chances, please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, any responses from anyone I would greatly appreciate!
First off, I go to a somewhat small public school with about 900 people. I took almost all of the hardest classes. In every AP class this year I got a B, which equaled a 4.0. So, my overall unweighted GPA is about a 3.7 and my weighted GPA is a 3.83. This past year I took AP Biology, AP English, AP American Studies, Pre-Calculus, Advanced Accounting, yearbook, and psychology.
My senior year I am going to take the following classes: Piano Lab, AP Government, AP Comparative Politics, AP English, Prob & Stat, AP Prob & Stat, French I and II (I already took Spanish I, II, and III)</p>

<p>SAT I: Math-570 Reading-640 Writing-640: old-1210 new-1850 (retaking in October after a Kaplan course)
SAT II: English-670 History-600</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: 80 hours as a volunteer nurse at a hospital
20 hours at the local Humane Society
Work Experience: welcoming crew at a local college (just a summer job)
ECs: ballet-12 years, BETA, National Honor Society, National Society of High School Scholars, yearbook, Mountain Academic Conference Competition (MACC) All-Around team (sort of like quiz bowl), elected a senator at Virginia Girls State this summer, International Youth Democracy Summitt with University of Virginia and Georgetown University this summer, Black Student Awareness Club, lots of work in the church including a teacher for Vacation Bible School, piano-9 years, and I plan to start a club with my best friend this summer called Teens for Pups that will volunteer to walk dogs and hold fund raisers to raise money for dog food and to get dogs spayed or neutered. I've traveled to many countries such as Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Honduras. </p>

<p>I plan to major in poltical science, so all of these schools have a pretty good reputation for poli sci. </p>

<p>What are my chances for the following schools?
Georgetown University
George Washington University
American University
Syracuse University
University of Miami
University of Virginia</p>

<p>Sorry about the long post...and don't hesitate to be honest. thanks!</p>

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<p>Your chances:</p>

<p>Georgetown University--slight reach (both your GPA and SATs are just below their averages)--and political science/international relations are the toughest majors to get into at this school.
George Washington University-match
American University--safe match
Syracuse University--match
University of Miami (I'm presuming Miami of Florida, not Miami of Ohio)--match to slight reach (GPA UW is on the number, but GPA W is not)
University of Virginia--match (in-state).</p>

<p>You should also pick a safety. American University is close to a safety, but I'd still pick one more--just to be sure.</p>

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<p>You have a lot of volunteering work and AP classes, so raising your SATs more would help you to get into even "better" colleges. But for now i think the one's you plan to apply for a good/safe. :P</p>