Help me! And for once, not an Ivy on the wish list...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Duke
UVA (OOS)
USC (OOS)
Vanderbilt
Emory (legacy)
Davidson
UGA (OOS)</p>

<p>Stats:
- white female from MS
- small, very difficult private school since 8th grade
- 30 ACT
- 3.89 GPA on a 4.0 scale UNWEIGHTED
-SAT II's : 710 USH
650 Literature (retaking in fall)
700 French
- The hardest possible workload taken, started taking AP's as a sophmore. By graduation will have taken 8 AP classes
(Euro History, American History, Government, Calculus, French, Chemistry, Lang and Comp, Literature)
- EC's: over 500+ hours community service at Homeless shelters, YWCA, Habitat, etc; Peer Tutor in French, Physics, and Writing; new student advisor; Ensemble (chosen by director as President for upcoming year); French club President; Annual co-editor; Sunday School Teacher (5+ years); Camp Counselor; Student Director of a day camp for children with autism </p>

<p>Any help is greatly appreciated so that I can decide whether to retake the ACT.</p>

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<p>definitely retake it. Your GPA is good- does your school rank?
being from Mississippi will help you at most schools i assume</p>

<p>Duke- reach
UVA (out of state)- reach
Vanderbilt- slight reach
UGA (out of state)- match
Emory (legacy)- match
Davidson- match
South Carolina (i assume)- safety</p>

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<p>no, school doesn't rank...</p>

<p>will the 30 ACT directly prevent me from getting into Vandy?</p>

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<p>i think you could get into vandy with a 30, but it would be much easier with, say, a 32. try the SAT also, you might do better on it, but also retake the ACT (i also got a 30 on the ACT, but did much better on the SAT)</p>

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<p>I'd try the SAT. I have a friend who got a 30 ACT then took the SAT and got a 1510 (old SAT). He never sent in the ACT and ended up at Princeton.</p>

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<p>i got a 30 ACT and a 1500 SAT</p>