Yale? Penn? Duke? Vandy? Chance me!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello! I would like to get a few opinions on the competitiveness of my application for Yale, Penn, Vanderbilt, and Duke.</p>

<p>Gender - F
Race - Black (Caribbean American, 1st generation immigrant)</p>

<p>High School - small, public, non-competitive, rural Mid-Atlantic</p>

<p>GPA - 4.28 weighted, 4.00 unweighted
SAT - 2240 (740 CR, 700 M, 800 W)
ACT - 34 composite</p>

<p>Class Rank: 1 of 142</p>

<p>Overall curriculum extremely rigorous with combination of dual enrollment and APs, in the words of my counselor, "unlike anything anyone has ever done".</p>

<p>8 APs by graduation, 5 complete and 2 in progress at time of application submission, all taken online
AP Bio - 4
AP Lang - 4
AP Human Geography - 5
AP Psychology - 5
AP Lit - 5
AP US Gov't (in progress)
AP Microeconomics (in progress)
AP Macroeconomics (next semester)</p>

<p>ECs:
Scholastic Bowl team captain/co-captain all four years of high school, All State, All District, etc. Many accolades...</p>

<p>One Act play team state champions in 10th grade, state runner up in 11th grade</p>

<p>Lead in school musical in 10th grade</p>

<p>Forensics preliminary round champion 10th and 11th grade, team and individual state runner-up 11th</p>

<p>FBLA since 8th grade, National Distinction in Proofreading and Editing, State Jr. Ms. FBL, 5th in state in Business Communication</p>

<p>Yearbook photographer since 10th grade, Editor - 12th grade</p>

<p>Classically trained violinist since 3rd grade</p>

<p>Clubs:
National Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta
Founder of school's International Club</p>

<p>Misc.: I think my essays are really strong. Also, I moved to a different state between 9th and 10th grade. Will that affect how my application is viewed?</p>

<p>Thank you! :)</p>

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<p>You have great chance in all of them.</p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>@meggy2414: You have a shot, but so does everyone else with those stats (your hook however will make you highly sought after). The most choosey one based on stats. is Vandy so your chances should be the highest there (as in the other schools could just as easily choose and enroll the students with the stats that Vandy does, but they don’t. They are likely more random and holistic in nature), but these schools (especially them and Duke) tend to heavily cross-admit students so you should have a great shot at all of them. What do you think your academic interests are because those schools are not remotely equal in everything? Don’t let the selectivity or social atmospheres fool you, these schools are not interchangeable academically. Make sure to investigate that a bit further. </p>

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<p>Thank you so much! I am interested in studying international relations. I think Penn probably has the best program for what I want to do. Your insight was really helpful!</p>

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<p>It looks like you have a great chance at all of those schools, I don’t think moving between 9th and 10th grade will help though. Just make sure you have safeties and matches</p>

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<p>Yeah. These aren’t the only ones I’m applying to. Just the only ones I’m worried about. Thanks!</p>

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<p>you are a urm with pretty strong stats, i think you stand a good shot at at least getting accepted to one of them. Penn and yale are more of a reach but still. </p>

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<p>I think Penn and Duke would be pretty strong. Have you considered places like Georgetown and Tufts or does it absolutely have to be a top 20-25 school (so Tufts would be out)? I see why you are worried about them, but just make sure all of them are strong in your program. I would really just choose like 2 of them and try to find other schools that align with and have good programs in what is hopefully multiple interests (because your major may certainly change). </p>

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<p>You are definitely a very impressive applicant. Even though there is unpredictability in applying to the caliber of schools mentioned, I wouldn’t be surprised if you were accepted to all four!</p>

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<p>i think your chances are really high! you will definitely be accepted to at least one. keep up the great work! chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1678286-university-of-pennsylvania-double-legacy.html?new=1”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1678286-university-of-pennsylvania-double-legacy.html?new=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>those hooks are incredible</p>