Realistic Chances and College Suggestions?

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1

Hey, I’m just looking for someone to give me realistic chances and possibly give me suggestions to other colleges that would possibly be a good fit for me (preferably east coast). I’m an African-American male from South Carolina. I’m about to go into my senior year.

Colleges:

  1. Georgia Tech
  2. Duke
  3. Virginia Tech
  4. Clemson
  5. USC

GPA:
Unweighted: 3.4
Weighted: 4.3

Courses: (Have not gotten AP scores from junior year yet so guessing)
Freshman: Orchestra, Algebra II, English I Honors, French I, AP Human (5), Intro to Eng., Physical Sci Honors, PE
Sophomore: Bio Honors, Chem Honors, English II Honors, French II, Orchestra, PreCal Honors, Prin. of Eng. AP World (4)
Junior: AP Lang (4-5), AP Phys I (5), AP Phys II (3-4), AP Calc AB (5), Eng. Des. Dev., French III, US History
Senior: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Seminar

Class Rank:
60/309

SAT/ACT Scores:
SAT: 1440 Composite (Highest single sitting), 790 M, 670 EBRW, 1460 Composite (superscore), 6, 5, 6 Essay
ACT: 35 Composite, 34 M, 34 Eng, 36 Sci, 36 Read, 8 Writing

SAT II Scores:
Will take Physics and Math II soon

Extra Curricular:
NHS, Beta Club, Academic Leadership Academy (special program at school), Recreational Sports, Varsity Track, Mock Trial,

Employment:
Grocery Store Janitor for 8 months
Current YMCA camp counselor
was a counselor in training for 2 years, logged 400+ hours of volunteer

Recommendations/Essays:
Will get 9/10 rec from english teacher and 7-9/10 rec from math teacher, can also get 7/10 rec from science teacher

Additional:
Major: Definite Engineering, not sure of discipline
Income: ~100k

2

Duke will be very hard to get into with your academic qualifications (like GPA) as well as your ECs, of which nothing stands out really. I suspect Georgia Tech may be a BIT easier than Duke, but barely.

3

Duke, GATech and USC (California?) are pretty much out of reach.

4

I disagree with the above posters. You’re a male URM, with strong standardized test scores and course rigor. Yes- the gpa is a little low, but I still think you are a contender. You could also look at Wake and Tulane. Elon would be a safety.