Please chance me for Duke, Harvard, Vanderbilt, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please be brutally honest with me. I don't want to hear "You have a great shot everywhere!" I want to know what you think: Accepted / Waitlisted / Rejected / Toss-up</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (760 CR, 800 M, 750 W)
SAT II: 760 Math II, 710 Literature
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89/4.0 (unweighted, slacked freshman year, A's since)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% out of 115
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB & BC (5s), World History (4), English Language (5), APUSH (3), CS (5)</p>

<p>Senior Year Courseload (School does not offer AP courses, just the tests):
English 4 Honors Seminar (highest level)
Multivariable Calculus Honors Seminar (highest)
Economics (couldn't fit honors into my schedule, 1 semester)
Math Modeling Honors (highest, 1 semester)
Digital Logic (only regular, 1 semester)
Statistics & Probability Honors (highest, 1 semester)
Physics E&M Honors Seminar Independent Study (MIT Course)
Comp Sci 3 Honors </p>

<p>Major Awards: National Merit Semifinalist (FL), National Hispanic Scholar, Moody's Mega Math Challenge Triage round, Presidential Award for Academic Excellence, AP Scholar w/ distinction, AP Scholar</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:</p>

<p>Varsity Swimming (10th-12th, improved greatly)
Varsity Volleyball (10th, 12th)
Math Club (10th-12th)
NHS (11th, 12th, school became a part in 11th grade)
Pacific Coast bike trip (4-week, 1000-mile trip from Seattle to SF, CA)
American Challenge (45-day, 3200-mile bike trip from Charleston, SC to Santa Monica, CA)
Varsity awards in French (competitions) & CS (competitions @ Penn (x2), FIU)
Raised $10,000 (100% of goal) for local Literacy Coalition while biking</p>

<p>Other:
Intended Major: Business/Economics or CS
School Type: Small Private
Ethnicity: White Hispanic (Cuban)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: >1M
State: FL</p>

<p>Schools you plan on applying to:
Duke (ED), Vanderbilt (ED2?), Penn (Legacy), Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Wash. U, Pomona, Michigan (safety), UF (safety), UT-Austin (safety), UVA (semi-safety-ish)</p>

<p>Thanks for your help!</p>

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<p>Edit: I’ve also been in touch a lot with my regional admissions officer for Duke, and I visited the school my sophomore year.</p>

<p>I have a brother at Vanderbilt and my sister graduated from Northwestern.</p>

<p>My local interviewer for Vanderbilt just happens to be my dad’s best friend.</p>

<p>I’ve been told that if I don’t apply ED to Penn (already submitted to Duke), I won’t get in as a legacy.</p>

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<p>You have a good chance at Duke/Vanderbilt/Penn. </p>

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<p>Penn and Duke are low reaches
Vanderbilt is a high match
Harvard is a mid reach</p>

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<p>Duke ED is a high match</p>

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<p>Duke (ED) - Accepted
Vanderbilt (ED2?) - Accepted
Penn (Legacy) - Accepted/Waitlisted
Harvard - Waitlisted/Rejected
Stanford - Rejected
Princeton - Waitlisted
Yale - Accepted/Waitlisted
Wash. U - Accepted
Pomona - Accepted
Michigan (safety) - Accepted
UF (safety) - Accepted
UT-Austin (safety) - Accepted
UVA (semi-safety-ish) - Accepted</p>

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<p>Deferred by Duke. Not doing Vandy ED2. No longer applying to Yale. Added:</p>

<p>Emory
Northwestern (Legacy)
UNC-Chapel Hill (safety)</p>

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<p>I’m not sure if UNC-CH OOs could be considered a safety. Did you get into Michigan?</p>

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<p>@MBVLoveless I haven’t sent in my Michigan app yet. I’m also legacy at UNC</p>

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<p>I agree with @MBVLoveless‌ UNC-Chapel Hill shouldn’t be a safety. Although you are above the average stats, it still shouldn’t be a safety due to holistic admissions. And it’s 10x harder to get in if you’re out of state.</p>

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<p>@MikeJuhuoski‌ @MBVLoveless‌ I got a letter from UNC thanking my mom for having me apply; they said that last year, they took 50% of out-of-state legacies. </p>

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Accepted at UF