Could someone chance me?

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<p>SATI: (M 680, CR 700, W 700)
GPA: ~3.7 unweighted
Class Rank: 23/396</p>

<p>Freshman:
Honors Seminar English A/A
Honors Seminar World History A/A
Honors Geometry B/A
German I A/A
Honors Biology A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Honors Seminar English II A/A
Honors Seminar Civics and Economics A/A
Honors Algebra II A/B
German II A/A
Honors Chemistry A/A</p>

<p>Junior:
AP English A/A
AP US History A/A
AP Computer Science AB A/A
Honors Physics A/A
PreCalculus Honors B/A
German II Honors A/A</p>

<p>Senior:
AP Human Geography A/A
AP Calculus BC B/B
AP German A/A
AP Physics B A/A
AP Government and Politics A/A
AP English B/A
AP Physchology A/A</p>

<p>Advantages (you could say):
Ukrainian immigrant (came to the States at age 6)
Trilingual (Ukrainian, Russian, English)
Single-parent home
Disadvantaged background</p>

<p>EC:
Junior Civitans Service Club
Teen Democrats officer
Cycling Club
History Academic Team
National Honors Society
2006 NC Governor's School
Work part-time job ~20 hrs/week
Logged a lot of volunteer work hours
German Club
Chess Club officer
Global Concerns Club</p>

<p>That's all I'm able to think of for right now. Let me know how that looks...</p>

<p>Thanks in advance to all.</p>

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<p>You need to get higher SAT I scores to back up your grades. What are your SATII scores?</p>

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<p>i agree, if you boost the sat scores by 30 or so points each, get good SATII scores, and write a really good essay, you'd have a fairly good shot i think.</p>

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<p>The essay--the most under-appreciated part of the application</p>