Please Chance Me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm currently a Junior at one of the top public schools in North Carolina, and could really use your help regarding my college choices/decisions.</p>

<p>Schools I'm thinking about: UNC-CH, UVA, USC (South Carolina), UGA, Alabama, Vandy, Wake Forest, NC State, College of Charleston, Dartmouth (for the fun of it, I love the school, but I know I don't have a chance of getting in) </p>

<p>Grades:
consecutively been in the top 10% of my class (out of around 650)
Taken the most rigorous course load possible so far
Currently taking 4 honors and 4 AP Classes (APUSH, AP English, APES, and APPSY)
Plan to take 5 Aps next year and 2 honors classes (college level class in place of an 8th period)
UW GPA: 3.8-3.9
WGPA: 4.3-4.6 (can't remember the exact number)
Never made a C or below and don't plan on getting those grades</p>

<p>ECs:
On executive boards/leadership positions for 4 of my schools clubs
3 honors societies (NHS, NHHS, Mu Alpha Theta)
Active member of larger clubs
Tutor 25 hours per year</p>

<p>Community Service:
450 hours from last summer
20 hours each year in high school </p>

<p>Scores:
SAT- 2050
ACT- (haven't taken yet, but projected score is around a 30-32)
Subject Tests- No one at my school takes them, but should I for the schools I plan on applying to</p>

<p>Employment
Camp Counselor</p>

<p>Others
Legacy at Wake, UNC, UGA, and UVA</p>

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<p>UNC: match
UVa: reach due to SAT, ECs and OOS(not sure if legacy can trump out OOS status)
Wake: highi match
USC: low match
U of alabama; low match. Apply ASAP to get scholarship. What’s your Math+CR?
Vandy: high reach due to SAT and EC
Dartmouth: high reach due to SAT and EC</p>

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<p>I tried to edit it after reading that you didn’t take subject tests, but I couldn’t,.</p>

<p>UNC: match
UVA: reach due to SAT and EC. Also OOS might be hindrance, not sure if legacy can trump it out and…subject tests are STRONGLY required.
UGA; low reach
U South Carolina: match
Vandy, dartmouth: Subject tests are REQUIRED!</p>

<p>If you didn’t even bother to read these two schools’ websites just because your friends didn’t take subject tests, I think you need to reconsider applying to these two.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply! I’m still a Junior, so I have time to take the subject tests, so I’ll consider it if I want to move forward with Dartmouth and Vanderbilt. Do you know which Subject Tests I should take? </p>

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<p>Read the websites. </p>

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<p>Based off what I’ve looked at on both the Dartmouth and Vanderbilt admissions sites, Vanderbilt does not require Subject Tests and Dartmouth only requires 2. So back to my original question, which tests do I take? I’m assuming that I take the tests that correlate with my highest grades in school. (I.e. Taking the World History subject test if I scored a 5 on the AP exam)</p>

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<p>Something that resonates with your future?</p>

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<p>I’m sorry if this comes off as me being stupid, but honestly my school doesn’t tell us about subject tests, so I’m completely in the dark. By “something that resonates with your future”, do you mean taking certain tests that correlate to what I want to major/do in college? I’m very interested in business and law, if that helps at all. I’m really sorry about all the confusion, I honestly do not know which subject tests to take.</p>