Chance/Match for HYPS, Duke, NU, Rice

<p>Hey all, I appreciate your time for this. Looking for natural sciences/math but undecided on the specifics. Listing schools in order of preference. </p>

<p>Stanford SCEA
Harvard
Princeton
Duke
Yale
Northwestern
Rice
Johns Hopkins
UW-Madison (safety)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>ACT: 34</p>

<p>SAT II: 770 Math II, 690 M Bio, 690 US History (yeah, the last two are weak)</p>

<p>GPA: ~4.1 on 4.3 scale unweighted. 4.71 weighted
Rank: 8 of ~360 and rising (my guess is about 4 or 5 right now)</p>

<p>APs: (All scores assumed) Took APUSH (5) Calc AB (5) Lang (5) Bio (4)
Will take Lit, Physics B, Chem, Spanish
Taking Calc 2 and Calc 3 at local college.
All in all very rigourous courseload for my school</p>

<p>ECs + Volunteer + Work:</p>

<p>4 years HS soccer
7 years club soccer (2 years as captain)
2 years HS basketball
NHS
Spanish Honor Society
4x Dick Ohm Merit Award (not really all that special)
Peer Tutoring at school
Church road cleanup
Church lawn mowing/groundskeeping (job)</p>

<p>Personal:
Male
Caucasian
Public HS (good HS but not magnet or anything like that)
Wisconsin</p>

<p>Hooks:
Aunt is a Medill Northwestern Alum. (doubt that counts but I thought I'd list it)
(This isn't a hook but it should be): Red hair</p>

<p>Many thanks.</p>

<p>ECs are very weak.</p>

<p>Stanford SCEA- very high reach
Harvard- very high reach
Princeton- very high reach
Duke- high reach
Yale- very high reach
Northwestern- reach
Rice- match
Johns Hopkins- low reach
UW-Madison (safety)- high safety</p>

<p>I thought I’d bump and add a couple more schools I’m considering. Full list now is:</p>

<p>Stanford SCEA
Harvard
Princeton
Duke
Yale
Northwestern
Rice
Johns Hopkins
UW-Madison (safety)
Georgetown
Emory
Vanderbilt
Macalester</p>

<p>agree w/ born2dance…Emory/Vanderbilt low/mid reaches</p>

<p>I got into Duke with same/worse ECs</p>