my first post EVER. chances at competitive schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>just trying to figure out if my list is realistic... </p>

<p>african american female.
3.91 weighted gpa (school has 94-100= A, 90-93=B+ grading scale, and weights .5 for each AP class). school does not rank.
public school ranked about 60th nationally.
APs: senior year- AP Calc, AP Gov't, AP Spanish, AP Lit, AP Environmental science. junior year- APUSH (5), APLang (5), AP European History(4). soph year- AP World (5).
SAT- M-700, W-770, CR-800. (2270, single sitting)</p>

<p>ECs: senior class prez, honor society vp, on the board of directors for environmental club, young democrats. tutoring outside of school (at my church) about 6 hours/month. summer spent volunteering, interning at a non-profit org doing case study research on econ, pol, enviro conditions in the horn of africa. </p>

<p>my list:
columbia
uva (In State)
brown
William&Mary (In State)
yale
upenn
northwestern</p>

<p>thanks in advance :)</p>

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<p>In everywhere.</p>

<p>I would be extremely surprised if any of those schools rejected you.</p>

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<p>Good everything, but weaker/non-outstanding EC's. But the other factors minimalize that and help your chances greatly.</p>

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<p>african american female...thats all i needed to read. AA ftw</p>

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<p>Yeah in everywhere...affirmative action <em>sigh</em></p>

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<p>Yup. AA is your greatest EC/hook. As long as your grades are okay and your SATs in their range, you have a good chance.</p>

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<p>I want to echo the other posts in saying that AA will help you secure a spot, but I don't want to say it ends there. Even without AA, yo would have been a perfectly viable candidate. Your race just adds a small boost that moves chances from, say, 30-40% (b/c hyper-competitive) to 60-70% at most of those schools.</p>