Where do I have a shot???

<p>I’m applying to:
Boston College (EA)
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Penn
Emory
Georgia Tech
UNC (EA)
Duke
Florida (in-state)
FSU (in-state)
Clemson
Michigan (EA)
Maybe Yale (legacy - mom and grandfather)</p>

<p>GPA:
Weighted: 4.63
Unweighted: 4.00
Class Rank: 7/393</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar with Distinction
All the honor societies
Erica O’Donough Award for swimming for team spirit, ethics, effort, and sportsmanship.
Eagle Scout
First Coast News Student of the Week</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
Link Crew (freshman orientation leaders) President 12th and Treasurer 11th
Math Team - Co-Captain 11th
Youth Leadership (get tours around county and leadership training)
Athletic Council
Chosen for Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council
Chosen for School Advisory Council
Swimming Varsity 9-12, States relay member 10, 11 and hopefully 12
Basketball JV - 9, Varsity 10,11
Media Services Intern 12th</p>

<p>600ish volunteer hours</p>

<p>Test Scores</p>

<p>AP Euro - 4
AP Calc AB - 5
AP US History - 5
AP Statistics - 5
AP Government - 5
AP Lang - 5
AP Lit - 5</p>

<p>SAT US History Test - 770</p>

<p>ACT Composite - 36
Math - 35
Reading - 35
Writing - 36
Science - 36
Essay - 8 (Ugly…)</p>

<p>THANK YOU!!!</p>

<p>I think you do know you have shots in most schools in your list except Upenn, which is an Ivy, therefore a crapshoot for everyone in range…as long as you have good writing skills
Since you have Yale legacy, you will have decent chance there.</p>

<p>Haha my writings skills are awful so I was hoping that Penn would look past that. I thought the same about Yale legacy but my brother got rejected with about the same stuff as I have even though my grandfather donates a lot.</p>

<p>Thanks though!!!</p>

<p>Duke is more selective than Penn CAS. Every Ivy League school is not Harvard or Princeton. Only uninformed high schoolers make comments like the ones made by @paul2752‌.</p>

<p>So where do you think I have a good shot of getting in?</p>

<p>My predictions…
Boston College (EA): Accepted, low match/match
Northwestern: Accepted, match
Notre Dame: Accepted, match
Penn: Unsure but chances are pretty high, low reach/reach (reach for anyone)
Emory: Accepted, match
Georgia Tech: Accepted, safety
UNC (EA): Accepted, match
Duke: Unsure but chances are pretty high, low reach/reach (reach for anyone)
Florida (in-state): accepted, safety
FSU (in-state): accepted, safety
Clemson: accepted, safety
Michigan (EA): accepted, low match/match
Yale: Unsure, reach (for anyone)</p>

<p>Only apply to your top 4-5 from that list, it will just make the decision easier for you. I say this because I strongly believe that you would get into any of those schools if you wanted to. The only one I am uncertain on is Penn, but I still think you have a 80% or better chance to get into their.</p>

<p>@Kualakoala‌
First of all, I m not an uninformed student.
Second, my friend who has less good EC and less unweighed GPA(same unweighted GPA) than the OP got in Duke. </p>

<p>I think you know that you are far above most of the averages for most of these schools. You have a good shot at Penn, and even Yale. If you want, I would take off some safeties and matches on your current list and apply to more reaches, you have a good shot at any school. You’ll get in everywhere except maybe Yale and Penn, but even those two are reachable. I think you’ll probably end up getting into Penn, and rejected from Yale, but if you wrote good essays, you could get into Yale as well. Good luck!</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Boston College (EA): Accept
Northwestern: Accept
Notre Dame: Reject
Penn: Accept
Emory: Accept
Georgia Tech: Accept
UNC (EA): Reject
Duke: Reject
Florida (in-state): Accept
FSU (in-state): Acecpt
Clemson: Accept
Michigan (EA): Accept
Maybe Yale Accept</p>

<p>Realistically, UNC is the toughest simply because 90% of the freshman class is in-state. Penn is a maybe for everyone as are almost all the Ivies. Other than that I think all the schools are realistic, and would be shocked if you got rejected by the other schools I didn’t show doubt for.</p>

<p>Super stats ! Why are you even applying to places like Gtech unless you want to major in Engg. Or CS ? Or are you unsure at this time of your major ?!?</p>

<p>Boston College (EA): Accepted, low match/match
Northwestern: Accepted, match
Notre Dame: Accepted, match
Penn: reach
Emory: Accepted, match
Georgia Tech: Accepted, safety
UNC (EA): Accepted, match
Duke: low reach
Florida (in-state): accepted, safety
FSU (in-state): accepted, safety
Clemson: accepted, safety
Michigan (EA): accepted, low match/match
Yale: with legacy, really good chance.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>Right now I’m unsure of my major but I’m leaning toward business. Engineering is my fallback if I decide not to do business so I tried to pick schools that had some of each.</p>

<p>With the “higher schools” like Northwestern, UMich, Duke etc all really depend on essays and letters. No offense, but you sound like every other 36 on the ACT, Valedictorian type. I know a guy with similar stats (wgpa was a bit lower) who got deferred from EA. I was quite shocked until I read his essays, they made him seem too… strange. that’s all the advice I can give.</p>

<p>You should get into to most the EA schools. Are you planning to ED to Penn or Duke? Is this Wharton or CAS for Penn.</p>

<p>Did you really need to post this
You can basically get in anywhere and you’re taking up space from concerned students who are nervous about their admissions process</p>

<p>@DrGoogle‌ I am not planning to ED to Penn or Duke and it is Wharton for Penn.</p>

<p>On a side note, does anybody know if my grandfather going to Wharton graduate school counts as a legacy for Wharton undergrad?</p>