Am I delusional???? chances please. :(

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<p>South Asian female
Small public school in KS, hardly any AP's offered, we have one kid every couple of years going to a top-20 school.</p>

<p>Stats-----</p>

<p>PSAT: 232
ACT composite: 35
SAT IIs: 800 Math Level 2, 790 Chem, 740 Lit
haven't taken the SAT yet but will in Oct...hoping for 2200+</p>

<p>AP scores:
Chem - 5
Calc BC - 4
Eng. Lang. - 4</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.1-ish weighted
Class Rank: 1 / 161</p>

<p>I have kinda crappy ECs:</p>

<p>-Senior class Treasurer
-Key Club President, member since ninth
-Spanish Club VP, member since ninth
-Math Club VP in 10th and 11th, Pres in 12th
-a founding member of Interact Club (a service organization), and head of its Financial committee
-Biology Club member
-Philosophy Club member
-National Honor Society
-Scholars' Bowl Varsity Capt., was JV Capt. in 9th
-JV tennis in 9th, Varsity tennis in 10th</p>

<p>Community Service:
-volunteering at hospital, library, and Salvation Army
-other stuff through Key Club, Interact, and NHS
-Teen Court</p>

<p>Awards:
-Nat'l Merit Semifinalist
-Nat'l Spanish Exam 3rd place state
-Chem. Olympiad Regional winner</p>

<p>Other:
-currently doing research in biochem. at local university
-did a research project last summer in nanotechnology
-went to summer program @ MIT this summer
-employed at a local supermarket since June</p>

<p>I'm taking the most rigorous courseload offered at my school, which isn't that rigorous, so I've had nearly 30 credit hours at our local university, mainly in science and math courses. (not that I'm expecting these to transfer or anything, though.)
I'll have great recs, my essays should be pretty good as well.</p>

<p>I'm planning on applying to:
Stanford
MIT
Harvard
Yale
Brown
WashU
UChicago
Cornell</p>

<p>I think I'll either apply to Stanford SCEA or both MIT and UChicago EA (if I can bring myself to do those extra UChicago essays...).
I do have in-state schools as safeties, but do I have ANY chance at any of these schools? I feel so weak compared to the people on CC. :(</p>

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<p>I would say you have a great chance at all of them, and I don't think your ECs are all that underwhelming; I can't really see a weakness in your resume. Good luck!</p>

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<p>
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PSAT: 232
ACT composite: 35
SAT IIs: 800 Math Level 2, 790 Chem, 740 Lit
haven't taken the SAT yet but will in Oct...hoping for 2200+

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<p>Why in the world are you spending your time taking the SAT when you have an excellent ACT and 3 great SAT IIs??</p>

<p>If the program you went to was MITES, that will help with MIT. </p>

<p>Your numbers make you competitive for all of those schools. Your ECs are not so much weak as they are unfocused. Is there a central thread that ties some of them together and which you could talk about in your essay?</p>

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<p>^^ well, I have to do the SAT anyway for Nat'l Merit. :P</p>

<p>My ACT essay score was terrible too so I'm considering redoing that as well...although that is probably a bad idea. I'm not sure about it yet.</p>

<p>The program at MIT was Women's Technology Program, not MITES (which I'm pretty sure is only for URMs). The staff of the program will be writing a supplementary rec letter for all participants, so that might help some with MIT.</p>

<p>I have part of my common app essay done already and it's not really about any of my ECs... I don't really think I have a central thread that ties them together. A lot of them were service-based, I suppose, and I am considering going into Pre-Med (yeah, probably not the best idea for MIT, haha. If not Pre-Med though, it'll be Comp Sci which is great there.).</p>

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<p>Your academics are superb, though your ECs are a bit unfocussed. Also, the fact that you are an Asian female might also hurt your chances.</p>

<p>But you have a good chance everywhere.</p>

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<p>"Also, the fact that you are an Asian female might also hurt your chances."</p>

<p>Doesn't that help your chances?</p>

<p>Anyway, your resume is fantastic, and if you got a 35 and a 232 on your ACT and PSAT, your SATs will be fine, and you should be a shoe-in for the Finalist award. Also, being in Kansas will help some, I would assume, but this is all conjecture from a high school senior. Good luck!</p>

<p>(You're fine even compared to other CCers, by the way.)</p>