What are my chances for these schools? Will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Schools:
University of South Carolina
Clemson University
UNC Chapel Hill
Duke
Emory
Vanderbilt
WashU St. Louis
Stanford
Yale
UPenn
Harvard</p>

<p>Background:
• SC Resident
• Middle class
• Asian male (Vietnamese)
• 4 recs: 1 counselor, 2 Teacher (both should be very strong as one received a letter from Brown thanking him for excellent recs), and 1 debate coach</p>

<p>Education:
• Class Rank: 6
• Unweighted GPA: 3.959
• Weighted GPA: 5.163 (Really weird system)
• IB Diploma Candidate
• ACT: Composite: 34
o Breakdown: 36 English, 34 Math, 36 Reading, 31 Science (Darn Science! Was so close to a 35)
• SAT Subject: 740 US History 750 Chemistry
• Have taken 9 AP’s thus far (World History (5), Statistics (5), Computer Science (4), Calculus AB (5), Psychology (5), French (Canceled), English Lit (4), Physics C Mech (5), US History (5)
• Senior year: 2 AP’s and 6 IB’s </p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
• High School Forensics Team (Public Speaking Chair) (9-12)
• National Honor Society/Interact Member (11-12)
• Varsity Tennis Team – Played #3 Singles and Varsity Captain Senior Year (9-12)
• Youth in Government (Leadership for 3 years) (9-12)
• Piano (9-10 [played since 3rd grade])
• Debate Coordinator for State Middle School Forensic League
Community Service:
• Volunteer at the local hospital system (9)
• Volunteer at the local literacy association (10)
• Volunteer at the YMCA Outdoor Center (11)
• Mentor at IB Freshman Mentoring (12)
Awards and Honors:<br>
• National AP Scholar
• Outstanding Distinction for the National Forensic League
• State Runner-up in Public Forum Debate, among many other awards (9)
• 1st Place – Botany at the SC Junior Academy of Sciences (Science fair judged by college professors) (11)
• 3rd Place – Environmental Science at the Regional Science Fair (11)
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers Award (an organization more than 50,000 members worldwide) (11)
• Three time selected to be one of 25 SC Conference on National Affairs Delegates (10, 11)
• Awarded a Superior Rating 7 years in a row at the National Federation of Music Clubs Festival </p>

<p>Thank you very much! 1 question: since I was so close to a 35… (34.25), is that score going to be stronger than someone who gets a 33.5? I hope so.</p>

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<p>Stanford, Yale, duke , Harvard and upenn are reached everything else’s are matches chance me <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1583468-do-i-have-chance-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1583468-do-i-have-chance-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>About whether or not the 34.25 will look better than a 33.5…I don’t think so. That’s kind of like splitting hairs. It’s not a huge difference! And since these schools rate holistically I don’t think it’ll make a difference in whether or not you get admitted. Don’t stress about it.
Whoa, how do you have above a 5.0 GPA?
Overall, everything looks great! If you are rejected from any of the top colleges, it will be because you don’t really have a story. They get applications from other great debaters/public speakers with the stats you have. It might be kind of a toss up between you and them. Might come down to your essays and teacher recs.
University of South Carolina: safety
Clemson University: safety
UNC Chapel Hill: match
Duke: low reach to reach
Emory: match
Vanderbilt: low reach
WashU St. Louis
Stanford: reach
Yale: reach
UPenn: reach
Harvard: reach
If you applied ED/EA/SCEA to any of the top colleges it should help you.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>You’re facing a very tough applicant pool for most of the universities. You have good extracurriculars, but they’re not necessarily activities that will set you apart from all the applicants (Being above average is not good enough). I’m going to echo the above poster. Since you have some credentials that a lot of others probably do not, it should help you somewhat.</p>

<p>University of South Carolina: safety
Clemson University: safety
UNC Chapel Hill: match
Duke: low reach
Emory: low reach
Vanderbilt: low reach
WashU St. Louis: low reach
Stanford: reach
Yale: reach
UPenn: low reach
Harvard: reach</p>

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