Are these correct safeties/matches/reaches for me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys I'm looking at the following colleges, but I'm not sure what will be a match or reach for me? I'm trying to finalize a list by the end of July...Does this seem right? (p.s. my top choice is CMU! :D )</p>

<p>Safety:
USC-Columbia </p>

<p>Matches:
NYU (maybe high match?)
USC-Southern California
Georgia Tech
Oxford College at Emory</p>

<p>Reaches:
UC Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon University
Emory University
U. Chicago
Cornell University</p>

<p>Here are some stats:
Gender: F
Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese :P
Income Bracket: ~100k
Location: SC (ya one of the dumber states in the South!)
College Class Year: 2018
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.90
Class Rank: top 10 so top 5%
Class Size: ~360 students</p>

<p>AP scores not out yet...Courseload for Junior Year:
English IV H, AP Stat, APUSH, AP Chem, AP Calc AB, Band
Senior Courseload: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Bio, Band, Gov/Econ</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I CR 640 - M 740- W - 780 w/11 essay (retaking in October)
SAT II U.S. History: 590 (retaking in Fall November)
SAT II Chemistry: 760, (taking Math II in Fall too)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
ATLAS Club for Cultural Awareness (9-12, Historian 12) Marching Band (9-12 Section Leader 11, 12), GCYO (10-12), Jazz Band (11), SHS (Secretary, 11-12) Speech and Debate and YIG (9-10), Beta Club, tutor for HSAP</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
GHS Hospital Volunteer (60 hours)
Volunteer-Meels on Wheels, music hours, etc (40 hours)</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
NHS, Spanish Honors Society,
Tri-M Music Honors
High score regionally Chemistry Olympiad
Top Ten
All-State Band (once), All-Region Band (twice)
Al-County (3 times), Superiors in Solo/Ensemble</p>

<p>College Summer programs: USC-Columbia Wells Fargo Business Camp at Moore
Economics for Leaders camp at College of William and Mary</p>

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<p>bumppp not sure why I decided to post this at 6am in the morning…lol</p>

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<p>What major? I think you’re pretty much good with everything including CMU, although its impossible to give a definitive answer for ivies and schools like U. Chicago and Berkeley. You’ll get into CMU though.</p>

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<p>lol Ya I might not apply to U. Chicago or Ivies because they’re farr too competitive.</p>

<p>I’m applying to Business schools like Stern for NYU and CMU-H&SS for Economics and Tepper School of Business (I heard this was harder than CMU overall).</p>

<p>Thanks so much for replying! I really hope I do get into CMU even if Tepper’s hard to get into :)</p>

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<p>I’d agree you have a good shot at CMU</p>

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<p>ok thanks!! I need more responses…</p>

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<p>Yeah you’d probably get into CMU. Cornell might be a reach</p>

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<p>You are on the right path as you know what you need to do in October with the SATs. You have a good chance for CMU, just tweak the CR score and subject scores. Good luck!</p>