Great non-academics enough?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I’m posting this for a friend who is trying to decide where she should apply:</p>

<p>I was thinking she might have a chance at schools like Vanderbilt, Duke, Emory, Wake Forest, etc Just because of her circumstances – she is low-income and is basically looking for the best school where she can get into and go to for free (good need-based aid) so if you know of any schools that might work please let me know!</p>

<p>I know her stats aren’t great, but was thinking that her non-academics might make up for it:</p>

<p>African-American Female
From a rural & poor town in SC: school sends kids to top schools once every 5 or so years
3 sport varsity athlete: Volleyball, Basketball, and Track (though probably not good enough to be recruited)
Works 35+ hours per week
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.2
SAT: NA (what kind of score would she need to be competitive?) What if she had: Math 600, CR 600, W 600?<br>
Rank: 35 out of 350</p>

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<p>Her GPA is good, , Vanderbilt and Emory has about a 2150 average so she would need to score well. She is african-american so that gives her a boost. Being low-income doesn’t mean anything, though she works a suprising lot every week which is remarkable for her GPA, and if she is a first gen-college student that would be even better. If she is taking the most challengling, and gets 2150+ SATs, she would have no problem getting into those colleges.</p>