What are my chances of getting into my top schools?

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<p>Hi everyone. I am in the class of 2015 and it's time for me to start being realistic about schools. My top choices are the stereotypical top picks of most people who see themselves as high achieving, however, I would like to know what people think about my chances of getting into these schools. Everyone I know has said that I will be able to get into them, but I would like the brutal honesty of CC members who know the actual difficulties of getting into your top picks. </p>

<p>Anyways, my top choices are as listed:
Duke - #1, will ED here.
Georgetown
UC Berkeley
UNC
Cornell
And I would be applying for the liberal arts wing of each school (ex: Trinity for Duke).</p>

<p>Here are my stats:
ACT composite: 35
GPA: 4.8 (3.87 when unweighted, may be my greatest weakness)
Senior year courses: AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Human Geography, AP European History, AP Biology, AP Lit, Research methods (honors), Speech (honors), Business Law (honors). I'm taking an outside AP course to show rigor.
Leadership: Varsity volleyball captain, President of Leo Club, Captain for my national club volleyball team, Head coach at my volleyball club (will probably pick up more leadership later on)
Extra-Curriculars: North Carolina Governor's Page, 5 years of club (travel) volleyball, freshman mentor at my school, NHS, NC Student Action Board member, Active volunteer (Senior homes, food banks, camp counselor, stop hunger now, Talent for Education, etc..)
Awards: Mayor's Award recipient x2, Presidential Award recipient, 1st place state winner in Florida for classical guitar, SWAC volleyball honorable mention, Scholar athlete
Self: Asian, female.
Recs: Will have a recommendation written by a Duke alumni, along with my AP US History teacher and possibly my AP Environmental Science teacher. </p>

<p>Basically, do you think I have a shot at getting in? My GPA took a hit with science courses (chemistry and physics) but do you think schools would overlook that and recognize that I may be weak in one area but strong in the others. Obviously I will not be applying to any science programs. Thanks for your input and I'll be glad to provide more information.</p>

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<p>Obviously you have just a good a shot as anyone else and ED will really help with duke. The thing is try not to get so fixated on one particular school (in this case duke). I got into duke in RD but I would have been happy attending a host of different programs. My best advice is to apply to many many schools. In particular, Asian Female is a overrepresented area and negatively affects ones application (unfortunately). For this reason try applying to a wide set of schools. </p>

<p>Chances:</p>

<p>Duke ED: Low reach
Georgetown: Match
Berkley: Saftey
UNC: Depends if in state or out of state. In state-Match, Out of State-High Match/low reach
Cornell: Low reach</p>

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<p>I think that your GPA/test scores are really solid and i can really see your dedication to volleyball</p>

<p>Duke ED (since its ED) - high match
Georgetown - match
Berkeley - low match
Cornell - low reach</p>

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<p>I think you have good chances of all of these schools. However, these schools are all very selective and I would highly recomend applying to a safety one as well for the worst case scenario especially cause ive seen a lot of people make that mistake on this cite. So try to find another school, maybe a strong instate one, or a school is still strong in ypur major but not the low acceptance ones</p>

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<p>If you read through the CC “admitted discussion” threads for each of your schools, you will see many with profiles stronger than yours who did not get accepted, and you will see many with profiles weaker than yours who did get accepted. </p>

<p>Be sure to apply to a few safeties - just in case you need them. </p>

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<p>Act score is great, UW GPA (the most important gpa, anyways) wont be a huge problem. </p>

<p>Duke ED: reach (I’m one of those who think Duke and UChicago is as hard to get into as like Columbia)
Georgetown: match
UC Berkeley: OOS high match. In state low match.
UNC: OOS high match. In State low match.
Cornell: low reach</p>

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<p>Duke: high match
Georgetown: match
Berkeley: match
UNC: low match in-state, high match OOS
Cornell: low reach</p>

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