Chance a poor Asian dude for Top Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Senior</p>

<p>4/4.6 GPA [Discounting Freshmen year.. where I got a B in pottery and keyboarding. Yeah.]
Ranked 15th / 400 [Top 20 Highschool]
SAT: 1600/1600 : 2290/2400
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 US History, 750 Molecular Biology</p>

<p>AP Tests: Seven 5s [World, US, Computer Science A, Calculus AB, Psychology, 2D Design, Biology], One 4 [Language, GAH]</p>

<p>Senior Course Load: Intense. [AP Micro + Macro Econ, Adv. Calculus, AP Comparative Gov + American Gov, AP Literature, AP Chemistry]</p>

<p>Main Extracurriculars:
Creative Services Internship @ Top Cancer Research Facility [competed against undergraduates for position. Highly sought after internship with only 3 spots]
Art / Photography
Varsity + Invite Team Track and Field
Volunteering at Hospital</p>

<p>Essays: Very well written. Might be a little weird.. my common app essay is essentially an essay talking about itself.</p>

<p>Recommendations: Top 25%, not sure about my counselor's rec.</p>

<p>Not sure if this makes a difference but my parents combined income is ~$40,000 / year.
I have absolutely NO assets or financial aid from my parents coming my way at all, dunno if that affects the acceptance rate or not, would like some input!</p>

<p>Basically undecided regarding major, but I have a slight inclination towards applied math and economics.</p>

<p>Schools:</p>

<p>NYU Stern</p>

<p>Brown
Cornell
University of Chicago
Wash. U. in St. Louis
Johns Hopkins
UPenn - Warton</p>

<p>Stanford
Yale
Princeton
Harvard</p>

<p>Thanks and good luck ~</p>

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<p>Alright, well, your family income shouldn’t really play too big of a role. Most admissions are need-blind, so it won’t really affect you until you get in.
Grades and SATs look very good, in terms of numbers you’re well qualified. Not sure how much sports is worth (Not familiar with them), but as Varsity, probably quite a bit. The internship is good too. However, I’d like to see a small list of your top awards to see the extent and proficiency your involvement in both Track and Academics
Furthermore, do you have any economics/buisness geared ECs or awards? Though you are applying as Undecided, those will make a big impact on the buisness schools</p>

<p>For the sake of this, I’ll assume you have some pretty good awards.</p>

<p>NYU Stern: NYU alone, match. Not sure about Stern (never really looked into it)
Brown: Reach
Cornell:High match/Low reach
University of Chicago: Match
Wash. U. in St. Louis: Match
Johns Hopkins: High match/Low reach
UPenn - Warton: Upenn alone, High match/Low reach. Wharton: High reach/reject. I’ve heard it’s notoriously hard to get into.
Stanford: Reach
Yale: Reach
Princeton: Reach
Harvard: Reach</p>