Emory, Columbia, Duke, UNC - Chance Me? (;

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me for Columbia, Emory University, Duke University and Chapel Hill! Pretty please? (:</p>

<p>Race: African-American
Sex: Female
SAT I: 2270 (790 W, 740 CR, 740 M) – should I retake it? I've taken it twice already.
SAT II: English Lit (740), US History (750)
ACT: 32
Rank: Top 5% out of 626 students
Legacy: Emory University
IB Certificate Candidate</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9/4.0 unweighted (4.8 weighted)</p>

<p>Junior Year Schedule:
AP US History (A)
AP Psychology (A)
AP Human Geography (A)
AP English Language (A)
IB Spanish 5 (A)
IB Math Methods I (the equivalent of AP Calculus AB) (B)
IB Environmental Systems and Societies I (A)
Literature and Film (A)</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP English Literature
AP Statistics
AP Government
AP Art History
IB Spanish 6
IB Environmental Systems and Societies II
IB Economics
Graphic Design I</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>Youth Commission International – Leadership Board (2 years), President (1 year)
*Christian service club: led many community service initiatives throughout the year in the community; planned special outreach events to high school students; taught weekly spiritual lessons for and host discussions among high school students.</p>

<p>Odyssey of the Mind – Team Captain (3 years: 400 hours total)
*3rd place Regional Competition 2011</p>

<p>Self-publishing - 2 books self-published to Amazon Kindle (2 years)
*200 copies sold to date in US and UK</p>

<p>Forensics Speech and Debate – (2 years)
*Extemporaneous Duo Acting, Duo Acting, Dramatic Interpretation, Oral Interpretation</p>

<p>New Song Bible Club/Rock15 Christian Youth Organization – Founder/President (1 year: 75 hours)
*Empowering youth to live Biblically and explore Christian teachings
*merged with my high school's chapter of Youth Commission International</p>

<p>Tennis – (2 years during high school/9 years total)
*Forced to discontinue formal lessons after the sudden death of my long-time coach; now I play recreational tennis only</p>

<p>Tae Kwon Do – (1 year during high school/4.5 years total)
*2nd degree black belt
*Discontinued it freshman year to focus on high school studies</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience:</p>

<p>Church Operations Team – (3 years: 300 hours total)
*organize, set up and maintain the equipment and supplies for church services weekly. </p>

<p>Public Library Assistant – (2 years during high school/4 years total: 130 hours)
*Organizing and preparing special events; cataloging books and reference material; assisting patrons</p>

<p>Internship: Resourceful Solutions II – (summer 2011)
*Psychological treatment facility </p>

<p>Internship: American Heart Association – (summer 2010: 40 hours)
*Designed educational material to be distributed to the community</p>

<p>Pittsburgh Project Mission Trip – (summer 2010; 35 hours)
*replaced and repaired a roof, laid a water line, repainted exterior</p>

<p>Honors/Distinctions:</p>

<p>Junior Marshal 2011
Candidate for National Merit Scholarship 2011-12
Publication to Pegasus Literary Magazine 2009, 2011
Wake Forest University Book Award 2011
*given to one exceptional student by the university to a select few high school students
UNC Chapel Hill Catalyst Conference Participant 2011
UNC Chapel Hill Project Uplift Participant 2011
AP English Award 2011
*given to a select few students who show exemplary literary skill
3rd place Odyssey of the Mind Regional Tournament 2011</p>

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<p>First let me say that you’re amazing. You’re a candidate for the Robertson Scholar at Duke, and the Morehead Cain scholar at UNC. You’ll get into Columbia too by the way. All the best, good luck.</p>

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<p>dang, your stats are amazing! you have a strong shot at all of these schools, and probably even schools that arent on your list (princeton, yale, stanford)</p>

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<p>Aw, thank you, guys! That’s way better than I was hoping. Thank you so much!!</p>

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<p>As mentioned above, you have a great shot at not only getting into these schools, but also receiving scholarships. You may want to take a shot at more selective schools.</p>

<p>Please chance me back
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<p>I chanced you back. Thanks, PatelA! (:</p>

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<p>Yeah, I agree you have a good chance mainly because your black. If you weren’t black then you probably wouldn’t have as good of a chance. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>You definitely have a great chance at all of the schools that you’re interested in! btw, don’t listen to the hater…sure, being black can help, but you’re an amazing student! some people are just jealous :P</p>

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<p>Aw, thank you, Rolando. I’m really glad you think so.</p>

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<p>Your stats are very impressive. I think you have a good chance of getting in to any of the top universities. :)</p>

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<p>most likely in at all of your schools, columbia is a bit fickle though, so be wary of that</p>

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<p>It’s a great application, but post after post of praise doesn’t help too much:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>If you have the time, a 2300 SAT would look quite a bit better. A 2300+ URM is somewhat rare.</p></li>
<li><p>Even though you’ve done a lot with tennis and TKD, the fact that you discontinued them means that they won’t help your application much. </p></li>
<li><p>You’ll need to have done enough with the New Song Bible Club to fill up that line you get to explain it on the Common App. Religion is a prickly issue when applying to colleges, and I’d recommend you not use the word “empower” on your application.</p></li>
<li><p>Did you place in any debate tournaments?</p></li>
<li><p>I know nearly nothing about self-publishing so I have no frame of reference for the 200 books sold. What were the books about?</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Of course, your application is definitely very solid. The legacy at Emory should get you in pretty easily. Chapel Hill is pretty safe too. As a soon-to-be Blue Devil, I know a good number of kids going to Duke and it sounds like you’re the kind of person that would get in. Columbia’s a coin toss. Best of luck to you.</p>

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<p>Great stats and great ECs! Only thing I would do to soliidify your chances would be to maybe retake the SAT/ACT and shoot for a 2300/34. Your book publishings and internship will look especially good so best of luck! </p>

<p>Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1166769-sats-so-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1166769-sats-so-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thank you, guys. Balling and Omicron, I’ll definitely take your advice.</p>

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<p>“If you have the time, a 2300 SAT would look quite a bit better. A 2300+ URM is somewhat rare.”</p>

<p>Indeed, high scoring, high rank URM is rare.
My prediction: You will be accepted from every school on the list. You will get some early writes too.</p>

<p>Please let us know after March 30th of 2012.</p>