Chance me???--Cornell is my safety! :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>lol jk Cornell isn't my safety school....I was just copying another user and using that to make this thread more noticeable..hope it works lol</p>

<p>so I'm only a junior in high school but my counselor is telling me to compile a list of schools that I want to apply to next year and so here they are:</p>

<p>Stanford
MIT
Harvard
Columbia **I really like Columbia
Yale
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
UChicago
Caltech
UC Berkeley, UCLA
Purdue</p>

<p>I just wanted to know my chances of even getting into those schools b/c I know that they're all super competitive and it's really hard to predict whether or not someone can get in......I want to be a Biomedical Engineering (BME) Major.
So here are my stats! :)</p>

<p>Grade: Junior</p>

<p>Current GPA: 4.86 weighted; 4.0 unweighted
Cumulative GPA: 4.66 weighted; 4.0 unweighted
AP's: AP Biology (self-study, 5); AP Chinese (5); AP European History (5); AP Environmental Science (self-study, 5); AP English, APUSH, AP French, AP Psychology, AP Calc AB</p>

<p>SAT: 2260 (first time; 750 Math, 750 Reading, 760 Writing)
PSAT: 233
SAT II: Math Level II (800); Biology E (780); Chemistry (730..idk what happened here lol)</p>

<p>EC's:
Research Internship at the National Cancer Institute; Stanford EPGY; Science Bowl, Robotics, Vice President of Research Club, Publicity Officer of Interact, KSFH 87.9 (I am a DJ for my very own FM radio show!!), National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation, Varsity Swimming, Water Polo, Science and Engineering Club, Math Club, Writer for the Christmas Comedy Show</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
USA Biology Olympiad Semifinalist (first one from my school!!); National Merit Semifinalist; AP Scholar with Honor; Science Department Award; Brother Eamon Schaffer Service Award; Scholar Athlete (water polo/swimming); 4.0 Medal </p>

<p>so yeah it would be great if anyone can tell me my chances of getting into those schools listed previously! Thanks :)</p>

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<p>Stanford: Reach
Cornell: High match
MIT: Reach
Harvard: Reach
Yale: Reach
Caltech: Reach
Purdue: Safety
JHU: High match
U Chicago: High match (write stellar essays and it will seal the deal)
Berkeley: Match (maybe even low match, if you can pay full freight)
UCLA: Match (see above)</p>

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<p>I think that you have a really good chance at being accepted at these schools. Try to work towards leadership positions ( president, captain, etc.) in your extracurriculars. You are a very focused applicant, which is a good thing. But to be honest, the deciding factor in your admission to any of these schools would be your essays. If your essays are strong, I would say you have a good chance applying EA and a very good chance applying RD. Good luck :)</p>

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<p>Agree with both of the above, but want to add that I hope you’re planning to retake the SATs! Your scores are good, but they aren’t in the highest percentile, so why not?</p>

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<p>yay ok thank you! this helped a lot :slight_smile: does anyone else have any other feedback?</p>

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<p>If you look at any of the ED results thread getting 5s in atleast 5 good APs seem to be important to get into most of the top 10 schools. In my opinion you have 2 easy APs and two difficult ones so far. You do have good APs lined up and get as many 5s as possible.</p>

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<p>Cornell is not your safety…please. High match/low reach maybe.</p>

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<p><a href=“mailto:yeah.........@ram0276…that”>yeah…@ram0276…that</a>'s why I clarified in my post that I only used the Cornell line as a “hook” for this thread…lol I don’t actually think that Cornell is my safety. No one thinks that Cornell is a safety–it’s an Ivy League, after all. :)</p>