Should I even TRY?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Should I even apply to Duke and UNC chapel hill with my sucky sat scores? How do my chances look for UNC as an out of stater?</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>School: Medical Magnet School: Ranked in Newsweek top 500 schools</p>

<p>Resident: Texas (Southwest Region)
Ethnicity: Filipino/Caucasian
Class Rank: 31/180 (Top 20 %)
GPA: 95.7</p>

<p>SCORES</p>

<p>SAT: 1950 CR:590 Writing: 740 Math:620
SAT IIs: 680 Bio..retook waiting for december results
Math II results pending maybe 600 if lucky
Latin: 650-700 results pending
Lit: Really bad score
ACT: 28
I got a 31 on the CR of the ACT if that makes up for anything
Retaking ACT Dec 9..hopes to get a 30-32</p>

<p>COURSELOAD (Core Classes):
9th Grade: Biology Honors, Geometry Honors, English I Honors, World Geography
10th Grade: Chemistry Honors, English II Honors Algebra II Honors, Latin I, World History Honors
11th Grade: Precal Honors, Latin II Honors, English III AP, Statistics AP, Physics AP
12th Grade: Eco AP, Gov AP, Bio AP, Calculus AB AP, Latin III Honors, English IV AP</p>

<p>AWARDS AND ECS IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE:</p>

<p>Lab Intern- 20 hrs a week Cellular Bio. Lab
Intel Talent Search Participant
3rd Place State Sci Fair
3rd Place Area Sci Fair
UIL Science Competitor-Several Awards</p>

<p>Latin Club Member
National Latin Exam Gold Medalist
National Latin Exam Magna Cum Laude
4th Place Latin Grammar State
6th Place Latin Oratory
4th Latin Grammar Area</p>

<p>HOSA (Health Occupations students of America) President
2nd HOSA Dental Spelling Written Test
4th HOSA Dental Spelling Area
3rd HOSA Medical Spelling Written Test</p>

<p>Choir
UIL Solo rating of 2</p>

<p>Student Council Representative</p>

<p>National Honor Society Member</p>

<p>Multi-cultural Dance: Performing at Festivals</p>

<p>Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society)</p>

<p>Red Cross Volunteer</p>

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<p>I seriously doubt you will get into Duke. There might be a slight chance at UNC but I would bet waitlisting. Try for UNC anyway.</p>

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<p>not a single chance at either</p>

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<p>just go for it. who knows? reach for the stars and you will land on the moon</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>hmm...you shoulda taken sat 1 again. writing is the subject most universities dont even count, simply look at so u basically have a 1210/1600 which is not nearly good enough for either of those schools. unfortunately no chance at duke, slim slim chance at chapel</p>

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<p>yeah who knows? go for it.
HEY I'm from Texas also.
And I'm the #1 Dental Speller in the Nation! =)
What HOSA Area are you?
You don't happen to be from DeBakey....because that would be really creepy since you're supposedly our "rivals."</p>

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<p>I'm from San Antonio. I forgot what are that is. But I'm from Health Careers High School. Our HOSA bowl team usually gets first at nationals every year or at least top 3.</p>

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<p>sorry but u really dont have much of a shot at either</p>

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<p>I hope your not from that school whose HOSA bowl team practices reflexes everyday. They were really rude.</p>

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<p>hahha oh yeah I've heard of your school.
You send quite a few kids to nationals every year, don't you?
Well of course, not as many as our school =P
(haha I realized that you said Southwest TEXAS and not Southwest HOUSTON. My bad lol)</p>

<p>Anyway, good luck in applying!</p>

<p>::EDIT:: No we don't participate in HOSA Bowl.</p>

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<p>haha oh ok, cuz i think that team that beat us was from houston</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Don't apply to Duke. You will become a statistic. Shoot for UNC-Chapel Hill. I visited there and they have an awesome campus!</p>