Chance for Columbia and MIT RD?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applying for class of 2014 to MIT and Columbia.
Stats:
GPA: 97% UW
Had hardest schedule possible (11 AP's by the end of senior year.)
Rank: Valedictorian out of 400 kids
SAT 1: 570 CR(crap!!), 770 M, 730 Writing
ACT: 35 (Hope the colleges take this into consideration only)
SAT 2: 790 Chem. 740 Math 2
AP: 5's on Chem, Envir. Science, Calculus AB. 4's in World History and English Language. 3 In US History.
EC: Math club, science team, spanish honor society, tutoring in and out of school, environmental group, over 150+ hours of community service, reading workshop for autistic children, research with doctor on autism since the last three years, independent research on autism and the use of herbs to treat children with autism.
Awards: AP Scholar w/ distinction, Rensselear Medal Award, High Honor Roll, Valedictorian.
Essays: For MIT, my long essays (250 Words) were about my passion for autism and how my younger brother, who has autism, has shaped my aspirations. One essay(creativity one) was about how I tought an autistic child to read through my workshop, using the piano.
For Columbia essay, I talked about the social norms associated with being Asian.
I am primarily interested in these universities for research(on autism and other forms of mental retardation, of course) Is this good for the match between me and MIT?
Recs: amazing from all teachers. Talked about my passion about helping those with autism and finding a soultion to this problem.
Personal:
Male, first generation college student.
Location: New York
Ethnicity: Asian (noooo!)
I come from a low income family. This probably dosen't matter since they're need blind.</p>

<p>What are my chances? Is it a reach, big reach, impossible(go to community college, lol), or a low reach. It's defienetly not a match for anyone applying.
Thank You!</p>

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<p>Everything looks good except the CR score, which will likely keep you out in my opinion.</p>

<p>EDIT: only submit the ACT score if you want to be safe!</p>

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<p>I think you have a chance at both with MIT being a slightly higher reach than Columbia :-). Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816473-chance-aa-female-elite-schools-updated-stats.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816473-chance-aa-female-elite-schools-updated-stats.html&lt;/a&gt; <–Include Yale also!</p>

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<p>Columbia - you can definitely make it in
MIT - this might be a bit of a reach mainly because there is so much competition</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/819957-ill-chance-you-back-even-if-you-insult-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/819957-ill-chance-you-back-even-if-you-insult-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Can you not send your SAT. The 570 will KILL your chances…otherwise you would have a great shot!</p>

<p>chance me back… idk how to put in a link but my thread is called
“chance for columbia u (cc) ed class of '14”</p>

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<ol>
<li>Only use ACT score.</li>
<li>Being Asian rocks, because we’re gonna take over the world :)</li>
</ol>

<p>You have Great essay topics. I think you’ve got passion, but you are going to need to show it as much as possible. Test scores are fine, not much benefit to improve anyways. </p>

<p>Columbia is a shoe-in, but MIT will be much more ambiguous.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/819841-applied-ea-caltech-mit-now-feeling-obnoxious.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/819841-applied-ea-caltech-mit-now-feeling-obnoxious.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;