<p>ECs ok but not great. That along with academics makes for a “cliched Asian applicant.” I know that sounds wrong, but it’s true. With a 2400 and good grades, along with the great majority of your ECs having to do with music, you’ll look like many other applicants they are going to see, especially Asian and Indian, as they are prone to very high grades coupled with musically-inclined ECs.</p>
<p>Not many ECs or other activities really match up with the intended science major.</p>
<p>Also, the lack of summer activity could hurt. Maybe just stress this summer’s activity so that they don’t just see “sleep” for 2 summers in a row.</p>
<p>Maybe try to capitalize on the music stuff as a central theme for your app? Many adcoms say having a “theme” has become the new way to go. That could help.</p>
<p>Good luck! I’ll give you my opinion:
Harvard- high reach
Yale- high reach
Stanford- high reach
Princeton- high reach
Duke- reach
Brown- reach
Cornell- low reach
WashU- reach (“Tufts Syndrome” aka they reject “too-good” applicants a lot)
Rutgers- safety
Johns Hopkins- match
UPenn- reach
Dartmouth- mid to lowerish reach
Northwestern- low reach/ pretty high match
UChicago- high match/ low reach (they are all about “fit”)
Carnegie Mellon- match (a bit highish maybe for science)</p>