Wharton Business School (In-state) - Reach</p>

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<p>My reply to zkevin:</p>

<p>Emory - Perfect, just what I wanted to hear
U Michigan - Heh awesome. Don't you wait till after your first 2 years of college to apply to Ross?
U Virginia - I was born in Virginia, lived there for about a year. Does that help? (Can't hurt to ask :P)
Penn State Schreyers - Schreyers is the honors program at Penn State, are you sure it's a safe match?
Notre Dame - Sounds good
Carnegie Mellon - Really? This means it's easier to get into than Emory?
U Penn - Yeah I figured
Wharton - Thought so</p>

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<p>Also, does anyone think differently about my chances that zkevin? Or are his accurate?</p>