chance me for any of the schools listed?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, I’m a junior right now and starting to think about college. Here are some schools I’m thinking about applying to:
Northwestern University
University of Michigan (first choice)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Indiana University
Case Western Reserve University
University of Illinois at Chicago
New York University

Can you chance me for any of those? Here are my stats:

Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
State: Illinois
Major: Biology or Neuroscience. Pre-med
ACT: 33
PSAT: 1460 out of 1520 (217 out of 228)
UW GPA: 3.5
Weighted GPA: 4.6 (highest possible is about a 5.02)
SAT II: planning on taking math 2 and chemistry
Rigor: So far I’ve taken 7 AP classes (including this year). Almost all my classes are AP or honors when offered – the only ones that isn’t is physics. I’m planning on taking 2 AP classes next year and multivariable calculus, which is the highest math class offered.
AP classes taken and will take:
AP World, APUSH, AP comp sci, AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP stats, AP psych, AP chem, AP Lit

Leadership:
I’m also doing a teaching internship in AP psych next year
Gym leader
Freshman advisor

Volunteer: I have 50+ volunteer hours from volunteering at a hospice and around school.

Awards: won a writing contest freshman year(don’t know if this still means anything bc it was freshman year), featured writer at an event at school, some minor speech and math team awards.

Essays: I’m a strong writer and I plan on getting my essays edited by several people.
Recommendations: I’m not super close with my teachers but I’m a hardworking student. I think i’ll have pretty good recs.

Extracurriculars:
Math team (freshman and sophomore year)
Speech team (junior year-JV and senior year-Varsity)
Founder and secretary of a club like Best Buddies (junior and senior year)
JV colorguard (sophomore year)
Varsity colorguard (junior and senior year)
NHS member
Freshman advisor (sophomore and junior year)
Dance (have been doing outside of school since I was 6)

Super worried because of my unweighted GPA and teacher recs bc I don’t have a super personal relationship with any of them. Thanks friends!

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Have you taken the SAT? You have almost a year to get closer to any teachers. It’s not ideal, but you can try. Your UW GPA isn’t that bad. If you can pull it up a little bit, that would help a lot. Northwestern is a reach, maybe even UM and NYU. You have a pretty good chance for the rest. Good luck. Chance back? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1854384-chance-me-for-these-colleges-p1.html

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Northwestern University( 50/50 chance)
University of Michigan (first choice) (most likely yes)
University of Wisconsin-Madison( 100% yes)
Indiana University (100% yes)
Case Western Reserve University (100% yes)
University of Illinois at Chicago ( 100% yes)
New York University( 100% yes)

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Thanks guys! I haven’t really given the SAT any thought bc people mostly focus on the ACT in my area.

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I would not take the SAT because your ACT is very strong. You can take SAT2’s which are basic achievement tests in various topics. Have a bunch of strong scores may bolster your chances at the most competitive schools but your list is very reasonable. I’d think you could get into all.

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However, UW GPA of 3.5 is pretty low for some of those schools!

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A non-MI resident with a 3.5GPA and 33ACT will likely be rejected at UMich – it’s become extremely competitive for non MI residents. And NU is equally as difficult, if not more.