Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tulane University
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Weighted: 4.7326
Academic Core GPA: 3.9 something (only academic courses)
Unweighted: 3.56
Just shy of top 10% (very competitive public HS, 751 kids in my class)
SAT: 1820
Total APs taken by the end of high school:10
AP WORLD: (5)
AP PSYCH (5)
AP LANG: (5)
AP EURO (4)
APUSH (3)
AP STAT : currently taking
AP LIT: currently taking
AP HUMAN: currently taking
AP PHYSICS: currently taking
AP GOV: currently taking

Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction (11)
Underclassmen awards 9-10; teacher recognizes student excelling in particular course, there is a whole ceremony
Straight “A” Award for the semester (10)

ECs
Played flag football 9th-10th
Key Club: 10th grade representative
NHS 11-12
Founding President of French Honor Society
Led HS research team to improve park goer experience at local park(conducted interviews, presented report to parks and rec. facility)
French Club 10-12 (secretary 12)
Volunteer at nursing home summer of 9th 10th
YMCA Teen Leader- mentored young children, tutored, volunteered in the community

Background: Not sure how this will affect my application.
South Florida
First Generation (parents Haitian immigrants)
African American
low income bracket

Intended major: Political science, I eventually hope to attend law school. Is this major competitive?

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@gm0321

I think your chances are good. Not a sure thing, but you have very strong grades, success in AP courses and exams, and decent EC’s. The fact that your SAT is a little on the low side is, I think, offset by the fact that you are a first generation college attendee. And it isn’t that low anyway, just a little under the 25% for Tulane. Intended major isn’t a big factor at Tulane, for a variety of reasons. So that doesn’t help or hurt you.

I suggest you apply EA or SCEA, and that you do a fair amount of research on Tulane before writing the Why Tulane essay.

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@fallenchemist Alright thank you for your response! I’ll be sure to try and perfect my essay and I’m applying EA. Thanks again!