My chances????

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I am a rising junior going to high school in N.C. (school starts in a week...:))</p>

<p>School:
Highly ranked in the country...</p>

<p>Anyway, here are my stats so far...</p>

<p>I havent taken the SATI yet, but judging from the pratice tests, I think I will score around 2100....</p>

<p>U.S. history SATII-------800
--Thats the only I took so far....I am thinking about taking world history and a math or science one.....</p>

<p>APs....
AP Art History-5
AP US History-5</p>

<p>My freshman GPA is 3.66666 unweighted and 4.0 weighted....
My sohopmore GPA is 3.41 unweighted and 4.41 weighted....
My rank is about top 20%~25%....
IF I do well in my junior year, I can make to the top 10~15%...</p>

<p>ECs:
Mayor's award for outstanding community service....
Geometry Team
Algebra II team
DECA-10
I have about 100 volunteer hours so far....
I am going to start a club at my school next year
And I will be doing an research and history/law internship next summer...
And work at the city justice departament...(not completely sure on this one)
I also started a history website...but its down right now due to a server/cost problem...hopefully I can get it back on by the end of this year...</p>

<p>My letter of recommendations will be good since most of the tachers like me..</p>

<p>Here are the schools that I am looking at...
UNC
DUKE
UPENN
N.C. State
U of Chicago</p>

<p>So I was wondering what are my chances are as of right now and how can I improve them....
I want to going into histroy/law/bussiness, havent decided yet....</p>

<p>Thanks for all the comment and help....
:)</p>

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<p>UNC- Accepted
DUKE- Waitlisted
UPENN- Waitlisted
N.C. State - Accepted (full ride???)
U of Chicago- Accepted</p>

<p>I feel like I am being a little harsh, but your UW GPA is what really influenced me. I think you have a shot at all of these schools because it's still early in the game, but I would look at schools like William and Mary and such... but once again, come back after you have taken the SAT I, and that could really make the difference.</p>

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<p>Do I really have a good shot at Chicago? I was under the impression that Chicago would be a little out of my league...</p>

<p>And thanks for reply....:)</p>

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<p>Please....help me....any more comments???</p>

<p>thanks everybody...</p>

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<p>You may not want to pin your hopes on the above opinion. Nothing in what you've given us here makes Chicago a good shot. I'd say aim for a 2200 and up the GPA for any shot at all at Chicago, Penn and Duke.</p>

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<p>I'd have to disagree with suze about Chicago. Chicago is so much about the essays and interview and recs that we don't really know if you can get in. The UW gpa is pretty low, but if you get 4.0 this year, and a solid SAT score, I think you can get into Chicago with good essays</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies....I guess I will just have to work harder in my junior year.....</p>

<p>I was wondering what would my chances be at these schools:
Carnegie-Mellon
Cornell
William and Mary</p>

<p>Is there anything else I can do to improve my chances??</p>

<p>Once again, thanks a lot....</p>

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<p>Never heard of the first and last, but cornell you will definetly get rejected. Your stats are pretty good though, consider applying to Michigan.</p>

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<p>I thought Michigan is hard to get into for out-of-state people...</p>

<p>Thanks for the comment...</p>

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<p>Just wondering, how did you get a 1.0 GPA increase with weighted grades in your sophomore year? Your school offers all honor classes during 10th grade?</p>

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<p>We are allowed to take AP classes in 10th grade...and I took AP US and AP Art..and we get 2 additional points for taking AP classes...</p>

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<p>any last comments?
I really appreciate all the help....:)</p>