Duke, etc chances??

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White female junior from highly competitive public high school in VA</p>

<p>SAT I: 760 CR, 780 M, 770 W (2310 total, one sitting)
(signed up for May SAT, not sure if I really want to retake... advice?)
GPA: 4.1 UW (4.5 for A+), 4.76 W (5 for A in honors, 5.5 for A+)
Rank: 2/306</p>

<p>EC: Varsity cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track (letter winner in all 3), NHS, Latin Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, teaching Latin to elementary school kids (2 yrs, 1 yr as group leader), volunteer about 40 hrs/summer for a company that puts on company picnics, etc, Honor Court</p>

<p>Awards: Nation Latin Exam gold medal levels 1&2, CAV Latin exam honorable mention levels 1&2, a ton of state Latin convention awards, CAV classical essay contest honorable mention, 4th place NJCL creative writing contest, honorable mention Scholastic writing contest, Randolph-Macon Woman's college book award (given to one sophomore student each year)</p>

<p>Took AP World last year as a soph. and got a 5 on the exam. Taking 4 APs this year (Statistics, US History, English Language, Psychology) and taking 5 APs senior year (Calculus AB, English Lit, Environmental, Latin 4, Government)</p>

<p>Schools:
Duke (ED, dad and uncle went here)
UVA (brother goes here, grandfather went here)
Princeton
Yale
Dartmouth
Emory
Vanderbilt
Villanova (safety?)</p>

<p>What do you think my chances are? Does anyone know how much Duke values legacy status? Also- any suggestions for other schools I should look at? I think I need more safeties, and I want to stay close to the east coast.</p>

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<p>As the book by the WSJ says, Duke highly values alum who give big. Duke has come up greatly in the rankings by attracting the rich and famous. If your dad gives, you're easily in.</p>

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<p>he gives $$$, but not a ton... just a hundred dollars a year or so</p>

<p>anyone have other thoughts about duke or any of the other schools?</p>

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<p>...anyone?</p>

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<p>...please? even if you don't want to chance me maybe someone could suggest some other schools for me to look at?</p>

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<p>I'm hesitant to say you're in (admissions this year was brutal), but you have a <em>very</em> good shot.</p>

<p>You might consider Richmond as an in-state safety. Wake Forest would be a safe match.</p>

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<p>thanks, warblers. Richmond is wayyy too close to home for me! :)
I'm actually visiting WFU over spring break. I think it may be a bit small for me, but we'll see!</p>