Chance for Ivies + WUSTL, JHU, BC, & Duke

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello I’m applying to colleges in August and I was wondering what my chances are at these colleges:

Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, UChicago, Duke, UPenn, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, WUSTL, Brown, Vanderbilt, UMichigan, Boston College, UVirginia, and UF

Here are my stats:
Objective:

SAT: 1970 (not planning to send)

ACT: 33, (34 superscored)

SAT II: Math 1 (740), Biology E (740), Chemistry (720)

GPA: 3.92 UW (out of 4.0), 4.7 W (out of 5.0 because I’m in IB)

Rank: 6/372 (top 2%)

AP: World History (3), Euro (3) - had a TERRIBLE teacher, US History (4), Calculus AB (4) - self taught, Lang (4)

IB: Latin SL, Math Studies SL, Chemistry SL, English HL, History HL, Biology HL

Senior Year courses: IB Biology (also AP), IB Chemistry (also AP), IB History, IB English, IB Math Studies, IB Latin (also AP), IB TOK, AP Gov, AP Macro

Awards: 2014 JV Brain Brawl Champion, 2015 Varsity Brain Brawl Champion, AP Scholar, Excellentia Award, and other school awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars:
National Honor Society (VP),
National Science Honor Society (Founder; President),
Biomedical Organization (President),
Varsity Brain Brawl,
Junior Class Council (Treasurer),
Mu Alpha Theta,
National History Honor Society (VP),

Volunteering: Over 500 hours…
Special Olympics
Museum of Science and History,
Mayo Clinic
Humane Society
Tutor at an elementary school
School stuff during the summer and after school
National Honor Society service projects

Additional Info:
Applied for the Questbridge College Prep and Quest for Excellence awards, also going to apply for the National Match program
LOW Income family
Minority, first in family to go to college

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Also if this helps, I’m projected a 40/43 (for IB) and for awards, I forgot to mention that I received a community service award.

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No sports? Otherwise, pretty good

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Nothing leaps out and says either you’re a lock for any of these schools, or that they’re all silly dreams. Your application is credible. Decent test scores, good GPA. I’m assuming the rigor of your curriculum is at the far end of what’s possible at your school. Extracurriculars are credible, though run of the mill. You have a chance to distinguish yourself with your essays, and hopefully, those who write letters of recommendation for you will write exemplary things about you. Obviously, schools like UVa and Hopkins are more obtainable than Harvard, Duke, or Stanford. But none of these schools are a “safety” for you. You’re aiming at the right set of schools, but you might want to add a couple of safe schools. Do you have a good state flagship university?

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I would narrow your focus a bit more. For instance, I can’t imagine that someone who would apply to Brown would also be happy at Columbia, or vice versa. With applicants, quality usually matters a lot more than quantity. Apply to schools that you would really like to attend, not just any school ranked in the top 20.

Otherwise, you have strong credentials, and I expect you’ll be able to get into one of your top choices.

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@0br0123 thanks!
@notjoe Thanks for the chance. I’ll also apply to UF and maybe FSU (state schools)
@Tman1005 thanks, I appreciate it. And I’ll definitely narrow the list.

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