Can I make it into top schools like Columbia or Brown with these credentials?

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<p>Hey! I'm a Junior and wanted to know my chances for getting into the Ivy Leagues and other top schools. Since I won the top award (Young Scientist Award) at the Intel International Science Fair, everyone has been saying I will have no problem getting into any school I want, but I don't know if I should believe them...I'm not usually confident about these things. :P
Ok..here goes</p>

<p>Overall, I make all A's, mostly A+'s. (particularly freshman/sophomore years) However, this year I worked a lot on an extensive science fair project, and I have received 2 B's. These are my only B's, however, and I go to a highly competitive high school (top 100 Newsweek) and am still in the top 5% of my class. As a result of my science fair project, I won the Grand Award, the Young Scientist Award, ($50,000, chance to be on Jay Leno, etc.) at the Intel International Science Fair, the largest pre-college science competition in the world.</p>

<p>In addition, I won 1st place/1st Grand Category at the Intel ISEF, 2nd at another international science competition (ISWEEEP) , 1st in the Stockholm Junior Water Prize contest (largest environmental competition in the world), 1st/Grand Award at district, regional, and state fair competitions, and about 12 other special awards, such as the Environmental Protection Agency's Sustainability Award. I won numerous other awards associated with my project, but these are the main ones.</p>

<p>Other credentials-</p>

<p>-My GPA is ~4.72, weighted.
-I am in the top 5%. Out of a class of 750, I am ~#25.
-officer in National Honor Society
-~200-300 volunteer hours
-Vice President of the Science Fair Club
-2nd place in an international art competition, Sister Cities Int'l
-took AP (Advanced) Art for 4 years in addition to outside art classes and plan to prepare a portfolio
-staff writer on my newspaper, was accepted to an Editor Position
-Journalism award at ILPC (Journalism forum)
-officer of Chinese Honor Society
-took Public Forum Debate for 2 years
-science internship in Prague, Czech Republic
-accepted and participated in science academy in San Antonio
-this summer I won trips associated with my project for any "foreign travel" sections of resumes (im unfamiliar with college apps as a jr.) to Sweden, London, Czech Rep, Switzerland, Tunisia, and Alaska. For all these trips im either competing or participating in a science program
-competed in science fair all years of school, in high school I received 1st or 2nd place at all levels up to state until this year (jr yr) when I won at the International level</p>

<p>Classes:</p>

<p>I took all Advanced (usually AP or IB) classes, and took the most classes possible (8)
I am one year ahead in math/science
All A's and 2 B's (in my calculus class)
Classes this year-
AP Biology
AP English
PAP Pre-Calculus
AP US History
Journalism (Newspaper)
AP Art 3- Painting
IB Chinese 3
Honors Debate 2</p>

<p>Continuations in High School- Art (4 yrs), Debate (2 yrs), Newspaper (2 yrs), Science fair (4 yrs), Mandarin Chinese language (4 yrs)</p>

<p>These are mostly summaries; I have other awards but these are the most important! Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>I’m guessing your chinese? Regardless, you have a lot of great credentials. What is your SAT score? If you get your SAT score up to a set range (2200+) you should be fine for those colleges as well as have a chance for the top dog schools as well.</p>

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<p>Are you seriously wondering whether you can get into Brown/Columbia? I think it is a non issue…I mean…wow.</p>

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<p>TMI. Please be cautious. No need to give name and school. Can it be deleted by an editor?</p>

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<p>uhhh…you have to delete it? ok sure :P</p>

<p>oh i haven’t taken my SAT yet! i had scifair related things on every testing date. </p>

<p>thanks for the replies!</p>

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<p>btw i’m wasian! white-asian. half chinese…so chinese is actually not an easy course for me. i’m dying (emotionally) in it.</p>

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<p>really you think it’s wow? maybe its all the hype but i’m worried the two B’s will bring me down?</p>

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<p>I wish I won $50,000 and got to go onto Jay Leno. Anyway, if you win anything at a national level, or, at the very least something like intel, and you have great credentials, you will be accepted into any college you want. Try for HYPS, or any school you want really. Just don’t make ego boosting topics.</p>

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<p>One doesn’t need all As to go to a top school. It never hurts, but colleges care about lots more than just “how many As did the student get.” I finished with the equivalent of a 3.6 GPA, barely in the top 10% of my class, albeit at an elite prep school, and got into Brown and Dartmouth and waitlisted at Princeton.</p>

<p>You definitely seem to have a chance anywhere, but with the top schools, who really knows - nothing is guaranteed.</p>

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<p>Just one thing…why would you put your name and school on this…if colleges looked at this website, that MIGHT go against you.</p>