Aiming too high?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey so I'm a rising senior and I've decided on all the schools I'm applying to. Here's my info:</p>

<p>Male, White
First Generation
New York, NY
4.0 GPA Unweighted
All Honors and AP Classes
SAT I - 2230 CR: 770 M: 700 W: 760
SAT II - Biology E: 710 World History: 750 I'm waiting for my scores for US and Math 1 and I plan on taking Lit and Spanish in October.</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars
Co-Editor of Yearbook
Student Council
Speech & Debate
Mock Trial
Student Events Committee
Big Brothers
National Honors Society
Ambassador (we make visits to grammar schools and give talks)</p>

<p>Two service trips to Tennessee and Maryland
Summer Program at Harvard
Summer Enrichment Course at my school in Pre-Calculus
Currently 95 hours of community service
Job experience at a diner and public library
Program at the Queens District Attorney
Trips with my school to Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco, and France</p>

<p>The schools I'm applying to are:</p>

<p>Amherst
Brown
Colgate
Cornell
Duke
Georgetown
Harvard
Middlebury
Princeton
Swarthmore
Tufts
Williams
Yale</p>

<p>Let me know what you guys think. =)</p>

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<p>Wow! You have great stats. Your weakest spot is your ECs, since it doesn’t seem like you have many leadership positions.</p>

<p>If your essays are good, you should have a shot everywhere.
Amherst — Reach
Brown — Match
Colgate — Match
Cornell — Match
Duke — Reach
Georgetown — Match
Harvard — High Reach
Middlebury — Match
Princeton — Reach
Swarthmore — Match
Tufts — Match
Williams — Match
Yale — reach</p>

<p>Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/733467-chances-hyps-etc-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/733467-chances-hyps-etc-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I would add one or two slightly easier schools as a backup.</p>

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<p>id say you have a fair shot at most all of those, but I’d look for more safeties. Never consider an Ivy league a match.</p>

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<p>IBfootballer: I disagree. Lower Ivies can be considered matches for perfect students.</p>