<p>I'm currently looking into colleges and want suggestions of top universities to attend based on what I'm looking for in colleges and what are my actually chances of getting there.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.75 UW (Low grades freshman year due to family problems explained in my personal statement, all A's and 2 B's since)</p>
<p>Also took 30 units (1 college year) worth of classes at a local community college</p>
<p>ACT: 31
E: 32
M: 34
R: 29
S: 30
W: 7</p>
<p>Extracurricular:</p>
<p>-Student Government, 3 years (10th and 11th grade class representative; 12th grade class VP)
-Cross Country, 4 years (3x Varsity letter, 2x Varsity Team Captain, Most Improved Athlete 10th grade)
-Track and Field, 4 years (3x Varsity letter, 2x Varsity Team Captain)
-Unity Club (club that helped unify the school and break status quos, 11th grade activities directors, 12th grade VP)</p>
<p>Community Service:</p>
<p>-Discipleship church group leader (4 hours weekly, all year, 3 years)
-100 Mile Club (motivated children to be more proactive and maintain physical health 3 hours weekly, 37 weeks, 3 years)</p>
<p>Also
-I'm African-American
-My parents didn't attend college
-I was the first generation in my family to be born in the US
-I'm low-income and qualify for reduced price lunches, VERY close to free lunches
-I'm from Cali
-Essay talks about severe family hardships I overcame to become the man I am today</p>
<p>WITH ALL THAT (that's not nearly all of my app but it's all the important things), what are my possibilities of getting into a top school? Such as the Ivies, Stanford, Duke, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Pomona College, Rice, USC, UCLA, UCB, etc. My brother got accepted to Pomona with a much lower GPA, slightly lower ACT, and equal amounts(if not more) of EC's and community service so I feel semi qualified for high end universities/ colleges. I am currently looking into doing ED at Pomona, but I am debating if I'm qualified enough to take the risk and do REA at Stanford instead.</p>
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