help! what can i do to better my chances?

Applying to College
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<p>Do I have a good chance at getting into these following schools based on...?
Do i have a good chance getting into the following:
1. Emory (atlanta georgia)
2. University of Virginia (Charlottesville VA)
3. New York University
4. Rice University (houston TX)
5. University of Michigan- ann arbor
6. University of illinois Urbana champaign
7. university of chicago (chicago IL)
8. Boston U (boston mass)
9. University of minnesota twin cities (minneapolis MN)
10. northwestern (evanston IL)</p>

<p>im a soph, female</p>

<p>GPA: weighted: 4.2, idk bout unweighted
Class rank: definitely in top 10 percent
classes: all honors (accel) except for math
APs: euro (soph) , will be taking the following APs for sure: econ, statistics, calc, language, literature, us history, chem, bio
On high honor roll</p>

<p>Extra curriculars:
tennis (9th grade)
soccer ( will be doing all 4 years)
policy debate team (compete nationally, pretty good at it)
spanish club (fresh/soph year)
quartet group (play the violin, love it)
Variety show (talent show, im part of the orch)</p>

<p>volunteer:
summer reading at library
plan on doing summer at school to help out children (montessori school for tots)</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
--illinois resident
--attending a public high school (not a real good one)
--fluent in 2 languages (farsi and english), know a bit spanish
--interested in going premed
- i go to debate camp over the summer (to really nice schools)
freshman-soph year i went to debate camp at university of michigan ann arbor for 1 month
soph-junior year summer i will probably go to 6 weeks at emory OR 1 month at dartmouth, leaning towards emory.</p>

<p>i might be missing a few things but could you give me a general idea? i would really appreciate it. also what can i do to improve my chances of getting in to my dream schools? thanks!</p>

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<p>what about your test scores?</p>

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<p>You’re a sophomore with ~4.0 GPA. Of course you have a chance at those schools. A better question is can you afford them. Being OOS for UMich means you would probably pay $50K/year there, $60K/year at NYU. Is your family prepared to pay that?</p>

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<p>I think there’s a bit too much uncertainty in your file to determine your chances - as a sophomore in January, you still have 3 more semesters that will be counted in your grades. You’re certainly on the right track, though; a senior with your credentials (and the attendant SAT/ACT scores) would be competitive at all of those places.</p>

<p>Just remember that it’s difficult to get into some of those top-ranked public universities (Michigan; UVa.) as an OOS student. Also, the financial aid will likely not be very good. NYU and Boston U are also known for giving mediocre to poor financial aid.</p>