What are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>White female,suburban public school.</p>

<p>What are my chances at:
Emory
Johns Hopkins
UC-Boulder
WashU in St. Louis
NYU
SMU</p>

<p>GPA: 4.3w, 3.73 uw
ACT: 30 composite-35E, 34R, 25M,25S
SAT:2020 CR:680 M:640 W:700</p>

<p>taking the ACT in october, SAT IIs in November and 5 or 6 APs in may.</p>

<p>Activities:
NHS-member(10,11,12)reporter/historian(12)
Non-Western Culture Club-member(11,12)Board of Directors(12)
Speech & Debate-member(8,9,10,11,12-varsity 9-12)regional qualifier in CX Debate(10,11)State Qualifier in CX Debate(11) Regional Qualifier in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking(11). Novice Debate Mentoring Program(10,11,12).
Newspaper(9,11,12)-managing editor(9), staff writer(11), opinion editor(12)
Quill and Scroll-member(12)
Student Council-sophomore class VP(10)
Youth Leadership Tulsa(selective leadership program)-member(10)
OU High School Leadership Conference-participant(11)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Wal-Mart-12 hours a week as a cashier(10,11)
Olive Garden-20+ hours a week as hostess(11)
Cameron Speech and Debate Camp-one week as Jr. Staffer(12)
Tulsa World- 10 hrs a week working on the sports stat team(12)
Tutoring about 6 hrs/week</p>

<p>Community Service:
various projects through NHS
Family and Children’s Services Youth Advisory Board
Family and Children’s Services-Family and Schools Together</p>

<p>Classes/Grades</p>

<p>8th Grade(advanced math counts as HS credit):
Algebra I A/A</p>

<p>Freshman:
Honors English 9 - A/A
Geometry-A/A
Honors US Gov/Oklahoma History- A/A
Honors Physical Science-A/A
Spanish I- A/A
Debate I- A/A
Journalism I- A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Honors Algebra II- A/B
Honors American History- A/A
Honors English 10- A/A
Honors Biology- A/A
Debate II-A/A
Student Council-A/B
Spanish II-A/A</p>

<p>Junior:
Honors Pre-Calculus-B/B
AP World History-A/A
Honors Chemistry I- B/B
Honors English 11- A/A
Debate III-A/A
Journalism II-A/A
Drama I-A/A</p>

<p>Senior:
Honors Physiology
AP English 12(lit)
Journalism III
AP Biology
AP US Government
Debate IV
Algebra III</p>

<p>I intend to major in biology or another science and perhaps mass communications.</p>

<p>any input would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>Saftey/Match–UC-Boulder
Match–SMU/NYU
Reach/Match–WUStL/Johns Hopkins/Emory</p>

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<p>Molly,</p>

<p>UC-Boulder, Safety
SMU - Match
NYU - Weak Match
WUSTL - Weak Match to Reach
JHU - Weak Match to Reach
Emory - Weak Match to Reach</p>

<p>For your intended major, I like most of these schools, although you should look carefully at NYU’s Bio program to be sure that it matches up to your interests. I don’t think their undergraduate Bio department is as broad as others of your choices listed. </p>

<p>At schools such as WUSTL and Emory, be sure you demonstrate interest by making contact with their Admissions departments, e.g., campus visit, order a video/DVD, e-mail the admissions people, etc. </p>

<p>For Emory, your GPA is about average for enrolled freshmen, and your test scores (either of your SAT or ACT) are slightly below average. Your academic rigor is difficult to assess because you have fewer AP classes (which have known curriculum) and more honors classes (which are inconsistent from one secondary school to the next). I like your EC’s, and you appear to stand out in debate (did you distinguish yourself with NFL ranking?). If I’m reading correctly, am I to understand you worked up to 32 hrs/wk. and 2 jobs while attending school? Good essays are important as well. Also, coming from Oklahoma may give you a slight bump up (geographical diversity). Your overall profile has an appeal. Good luck!</p>