<p>What do you think my chances at Vanderbilt will be if I apply Early Decision?
I am currently a rising senior at a well known and difficult private college prep school.
I have a 3.83 unweighted GPA, 4.55 weighted. (I'm not very good at math, been taking regular math classes and getting B's while taking APs and Honors for everything else and getting A's)</p>
<p>Almost positive I got national merit for my state (215 in Florida)
SAT: 630 math, 760 on writing, 800 critical reading.
I'm planning to take the SAT again after getting a math tutor to help improve my math score and hopefully get into the 700s (fingers crossed!!)</p>
<p>I took 2 full year APs (English and US history) this past year, and 2 half year APs (two government courses). I'm fairly sure I got 5s on all of them. Underclassmen at my school are not allowed to take AP classes, but I still had rigorous schedules during those years with many honors.</p>
<p>I've also been a varsity crew athlete in my sophomore and junior years, but I'm not nearly good enough to be recruited(also planning to row next year during the season). The rest of my extracurriculars are good as well. I've been in student government, honor council, many plays, mock trial, model UN, band (will be 1st clarinet next year), involved with clubs, and I've also held lots of leadership positions (including being a state officer for the National Junior Classical League, an organization for the promotion of Latin and the classics). Throughout the years, I've also gotten various awards.</p>
<p>During my summers and breaks from school, I've also interned at a local Science and History museum, studied (non college credit) law at a Georgetown camp for a week, been to National Latin/Classics conventions, worked with the State's House of Representatives as a messenger, and this summer I'm going to Girls State (political science program) and also studying at Latin in Rome for three weeks (a University of Dallas Program that awards 3 college credits). </p>
<p>I'm hoping to double major in political science and classical studies and then go onto law school.
Right now, Vanderbilt is my top school, and I'm hoping that I will be able to get in with ED. I'm thinking about UNC Chapel Hill and Emory as matches for me, and if anyone can think of any schools with good political science/classics programs that could be matches for me or backups, that'd be great! Thanks! :)</p>