Chance a naive student?

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

Hey everybody, could you guys chance me for the following schools:
UPenn- Wharton
MIT
New York University
Cornell
Columbia

I’m a first generation American living in Pennsylvania and both my parents are from Russia. My scores are as follows:
SAT: 2320 total
Math: 800
Reading: 750
Writing: 770
Subject Tests:
Math 2: 800
Physics: 800

Unweighted GPA: 3.97
Class Rank: 2/389

Extracurriculars:
Soccer(9-10 jv, 11-12 varsity)
Track
NHS(President)
FBLA(President)
Key Club(10-12)
Debate Team(10-12)
I also am a soccer referee

I know my EC’s aren’t great but my essays are pretty good, especially for MIT and Penn and my recommendations are decent. What do you guys think?

2

Forgot to mention I have taken 11 AP courses and have gotten 5’s on most exams.

3

They are all fine schools and the data you’ve provided appears sound (of course, so too will 75+ percent of your competitors’ qualifications). With very little to go on – for example, you indicated your essays are “pretty good,” but students are generally poor at assessing essays’ compelling qualities from admissions’ viewpoint – I’d speculate:

  • MIT, reach to high reach (it is for almost everyone)
  • Wharton, reach to low reach
  • NYU, match to high match
  • Columbia, reach to low reach
  • Cornell (dependent on what school you apply to), high match to low reach
4

Thanks for the insight, I got decent feedback on my essays but obviously no one can really judge them like an admissions officer. Would living instate help my odds of getting into UPenn.

5

No, Penn is a private school.

Your chances are pretty low for these schools except NYU-Stern. Do you have any awards?

6

Not too much; Penn is, of course, a private institution, so there is no “political mandate” as there might be at Penn State or UConn. However, every year a seemingly disproportionate number of Phladephia area applicants appear to be admitted.

7

However a disproportionate amount of Philly area kids apply.