Chances for mainly Public/Southern Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I was wondering what my chances are for:
UNC Chapel Hill EA
University of Michigan EA
UVA EA
Duke RD
Rice RD
Wake Forest RD
University of Miami (FL) EA
NC State (safety) EA</p>

<p>Some info about me:
Hispanic Male, resident of NC- I go to a recently established, but well-respected public school in NC.
GPA UW: 3.75
GPA W (6 point scale): 4.75
SAT: 740M 720CR 690W (9 Essay)
SAT II: 760 US History, 770 Spanish Reading, 780 Chem
APs: 5s in US and Env Sci, 4s in Spanish Lang and Chem
Rank: 22/578</p>

<p>Senior Year courses:
AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP Eng Lit, AP Human Geo - 1st semester
AP Calc BC, AP Bio, Honors Psych (may change to AP), Honors Civics&Econ(Required) -2nd
I expect 4s and 5s on all the APs I'm taking this year.
School is a 4x4 block schedule in NC. I moved from PA junior year. I couldn't take AP Eng Lang junior year because of scheduling issues, but I plan to take both AP Eng exams in May.</p>

<p>Essays: I worked on them a lot, revised them with my parents, and talked about my passions.
Teacher Recs: Teachers liked me, so I assume they are good.
ECs: XC(9-12) Varsity 11th and 12th. Indoor/Winter and Spring Track(9-12) Varsity 11th and 12th. We went to states in xc and in the 4x400m indoor track my junior year. I was very involved in running and I mentioned this in my essays. I was a "Kick-off Mentor" for incoming freshmen and tutored peers for precalc and Spanish. I participated in Church Youthgroup 9th-12th, working on highway cleaning pickups and helping inner city kids in a vacation Bible school.</p>

<p>I expect no merit aid (parents make $300k+). I'm currently undecided, but I have interests in biostatistics, economics, neurolinguistics, and minoring in Spanish (I know Rice doesn't currently offer this).</p>

<p>P.S. I skipped Spanish 4 and 5 when I moved, took AP for 3 months before the AP exam, and got an A. My teacher mentions this in her rec. I also asked for Brazilian Portuguese Rosetta Stone last Christmas and I'm currently self-teaching myself Brazilian Portuguese for a possible trip to Argentina and Brazil in 2014 during the World Cup.
P.S.S. I was born in UMichigan's hospital and both parents went to grad school there.</p>

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<p>With your hispanic ethnicity, good tests scores, and legacy status, I expect that you are an extremely good candidate for most of these schools. For Rice and Duke, your GPA is a bit on the low side and your ECs are limited, but you can make up for that with Recs and Essays. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention that my school has a strange grading scale- it’s a 7 point, not a 10 point scale. ie- 93+=A, an 84 is a C instead of a mid-B, etc. Moving halfway through high school kind of made me reluctant to go out and join new EC activities that I hadn’t done before.</p>