Chances for Duke, Emory, BC

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Columbia, Duke, Emory, Barnard, Oxford (Emory), BC, Wake Forest</p>

<p>I'm looking at a GPA of about a 3.8</p>

<p>Rank: top 30/398</p>

<p>Public school is very rigorous and is nationally ranked.</p>

<p>10 AP Exams: Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), US GoPo (5), US History (5), Macroeconomics (5), Statistics (5), Physics B (5), Human Geo (4), Lang (4), Lit (4)</p>

<p>6 IB Exams: Calc SL (7), Psych SL (7), History HL (7), English HL (6), Chemistry HL (6), Spanish SL (6) </p>

<p>Hopefully an SAT scare of 2200 at least.</p>

<p>EC: Tennis (9-12 as a hobby, varsity only 11-12), president of Red Cross club (11-12), HOSA (11-12), Mu Alpha Theta (11-12), Class Secretary (9), SGA 2nd VP (11), Class President (12)</p>

<p>Volunteered by tutoring at local elementary school and at local hospital (9-12)... around 400 hours total.</p>

<p>I volunteered in a village in Africa this past summer. It was really a life changing experience and will probably be writing my main essay about this.</p>

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<p>Bumppppppp</p>

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<p>Forget about Columbia & Duke.</p>

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<p>@CuseAmbassador Ok… thanks… I guess?</p>

<p>@cyrato Thank you for your more defined answer!</p>

<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Anyone want to give me any input?</p>

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<p>Don’t listen to CuseAmbassador, s/he was probably boring and was trying to make fun with something that actually isn’t funny at all. </p>

<p>I think you have a great shot at Columbia and Duke, you seem well rounded, you took a lot of AP classes and your ECs are good even though a little lacking - but I think that showing passion in them is more important than having a lot of them, and you have quite leadership. Your GPA is sufficient for those schools. I’m a little worried about your rank, are you in the 10% of your class? If so, you’ll be fine. Try to get that SAT score and you’ll have a shot. I would say they’re a medium reach.</p>

<p>Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1370677-please-chance-me-ivies-i-promise-ill-chance-anyone-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1370677-please-chance-me-ivies-i-promise-ill-chance-anyone-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Right, I was boring. Yet I beat the odds of getting into Duke.</p>

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<p>Wow. Wy to pump yourself up cuseambassador. I think if you had elaborated on your comment it would have been better received. However, you simply gave a blunt and somewhat untrue response. </p>

<p>@OP,you look like a fair applicant. I am not admissions officer but I can tell you that applying to the above schools is definitely worth it. With a 2200, I think BC and Emory and Wake are matches (with Wake as a somewhat lower match). The others are definitely possible. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross and Notre Dame similar to Boston College</p>

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<p>No chance at Columbia and Duke. Competitive unhooked applicants are almost always in at least the top 5%, more to the top 2-3%. With a top ~8% class rank, you simply stand no chance. Fortunately, you do have good shots at the other schools on your list, which are great schools.</p>

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<p>And you wont get any leeway from the ‘rigor’ of your school unless it typically sends about 30% or more of the graduating class to ivies and peer schools.</p>

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<p>Thank you everyone for your responses!</p>

<p>Is there someone from an admissions council on here? :)</p>