Please Chance Me (i'll chance back!) for Wharton, Duke, and Rice!

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Hi!
I’ve recently been rejected from UChicago in their EDII round, as well as Wellesley early evaluation. My only acceptance so far has been to Business Honors at UT Austin. Can you tell me if I have a good chance at getting into Rice Economics, Wharton at UPenn, or Duke based on my stats below? Thanks for your time!

Bio:
-Citizenship: USA
-State of residence: TX
-Race: South Asian
-Gender: F
-Languages spoken: English, Hindi
-Financial situation: 200k bracket

School:
-Type (Public/private & size): Public, 700+ students per grade, 3000 in entire school

Academic Profile:
-Unweighted GPA: 3.96
-Weighted GPA: 4.71
-AP’s: I’ve taken 18 so I don’t want to list them all haha
-AP test scores: APCS(5), WHAP(5), Lang(5), Calc BC(5 - junior yr), Chem(4), Phys1(4)
-ACT: n/a
-SAT: 1590 (790 R, 800 M) and 8/8/8 (24/24) on SAT essay
-SAT II: 800 on Math II, 800 on World History, 780 on Math I
-Rank: 11/ 704 [top 1.56%]
-Course Rigor: i try to take APs whenever possible, i’ve taken pretty much all that were available at my school

EC:

  • President of Interact Club (2 years) [community service club]
  • Secretary of MUN (1 year)
  • LiNK VP (2 years)
  • Black belt in martial arts and leadership team (7 years)
  • Clarinet player (couple of awards, marching and concert band) [8 years]
  • Teacher at Hindu Temple (2 years)
  • FBLA member (made it up to nationals) [3 years]
  • Speech and Debate (all varsity congressional debate, public forum debate, extemporaneous speaking)
  • RootPolicy Organization (writer, online news brief w/ 1000+ readers) [1 year]
  • Member of a bunch of clubs: Mu Alpha Theta, Computer Science Club, Key Club, International Culture Society, Habitat for Humanity, Spanish Honor Society, Science Club (Competition’s Chair as of 11th-12th grade)

Other Notables (College courses you’ve taken, papers published, created own website, TAing a class, ect):

  • I took a non-credit course at Brown University over the summer
    -Volunteer regularly at senior center, library, and animal shelter
  • did data entry for beto o’rourke’s senate campaign
  • created a website w/ job advice for FBLA competition

Honors:

  • Ranked 2 w/ clarinet solo at TSSEC (TX state), ranked 1 in district
  • 3rd place in area and state FBLA for website design
  • AP Scholar w distinction
  • National Merit Finalist
  • Nominee for Presidential Scholarship
  • Bronze, National Non-Native Spanish Speakers Competition
  • a few more small essay/painting scholarship competition things

Work:

  • private tutor for 3 clients, regularly over the year
  • grader at Kumon for a lil bit

Recs:,

  • since my school’s so big, counselors make a lot of mistakes w/ rec letters, so a few of my weaker rec letters were accidentally sent to colleges instead of stronger ones. I’ve emailed the better ones to my regional admissions counselors, but b/c of the mishaps I’d say my rec situation is maybe a 6/10

Essays:

  • i spent two months+ on all of my essays and def think they turned out well for it, sept and oct were full of a lot of late nights haha, 10/10 or maybe 9.5/10, i tried to be myself and show why i fit at each college

Intended Major: business/economics

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Nobody can. Go look at this thread:

http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/22085670#Comment_22085670

Applicant with a 3.9+ GPA & 1270 SAT. Results so far: waitlisted at Grinnell and Pepperdine, accepted at U Chicago.

You just have to wait and see. I’m sorry, but that is the reality. Good luck, come back and tell us how it goes- and congrats on UT-A business honors- which I’m guessing you are not nearly as excited about as you should be.

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@collegemom3717 ok! I get that college admissions are unpredictable, I was just nervous and looking to see what people thought of my chances based on my whole profile. I definitely am really excited about UT-A business honors, just because I’m looking to see what other universities I might get into doesn’t mean I’m not grateful that I already got admitted to really good program.

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I am more sympathetic than it might seem, @firefox226 !

But spare yourself: every time you get nervous, don’t come here looking for strangers to say ‘you’re great!’. Go do something: go for a run or a hike, mow your elderly neighbors lawn, bake something for somebody, surprise your parents by doing a chore that they keep putting off- something that requires your time and attention and ideally does something kind for somebody else. I promise it will do more to take your mind off your anxiety than re-thinking your whole college application :slight_smile: