Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, UVA chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Stats:
ACT: 34 single sitting (35 M, 32 S, 35 E, 33 R)
GPA: 3.98 UW, 4.21 W
Class rank: 7/274

RD, Out of state applicant
Intended Major: premed

AP’s:
Biology - Jr. (5), US History - Jr. (5), Human Geography - Soph. (5), Language & Composition - Jr. (4), Chemistry - Soph. (3)
This year: Calculus, Statistics, Micro & Macro Economics, US Government
The only AP option I haven’t taken at my school is Art History.

All A’s except for a B freshman year in debate (dragging down my class rank)
Took the highest level of classes available and 3 years of Spanish and 2 of German - (not taking any languages this year)

Awards:
National Merit Commended
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Honor Society
Honor roll all years thus far
Academic Letter all years thus far

EC’s:
Key Club (4 yrs)
Math League (4 yrs)
Cross country (3 yrs) lead varsity team runner, All-Conference (3x), only State Qualifier (2x)
Track (2 yrs) lead varsity distance runner, All-Conference (2x), Conference runner-up
200+ hours of community clean-up volunteering this summer
Monthly church volunteering
Dressage riding (favorite thing in this entire world!)

Common App essay:
9/10 - I wrote about running the same brutal 8-miler everyday of the summer with my brother and father and what the experiences taught me.

Recommendations (I waived my right to read them on the Common App):
AP Bio teacher - I was the top student and absolutely loved the class (had like 130%)
AP Econ/HuGeo - she’s my favorite, honestly.

Race: White
Gender: Female
Income: Upper middle class

I already made a thread like this but wanted to update some parts.

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Forgot to mention I work at the stable I ride at.

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It is all a crap shoot but my D had same ACT with slightly less GPA, similar EC and she was accepted 2 years ago OOS to UVA snd UNC. So I suspect you have a decent shot there. Duke would be a bit harder but still a great chance. Good luck!

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@vistajay Thank you! Duke is definitely a reach for me, but I’d imagine it’s a reach for most.

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OK, so school by school

UNC CH- I’d guess you have around a 40% chance here. Your recs could bump you up a little, but your running EC may not mean much to them unless you plan on running for them. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t, but academic ECs tend to be a little better for big schools with top-flight athletics

UVA - 60%+ chance here. You’ve got a good shot at getting in, just obviously make sure essays are good, blah blah

Duke - You’ve probably got around a 15% chance here. Duke is hard, pretty much on par with the ivies when it comes to how much of a crapshoot their admissions is. You’ve got a chance, it’s not a huge one, but it’s a chance

Good luck

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@waswaswasnt

“So you’re telling me there’s a chance!”
Thank you for replying! I’ve been in a couple other academic EC’s (History Club, Science Club) but I wasn’t very committed. I also don’t plan on running for my college (I hate racing, even though I’m a decent runner) but I’m definitely interested in continuing riding (another reason I want to go to school in the South/East).

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You shouldn’t worry too much about UVA… you’ll get in.

Duke will be tough; again, a weird crapshooty sytem.

UNC will be a tossup, probably about 50 50

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@SMcOsk

UNC … I was really shocked when I checked their acceptance rate … 26% :confused: I know they have a large preference for NC students, too.

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More feedback would be great :slight_smile:

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UVA is a match, the rest are low/mid reaches, except for Duke, which is a high reach. Your ECs are nice and varied, scores are better than transcript.

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@kb23345 Scores are better than what part of my transcript? My rank or GPA?

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I think your chance at UVA is higher than UNC because UNC loves in state students. Duke seems to be somewhat of a reach but I think possible! Chance back? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1945420-what-are-my-chances-middle-lower-tier-schools.html#latest

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@LaikaDoodles gpa, rank is about equal with it.

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Wow lol you blew me away with your stats and ecs. I think you can get into UVA. Hope essays are good. Although I think duke is a reach of course (it’s a reach for everyone) I hope you get in.

Please chance me too http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgia-institute-technology-link/1945430-georgia-tech-chance.html

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I think you will get into UVA as they are a lot more stats focused (eg, less holistic) than they let on. UNC is probably a rejection due purely to the low number of OOS seats. Duke, whichis holistic, can go either way. I would bet however that they will waitlist you. I assume that you have some similar but lower ranked schools to apply to?

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@londondad I applied to U of MN Twin Cities as a safety and Montana State just because Bozeman is my second home and I love it there. Duke is my top choice, UNC is a close second. I’m really bummed about my chances for both, though.

My scores aren’t that good (though to be fair, I was in a terrible mental and physical state last winter/spring, which my counselor knows about) and to be honest, I never took on ECs I wasn’t interested in.
My W GPA is pretty low too, which confuses me because I’ve always had really high As (96-130%) except for a B one semester as a freshman. Maybe my school weighs everything weirdly? I’m not sure.