Help- Chance Please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>I'm a junior from Oregon and I really want to know if I have a chance at a school like Vanderbilt. My stats aren't that great but I'm hoping my minority status will help me. If you could chance me that would be great.</p>

<p>My Stats:
ACT: 28 (bad but I am retaking and hoping for 30+)
SAT Subjects: Taking with AP's
Class rigor: By the time I graduate, I will have taken around 8 AP's- AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Lit and Comp, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, Calculus, and AP Statistics
UW GPA: 4.0 so far
Rank: 1/680-ish students</p>

<p>EC's:
Speech and Debate team
-President for 3 years
-District champ in 5 events
-National Qualifier
Track and Field
-Varsity letter
School's quiz bowl team
-Founder</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
Academic All American
All time record for Speech points at school
Honors Diploma</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Church Youth Group
-member
Hospital
-hoping for 100+ hours
Planning on running a blood drive</p>

<p>Summer:
Nothing academic planned yet-Suggestions would be great</p>

<p>Hopefully my minority status will help me. I'm African American(Nigerian). And the church I attend is African so I'm around my culture a lot. Please chance me, and remember I'm still a junior so any advice to improve would be great. Thanks</p>

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<p>With that ACT, no chance. Get it to a 32+ and you’ll have a good shot.</p>

<p>since you’re first in your class with such a bad ACT, it seems like your high school is really easy. so you will need to do really well on APs, SAT 2’s, and get a better test score to prove having a 4.0 actually means something</p>

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<p>I think you will have a great shot next year. Your ACTs are low, yes, but you definitely have time to improve. Even with them, you still look like a strong candidate, especially if you maintain the level of success you have right now. Test scores aren’t everything; your GPA/rank and class rigor are most important and both are excellent.</p>

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<p>you got a great shot, keeping on running track and volunteering. yeah retake that ACT, get a 30+ and you’ve got a great chance.</p>