Chances for Duke, Northwestern, Washington in St.Louis, and Emory?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Indian Male, Residing in CT</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.68
Weighted GPA: 3.86
(Both will go up after junior year's grades are be included)</p>

<p>SAT: 2150
ACT: 32</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-French NHS Member
-Leo's Club (Treasurer) (will volunteer 1000+ hours before graduation)
-Local Public Library Board of Trustees Member
-Kumon (working there for past 3 years, math program completer)
-Lawrence and Memorial Hospital Volunteer
-Mu Alpha Theta Chapter Founder
-Various math clubs (and competitions)
-High School Library Student Advisory Board Member
-Science Olympiad Member</p>

<p>Honors/AP Courses:
-Sophomore year: Honors Bio, Honors Chem, Honors Trig, Honors English, Honors French, Honors Pre-Calc, Accounting.
-Junior year: AP Calculus AB, AP Chem, AP Bio, Honors French, AP Psych, AP US History, and AP Stats and Accounting</p>

<p>My desired major: Fianance</p>

<p>From this stuff, what are my chances of getting into Duke University, Northwestern University, Washington University in St.Louis, Emory University, and UC Berkeley?</p>

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<p>They are all reahes</p>

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<p>Your GPA and SAT are on the lower side.You need to get some more leadership positions in your clubs also or they don’t carry as much weight. </p>

<p>Emory is a match and WashU and Northwestern are low reaches. Berkeley and Duke are high reaches. </p>

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<p>You need to pull your GPA up quickly. At this point your ACT and SAT scores are probably your best guess. If you only have a 3.68 before getting into a heavy AP workload, it seems questionable whether you can increase difficulty and grades at same time unless you simply weren’t working hard. For these schools you will need an unweighted GPA of 3.8 or higher. You will need 32 ACT or higher or maybe the 2150 SAT or higher you’ve listed. Most students who are admitted to these schools will have taken 6 to 8 AP courses by the time they graduate and 3 or 4 by the end of junior year. You have way too many extracurricular activities without enough depth and no common theme. Stand back and look at your extracurricular from the perspective of an admissions officer. Back off and focus, your extracurricular should represent a common theme not that you are frenetic and unfocused</p>

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<p>Your GPA and scores are pulling you down ever so slightly, as others have said, but if you really want to, just apply. At least you would never be wondering for the test of your life whether or not you would have been accepted and you don’t have terrible chances by any means. Also since you’re a junior, you have time to study up for the tests. I am a senior and I just got my desired test score in this November SAT, so you have plenty of time to prepare. Focus on those before you try to do too many ECs. </p>

<p>Could you please chance me back? Thanks!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1710948-chances-for-ivies-and-other-top-20s-i-will-chance-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1710948-chances-for-ivies-and-other-top-20s-i-will-chance-back.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>All are reaches except Emory. Emory is a high match</p>

<p>Chance back?
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