Getting Into Southern Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior from Oregon, and am wondering what my chances are at these schools:</p>

<p>Rice
Emory
College of William and Mary
University of Virginia
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
George Washington
University of Richmond</p>

<p>Interests: Business, Law</p>

<p>Location: Oregon
Gender: Female
Race: White</p>

<p>Top 4A Public School</p>

<p>GPA, unweighted: 4.0/4.0
Weighted Class Rank: top 1%</p>

<p>AP/Honors Classes: Honors English (9,10,11), Honors Chemistry (10), AP Calculus AB (11), AP Statistics (11), AP US History (11,12), AP Biology (11), AP European (12), AP Calculus BC (12), AP Chemistry (12), AP English (12), AP Spanish (12). Have also taken Physics, Pre Calculus.
(I will have taken every available AP class except AP Physics)</p>

<p>Scores: </p>

<p>PSAT: 80 M, 71 CR, 80 W (231 Composite)
NEW SAT: 710 M, 800 CR, 800 W (2310 Composite)</p>

<p>ECs: </p>

<p>Athletics: 4-Year Varsity Golf; we are 2003, 2004, and likely 2005 league champions, top-10 team finishes at state.</p>

<p>Speech and Debate: qualified for state 9 times in three years; top-8 finish at state for debate in 2004; qualified in debate for National Forensics Tournament in Philadelphia in June; various awards at colllege and high school tournaments. Attended University of Oregon Debate Institute Summer '03. </p>

<p>Volunteering: Started a email newletter called "The Grandparent Connection," helps grandparents connect to their grandchildren. Began in 2003; I have more than 1,000 subscribers across country. See <a href="http://www.thegrandparentconnection.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.thegrandparentconnection.org&lt;/a>. I also volunteer at a local women/children's shelter.</p>

<p>Member of Sweet 16 Magazine advisory board.</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:</p>

<p>Student of Excellence (11)
2005 Optimist Club Essay Winner (11)
National Honor Society (10,11,12)
Spanish National Honor Society (10,11,12)
Will be National Merit Semifinalist/Finalist </p>

<p>Interned last summer at a Marketing Firm that specialized in Minority/Small Business marketing and communications. (All summer, about 35 hrs/week).</p>

<p>I have not yet taken SAT IIs and AP exams, but will be taking them at the end of this year. Thanks for your input!</p>

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<p>I think you're looking pretty good for all of your schools! UVA and UNC are the only possible reaches, but your chances are good at them as well. :)</p>

<p>You might want to add Wake Forest (another Southern school, similar to Richmond) to your list. It's very highly regarded in the business world.</p>

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<p>Thanks...does anyone else have thoughts?</p>

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<p>Why not Duke, looks like youd have a chance there...</p>

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<p>You have a really strong application...congrats! Set for GW, Rice, Emory, William and Mary, and Richmond but I can't predict how Virginia and North Carolina will go.</p>

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<p>Duke is too spendy...I'm looking for merit money. Which of these schools would be best for that? And you all think that getting into Rice would be easier than UVa or UNC?</p>

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<p>Wake Forest has very good merit programs along with Vanderbilt...</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt has great merit programs; I'd put it on your list if you're looking for merit money. I received a 1/3 tuition scholarship for all four years along with money for being a National Merit Finalist; but I've heard of people receiving full tution scholarships.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>You have a great chance at all of those schools including UNC and UVA.</p>

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<p>You have a great chance imo - good grades, stats, activities.</p>

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<p>What (good) schools give National Merit money?</p>

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<p>Wm & Mary does not have a great deal of merit money.</p>