May I have this chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Emory University
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<p>Hey, y'all! Please let me know how attainable my goal of attending one of these colleges is and help me narrow down my list!
Background: I'm a half Asian, half white girl from North Carolina. Income is upper middle class. </p>

<p>School: I attend the #1 public high school in NC, #88 public HS in the nation.
GPA: 3.81 UW, 4.54 W (these will be higher on my midyear report because I am doing very well so far)
I had all As freshman and sophomore year with a hefty amount of honors.
2 honors 5 regular (most rigorous schedule for freshmen at my school) All As
4 honors 3 regular All As
3 APs and 4 honors junior year
4 APs and 3 honors senior year and I have all As right now!
Class rank: 107/388 (My school has a very competitive environment where people cram as many APs in as they can and often become stressed to the point where my school is rife with cheating. I have chosen to take another route where I am intellectually stimulated, but not stressed to the point where waste my youth by spending every waking hour studying at my desk. I also spend a huge amount of my time in extracurriculars where I practice hands-on learning. I believe this reflects why my class rank isn’t higher. My school bases this on weighted GPA and it comes down to a matter of .01 points.)
SAT: 2040 first sitting without preparation. 660 CR, 640 M, 740 W. I took it in October after getting tutoring for math and scores should improve.
SAT II: US History 770. Will probably take English and Spanish in November.
ACT: I’m taking it in October
APs: US History 5, Government & Politics 5, Environmental Science 4
Counselor letter: I think it will be very strong
Recommendations: 3 from teachers I know very well; they will be glowing!
Essays: I have a unique essay that I think will accurately portray me as a person and a student.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
4 year participant in YMCA Youth & Government. Bill passed all the way to the Governor 9th grade, senator 10th & 11th, elected to be Speaker of the House 12th grade.
Chosen to attend Conference on National Affairs to represent NC for 3 years. Proposal passed to 2nd committee.
Attended Model UN for 4 years. Awarded Model Speaker, chosen to be a committee chair and later served as secretariat.
Selected to attend Girls State and appointed as City Attorney, passed several bills.
2 year Co-President of my school's auditioned a cappella group; 4 yr member
2 year member of school's all female auditioned choir, 2 year member of school's mixed auditioned choir.
I have been in 9 plays and musicals over the years and countless concerts and recitals.
Have been taking voice lessons 3 years and have attended various choral music camps.
Accepted into and attended NC Governor's School for choral music.
Youth representative on my church council, counselor at Vacation Bible School, attended 5 years attended Baptist Youth Camp.
Member of Youth Leadership Institute, a school service and leadership group.
National Honor Society for 2 years.
Spanish Honor Society for 1 year.
Went to Nicaragua with my school to serve community and experience Spanish immersion.
Won Best in Show for school writing competition, got superlative Most Likely to Have a Future in Show Business, won photography and poetry contests</p>

<p>I'm interested in a medium sized university with a liberal arts feel. I am open to LACs but don’t know of many and I don’t want to go to a school with a miniscule student body. I am very interested in political science, history, and Spanish, and a strong vocal music program is vital. I will most likely want to major or minor in one of these fields, so basically some place with a great social science program and a focus on the arts. I want a supportive, non-cutthroat environment, and someplace that is academically rigorous yet values the arts and knows that there is life beyond a letter grade. I'd love to be surrounded by a well rounded student body whose minds aren't confined by conventional thought.</p>

<p>What are my chances of getting into Emory? And would it be a good fit for me?
Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>Truthfully, no one can tell you your chances for admission into Emory, but your SAT scores (except for writing) put you near the bottom 25% of students. Your UW GPA is higher, but Emory may recalculate that. If you want to increase your odds for admittance, visit or contact Emory through as many ways as possible. </p>

<p>Keep in mind that Emory is cutting its Visual and Performing Arts department this year, so while the school will offer many music classes, the departmental strength will probably not be as great as other peer schools. However, there are plenty of clubs devoted to vocal performance, and the school will keep most of its VPA faculty.</p>

<p>Other schools you might want to consider (defining medium sized as 3,000-10,000 undergrads) are Brandeis, Tufts, and Wake Forest. Truthfully, most academically decent schools will offer strong Poly Sci, history, and spanish majors as they are generally very popular. I can’t comment on the strength of musical programs at various schools, so you might want to head over here: [Music</a> Major - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/]Music”>Music Major - College Confidential Forums) for more info. Also note, there’s a huge glut of MFAs and phDs, particularly in the humanities, so even the lowliest school might have all star faculty.</p>

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<p>You seem to me like a reasonable candidate.</p>

<p>You also seem to be apologizing a bit. Try to avoid that when communicating with your possible colleges.</p>