Help a brotha out on his chances please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please chance me!
I was hoping for chances to the following schools:</p>

<p>1.UNC-Chapel Hill (My dream school. I know how ridiculous they are w/ OOS)
2. Brown University
3. Carnegie Mellon University
4. Elon University</p>

<p>So I am currently a HS Junior.I am in West Virginia, which is an under-represented state, so maybe that helps just a tad?</p>

<p>Sex: M
Ethnicity: White
State: WV
School: Public </p>

<p>Top 10% of class</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.7
W GPA: 3.9
(Keep in mind my school doesn't offer a plethora of AP's. You cannot take any freshman year, may take 1 soph. year (AP Euro History), which I took, and a few more Jr. and Sr. years that I am taking and will load up on AP's next year. So Im pretty much taking the most rigorous classes I can. Also, my school doesn't weight honors courses if that matters because I know of some that do.) Upward trend as well.</p>

<p>AP's taken once I'm out of HS:
AP Euro
AP Language
AP US Government
AP Literature
AP US History
AP Physics
AP Chemistry</p>

<p>SAT I:
CR-770
M-700
W-740
1470 / 2210</p>

<p>SAT II:
US History-750
Literature-710
World History-680
Math-650</p>

<p>EC's:
2 years of lacrosse(we didn't have a lacrosse team when I was an under-classman and we aren't even funded by the board so we hold fundraisers and raise money a lot. Thinking of writing an essay on how the team pulled together so we could be able to have a team.)
1st team all-state Lacrosse
2 years of JV basketball
2 years of Varsity Tennis
President of DECA
VP of FCA
Founder of the school Dance Club
Involved with student Government
Young Democrats Club</p>

<p>Volunteering:
I'd say about 100+ Hours as of now.
Relay For Life
Very involved in my church (Have gone to Haiti and Jamaica and have had wonderful experiences there. Thinking of maybe writing an essay on this as well.)
Campaign work for senator</p>

<p>Awards:
National Honor Society
Rotary Youth Leadership Award
All-State in Lacrosse (Midfielder)</p>

<p>Recs:
Counselor:decent? I don't even know her
Teacher: Pretty solid
Lax Coach: Good</p>

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<p>Ill chance ya back.</p>

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<p>I would say you are fine for UNC, and even for the more selective schools on your list. You are correct in guessing that being from WVA will help.</p>

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<p>Hell, if you try to be recruited for lacrosse, I’d put money on them giving you money. Esp. because you seem to have such a great love for the sport.</p>

<p>Although I’m not sure what All-state competition for lacrosse is like in West Virginia.</p>

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<p>I don’t consider myself amazing or anything at lacrosse and probably won;t play in college, but it just makes me kinda unique I guess. Thanks</p>

<p>Any more chances?</p>

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<p>bump/ 10 char</p>

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<p>i think you have a pretty good chances. Just try to do more between now and application period</p>

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<p>bump / 10 char</p>

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<p>WEST VIRGINIA! in, theres like 2 people in the entire state applying</p>

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<p>haha, thanks. I only hope that’s what they think.</p>

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<p>Would like a few more chances if possible please</p>

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<p>bump / 10 char</p>

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<p>I think you should feel relatively secure (match) with UNC, and Elon is probably a match/low match. I don’t know enough about CMU to respond, but Brown is a reach for you.</p>

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<p>Brown is a reach, but not a ridiculous one. Your grades and scores are good, and they probably don’t get too many dancing lacrosse players from West Virginia. (Do you play a banjo? Brown has an old-time string ensemble.)
I think you should probably apply to more than four schools, especially if you are really interested in schools as selective as Brown and UNC OOS. You could add a few more reaches, a couple of matches (CMU and Elon are probably matches), and at least one true safety you’d be willing to attend.</p>