Chances for Emory, Tulane, Amherst, UVA, JHU, Cornell, NU, Rice, Uchicago?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I already have some lower-cost safeties lined up, but I’m not sure where I stand for the rest of my schools. I’ll probably shorten my list at some point, but here’s what I have right now:

Rice (applying ED)
Emory
Tulane
Amherst
University of Virginia
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
University of Chicago
Cornell

Stats:
GPA: 3.88/4.0 unweighted
Rank: top 24% ish (large, competitive public school–i realize my rank is sub par)
SAT: 2240
Going to take ACT next week; i go a 34 on my practice test yesterday so im anticipating a good score
Pakistani female going into pre-med with a biology-related major
income: ~$175k (not applying for need based aid)
Residency: TX

APs taken so far: World history (5), English language(5), Spanish language(5), Physics I (3), Human geo (5) US Gov, Macro
Senior schedule: AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, student leadership honors, academic decathlon honors, research honors
recommendations will be from two teachers who considered me their “star student” last year, so they should be good
essays should be strong once i have my english teacher critique them

Volunteering: ~200 hours
Awards: NSE gold, DECA stuff, ap scholar with distinction, some in-school stuff (academic excellence, english award, etc.)

ECs:
-copy editor of school newspaper
-theatre - have done volunteer service, directed, stage managed, acted, worked and led tech crews
-co chaired a religious tolerance campaign
-helped organize an international festival (sort of leadership position ? i led the Pakistani Culture group)
-independent research and awareness project on health care for the impoverished
-part of an international studies magnet program within my school
-summer writing workshop at rice
-pre-health summer program at Baylor
-academic decathlon

thank you for any help you can give, and link me to your thread if you want me to chance back.

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Everything seems in range; however, you don’t have anything particularly strong that immediately warrants an acceptance from the tops (in this case JHU Cornell Northwestern Chicago). In this case, I’d suggest ED for one of the tops, otherwise you’re just a strong candidate in a large pool trying to stick out… Not saying you wouldn’t get in, in fact you have a good chance of getting into at least one of your top schools! If anything, make a meaningful, unique essay and reach out to these schools and demonstrate your passion and interest in their curriculums and programs.

Chance me back?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1808542-new-here-will-chance-back.html

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ok, thank you for your feedback! im going to stick with rice ED since it’s my top choice. i will work hard on my essays, though.

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bump

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Bump

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If you can get a 34 on the ACT with the ECs you have I think you should definitely be competitive. For the schools cornell and uchicago you are competitive but almost no one seems guaranteed the chance of acceptance. Good luck!

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thank you!

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bump

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You will not get into UVA out of state with a top 24% class rank and that GPA. Rice is also a long shot. In fact, the only sure thing on your list is Tulane. You’re likely to get into Emory as well, but no guarantee. I do not see the chances of any of the other schools accepting you to even be 50/50.

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Keep Rice as your ED and come December your college worries will be over