Apps are coming up, and I would be forever grateful if you guys could chance me.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone! Like the title says, I am going to be starting my applications for college soon so I came to the place where I've heard all the best advice comes from haha. The competition in my school is particularly tough so I would love it if you guys could help me focus my efforts on particular schools that it would be realistic for me to get into. I would also love any miscellaneous pieces of advice or comment you guys have because to be frank, I need all the help I can get. I will be writing out the list my parents and I came up with, but please give me more suggestions for good schools for me if you can think of them. Well, here are my stats.</p>

<p>Scores
- Cumulative weighted GPA up to end of Junior year: 4.49
- Cumulative unweighted GPA: 3.94
- PSAT: 216
- SAT I: 2280
- Math: 730
- Critical Reading: 800
- Writing: 750
- SAT II Math: 780
- SAT II AP US History: 760
- AP Human Geography Test: 5
- AP European History Test: 5
- AP Language and Composition: 5
- AP US History: 4
- AP Physics B: 4
- AP Calculus BC: 4</p>

<p>Extracurricular
- Director of Expansion for my school's Junior State of America.
- Chairman for the Santa Clarita Visions in Progress.
- For those unfamiliar, Visions in Progress is my city's student advisory council board.
- Vice President for my school's Model United Nations.
- Interned/clerked at the California Superior Court under a judge for 5 weeks this summer.
- Member of Speech and Debate
- Member of Key Club
- Member of National Honor Society
- Member of the West Ranch Varsity Swim Team since freshman year.
- Member of the West Ranch Stock Market team.</p>

<p>Community Service
- 50-60 hours of community service (not sure)
- Praise/worship leader at my church since 2005
- Went on missions to Mexico during the summers of 2008 and 2010.</p>

<p>Class Schedule for Senior year:
AP Literature
AP Statistics
AP Econ/Gov
AP Computer Science
AP Physics C
Swim</p>

<p>List of schools in mind: Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Brown, other Ivy's, UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC. Again, any other suggestions would be fantastic.</p>

<p>Well, I think that's it for my information. This is my first post on this website, so I hope I did everything right. If I came off negatively in any way, I didn't mean to haha. If you have any questions about what I posted, feel free to ask. Oh and I don't know if this is important or not but I am a Korean male haha. Thank you for your time!</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, I would assume my rank is important: Ranked 11 or 12 out of 678. I’m not exactly sure at the moment. Silly me.</p>

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<p>I’m sorry if I’m doing something wrong, but I would like at least one chance before I give up on this thread hahaha. Someone chance me please!</p>

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<p>You should get into at least one of your choices although its less likely if you’re asian (sorry broken system) since you did not mention your race. Your score is spot on, your ECs will probably not impress your reach schools but are almost a requirement in the competitive admissions process. You might want to add a couple safeties.
Yale- high reach
Stanford- high reach
Cornell-low reach
Brown- high reach
other Ivy’s UPenn- middleish reach, Harvard- High reach, Princeton- High reach, Dartmouth-middleish reach
UC Berkeley- match
UCLA- match
USC- match</p>

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<p>Oh my goodness, THANK YOU. I was starting to think nobody would reply haha. But yes, that’s sort of what I was thinking too. Is a “middle-ish reach” school a good chance or a bad chance? Are there any top-ranked schools that would be good safeties for me?</p>

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<p>Any safety recommendations?</p>