fantosme

First off, I'm taking an extremely difficult schedule senior year & with my school's messed-up GPA system I can get all B's and put myself back into the top 25%, and if I manage 4 or 5 A's I might be able to go into the top 10%.

I go to one of the best schools in the midwest, and my class rank is something like 175 out of 620. My school is consistently ranked among the top 200 schools in the country, so it's outrageously competitive.

Freshman Year: Top 15%, Weighted GPA 5.4 out of 6.0 (3.8?)
Sophomore Year: Top 25%, Weighted GPA 5.1 out of 6.0 (3.6?)
Junior Year: Top 35%, Weighted GPA 4.9 out of 6.0 (3.4?)

SAT: 2060 (740 Verbal, 680 Writing, 640 Math)

ACT: 31

I will be taking the SAT subject tests soon, and I will probably take the SAT one more time. I've only taken it once so far.

EC's:

Editor on an award-winning newspaper
Volunteer Work
Library Page

I may be joining other clubs this year.

AP's:

US History: 5
European History: 4
Microeconomics: 4
English Language & Composition: 3
Psychology: ?
British Literature: ?
World Literature: ?
Government: ?
Calculus AB: ?
Environmental Science: ?

I expect to do extremely well on the essays. I've been told by my AP Lit teacher that I'm the best writer she's ever had, and at a writer's workshop at Ball State University I took home the "Most Talented Writer" award. I also expect my recommendations to be solid because the teachers I'll be asking recommendations from have known me for 3-4 years.

I'm planning on going into law school after graduation, but because there is no pre-law major I'll probably double major in Economics & some sort of government class.

What do you think my chances are? Do you think I should apply RD so that they can see my senior year grades, or should I apply EA? Also, UNC isn't SCEA is it? I ask because Tulane offered to waive my application fee, give me special scholarship consideration, notify me in 2-4 weeks, and not require me to answer any essay questions if I apply there EA.