<p>As April slowly approaches, I'm becoming increasingly more anxious about college admissions. These five schools, (Vanderbilt, UVa, UNC-CH, WashU, and Washington & Lee), are my top schools with Vandy and UVa being my favorites. Are My Chances good? Should I start to focus more on my backups?</p>
<p>Academics:
Public school, ruralish Midwest
Unweighted GPA= 3.71
No weighted GPA
Class rank= 37/280 (Class ranked is based off of unweighted GPAs)
Hardest course load offered, 5 APs, (4 Calc AB, 3 U.S History)
ACT: 32 ( 29E, 35M, 29R, 33S) and 31 ( 30E, 29M, 34R, 31S)</p>
<p>ECs:
Varsity Football 9-12
Class President 9-12
Student Council 9-12
Student Council VP 12
National Honor Society 11-12
Orchestra 9-12
Regional Youth Orchestra 9-12
Mock Trial 10-12
Work 5 hours or so a week
Boys State</p>
<p>I think you have strong EC’s, but OOS for UVA and UNC are pretty tough. I know for UVA the acceptance rate for out of staters was 20% as compared to 44% for in state. You definitely have a solid chance for each school though.</p>
<p>I like all of the same schools as well. I am a sophomore, president of my class since 7th grade. Play a sport, do younglife, I am a youth group leader at my church, I do volunteer work, I am on vestry at my school, other leadership program, I am involved in theater (musicals as well as dramas). I go to a difficult private school in the southeast, and four or my five core classes are honors. I have all A’s except I have one C in honors pre-calculus, and I am scared it will ruin my chances of getting in anywhere like that(considering all would be considered out of state except for UVa because my dad is an alum). Do I need to be super worried?</p>
<p>By the way - I think your chances are high. Your GPA and extra curricular activities sound similar to people from my school who have been getting into some great schools.</p>