Brown, Upenn, JHU, UMCP (w/ scholarship), etc, chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a white (turkish, not quite sure if that counts in my favor as a minority) immigrant male from an middle class family. I am also fluent in Turkish if that would help for anything</p>

<p>SAT: 680 reading, 720 math, 700 writing. i figure i could increase these a bit in the fall, maybe 30 pts more to each but i'm just hoping
Sat-II: 770 chem, 800 Math-IIC
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.8 weighted with my schools weighting system (apparently its the highest in a few years)
Class Rank: 1 of about 405 at a highly competitive school (weighted and unweighted)
AP credits so far through junior year: 4 US History, 5 chem, 4 Eng Language, 5 calc AB, 5 comp sci A, 4 gov&pol US, 3 gov&pol comp, (expect to take psych, econ, eng lit, calc C and stats ap next year (and maybe either physics C or euro)</p>

<p>Clubs at schools: like nothing worthwhile, young democrats club and thats about it, maybe nhs next year</p>

<p>Other activities: I started my own very small skateboarding business, and aided my father's real estate company, helped with some sales, nothing particularly spectacular but it's something i imagine. I won a relatively small but somewhat notable skateboarding competition last summer, but once again it doubt it applies.</p>

<p>I expect very shining recommendations from my chem and history teachers but i imagine most everyone else has shining recommendations too.</p>

<p>Currently I live in Maryland</p>

<p>Tentatively I plan to apply to:
University of Maryland, College Park (as a safety, but I'm wondering how likely a large scholarship is for someone like me)
Brown
Upenn
John Hopkins
Princeton
Maybe Cornell, maybe MIT</p>

<p>I plan to major in Business or Economics most likely. It is possible that I would major in chemical engineering but it is unlikely.</p>

<p>So what are my chances for getting into these schools, and are there any recommendations anyone would make at that or in general.</p>

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<p>Princeton: reach
MIT: reach
Brown: slight reach / reach
Penn: slight reach / reach (wharton- reach)
Johns Hopkins: slight reach
Cornell: slight reach</p>

<p>Given that you don't have any unique and/or stellar EC's, your scores may need to be higher to be accepted at some of your top choices.</p>

<p>As far as scholarships to Maryland, you will certainly get something. One thing I have noticed about scholarships is they often have a heavy tilt toward SAT scores (for example, the avg full ride at Boston University was only in the top 3% of their class but still managed a 1520 SAT). As your GPA/rank is perfect, you are in the game for the best scholarships Maryland has to offer, but higher scores would prob. seal the deal for a full ride.</p>

<p>UChicago & Northwestern are good reasonable reaches/matches. UMichigan, BU, and USC would be good safe matches.</p>

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<p>whats your skateboarding business? you have no ECs?</p>

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<p>I means its reasonably popular locally but basically i've been buying blank boards wholesale and reselling them, maybe with a small logo. I figure maybe i could use skateboarding as a hook and all that could show i have entrepreneurial skills. I have to say I am very weak with ECs.</p>

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<p>I'm considering UVA too since it's close and apparently strong in business and economics.</p>