Am I aiming too high?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone! I've started to narrow down my college list and I would appreciate some help. I am a senior applying regular decisions. My ethnicity is Asian American. I wasn't born in the United States. I am proficient in 3 languages and pre-intermediate in an additional one. I am also a first generation.
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GPA: 3.552 uw
ACT: 24 (taking again in Dec.) English-23, Math-24, Reading-29, Science-19, Writing-9
Rank: 37/229
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Extracurriculars:
-Youth Court State President
-Invented a recumbent tricycle, published in Popular Science magazine, on many local TV stations, Presented at MIT Stata Center, Recognized for Innovation by US Senator Maria Cantwell, Feautured in UK magazine. Contributed 40+ hours a week for 30+ weeks
-International Competition Model UN
-Future Business Leaders of America President (Local Chapter, two years), Competed at State, Attended Nationals
-Head Attorney Mock Trial
-Showcased at National Social Studies Convention
-We The People State Competition
-National Honors Society
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Awards
-Career and Technical Education
-Certification of Service (800 Community Service Hours)
-Student of the Month 2-3 times
-Recumbent Tricycle Best Example Chosen by MIT
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Honors Classes:
Research Honors
Geography Honors
Composition 1 Honors
Communication Honors
Law & Society Honors
Speech Honors
Civics Honors
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College Classes:
U of Washington Chemistry (College in HS)
Interpersonal Communications
Small Group Communications
English 101
Intro to Drama
Legal Terminology
Philosophy
French (might take it)</p>

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<p>College List:
U of Washington (Safety)
Washington State U (Safety)
MIT
UC Los Angeles
UC Davis<br>
UC Berkeley
UC Santa Cruz (Safety)
U of Southern California
Dartmouth
Princeton
U of Penn
Cornell
Columbia
Boston U
Brown
Duke</p>

<p>I have a lot of reach schools. Am I aiming too high? Can you give me some other recommendations? Thank you so much.</p>

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<p>What’s your weighted GPA?
Even unweighted your GPA is significantly lower than middle 50% GPA of each school you listed. also you MUST improve ACT.
Yet your EC is great.</p>

<p>What’s your intended major? I think you need to have more colleges with less difficulty in admission in your list</p>

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<p>The fact that you are an Asian American is not going to help, nor are your ACT’s or GPA, however if you really play up your EC’s and write a kick-ass essay, then you stand a chance. Also, I’d recommend cutting down all the Ivys to one or two and applying ED to MIT.</p>

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<p>DasKleins,
unless he’s a citizen, he’s not eligible for EA in MIT.
But you are definitely correct that his ethnicity won’t help, but migh~~~~~t give some tinsy disadvantage, since college know that Asians in general are great at STEM.</p>

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<p>I’m a 17 year old female and I am a citizen of the United States. My intended major is mechanical engineering. My second choice major would be English. If mechanical engineering doesn’t work out for me, I will major in English and then go on to Law School.</p>

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<p>Or you can aim for Georgia Tech.</p>

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<p>With that GPA and ACT score, Duke, the Ivies, UCLA, UCB, and MIT are all going to be out of reach, especially since you’re not a US citizen. If you want a better shot, try to bump up your ACT score to at least 32.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>I am a US citizen. Also, I definitely think you are right when it comes to bumping up my ACT score. I will be retaking the ACT in the December test.</p>