Chance for ivies + midtier schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applying to: UCF(safety), UF, GIT, Duke RD, JHU RD, Columbia, UPenn, UC Berkley.
State: Florida
Major: Engineering (BME for Duke, JHU)
Race: Asian
Hook: First generation college student, Income below 20,000.</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA (Where getting an A in AP is 6.0 and an A in Honors is 5.0): 5.26
Class Rank: 1 or 2 at the beginning of Senior year, will probably not change.
AP classes: 20 by the end of Senior year.</p>

<p>SAT: 2070 (670 CR, 740 M, 660 W). Will retake in November, but will only send if score is above 2200.
ACT: 34 Composite (34 E, 34 M, 33 R, 35 S, 7 on essay)
I will also take the Math II and Biology subject tests soon.</p>

<p>Extracurricular activities:
Nothing extraordinary here.
- NHS President
- Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society) member for 4 years, was secretary of the club during Sophomore year. I help tutor students on a weekly basis.
- National Beta Club member for 3 years, secretary during Junior year.
- Part of both the AP Biology Club and the AP Chemistry club, both clubs in which I tutor AP students in.
- Member and captain of Quiz Bowl
- Piano for 8 years, I've played for several nursing homes and annual participant of the National Federation of Music Club festival for 6 years and have received a couple of awards for achieving a "superior" rating for all years.I was also considering sending a recording of a piece along with my app.
- Over 100 hours of community service
- National AP Scholar</p>

<p>Schedule -
Freshman year:
AP Biology(5)
AP Human Geo(5)
CCC
Spanish 1
English 1 Hon
Intro to Engineering
Algebra 2 Hon</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
AP Stats (5)
AP Psych (5)
AP Chem (4)
AP World (4)
Spanish 2
Eng 2 Hon
Pre Calc Hon</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Physics B(4)
AP Euro(4)
AP Music Theory(4)
Spanish 3 Hon
AP Calc AB(5)
APUSH(4)
AP Lang (5)</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Calc BC
AP Lit
AP Physics C
AP Spanish
AP Macro
AP Gov
AP Art History
APES</p>

<p>Assuming my essays are good, what are my chances?</p>

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<p>shamefulbump</p>

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<p>Really good actually, although it might look bad you were treasurer during sophomore year but then stopped junior and senior. I don’t know about Duke, but I think you’ll get into most and most of them have financial aid although it ticks me off how people use “Under 20000 income” as a hook</p>

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<p>@RChandler‌
Let’s be honest, under 20k should be a big hook. That 20k a year was probably less than the price of one of your parents cars. I’d like to see you living in a household where minimum wage is made. This guy has taken 20 AP classes and received a 4.0 in a poor environment. Your ignorance is astonishing.</p>

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<p>Your GPA and scores despite your economic conditions are incredible. Kudos to you. Send your ACT, not SAT. You’re a competitive applicant at each school. Even though UPenn, Berkley, and Columbia are natural reaches, you have a great chance at all of them.
Chance back?</p>

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<p>@Oberyn‌ I’m not saying that its not a hook. I agree that its great but I just said it slightly ticked me off that he was allowed to use that. If I was in his situation I would say that too. I’m just mad that even if I was able to maintain a 4.0 and 20 APs like him, I would be penalized for my parents making more. I do still believe he deserves it and that he should definitely write under 20k in his application but can’t I be mad? Is it wrong for me to be slightly ticked off? But it’s nice how you can judge my ignorance from one offhand comment less than a 100 words long.</p>