Do you think I can get into Emory?

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<p>I'm looking at Emory University, Carnegie Mellon, John Hopkins, and Georgetown. </p>

<p>I will be straightforward and blunt will all my achievements. I think those schools are all reaches for me, and i'm seriously not sure if I can get in. Im in my senior year, and m school is a small, international, private school so we don't have a lot of variety for extracurriculars and ap courses at my school. But I tried my best at doing what I could. Anyways these are my credentials so far. </p>

<p>GPA: 3.5 Unweighted </p>

<p>SAT Score: 2110 </p>

<p>SAT Subject:
Biology: 680
U.S History: 650 </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>Varsity Basketball (2 years)
Helping Hands (charity) (2 years)--(Secretary)
Prom Committee (2 years) (In charge of Promotions)
Student Council (1 year) --(Vice President of entire HS)
Book Club
Save the Earth (Environmental club)(1 year)--Founder and President
National Honor Society (1 year) </p>

<p>AP Courses: </p>

<p>AP Biology
AP U.S History
AP Economics </p>

<p>Credits so far: 280 credits (only 240 is required to graduate with honors, but i just filled my whole schedule) </p>

<p>I know, so far my credentials look pretty decent, but I don't know if I actually have a chance with those universities. Be blunt with me. Do you think i have a good chance of getting in? If not, tell me which universities I should aim for. </p>

<p>Thank you guys!</p>

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<p>I think you’re okay. I think that G-town and JHU are pretty picky (though G-town’s stats are the closest to Emory, I think they just admit less people), but your stats say that you should be slightly competitive for all of them. The only issue is the GPA (I guess it’s a little on the lower side). Also, is the school rigorous enough for you to maybe take AP exams in the subject areas you took there regardless of the courses’ labeling? If you did that (basically a version of self-study), it could have helped I guess. If you can afford to attend without much aid and really like one or two of the schools you list, you should consider picking one and applying ED (if one doesn’t work out for ED1, you can try ED2) if they offer it.</p>

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<p>I don’t know how rigorous your school is, but a 3.5 UW GPA is a little on the low-side. I think you would be a good fit for Emory and CMU. Georgetown and JHU are always gonna be reaches. I also agree with @bernie12, go ED for one of the schools.</p>