Chance me for CMU, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, and UPenn

Chance Me / Match Me!
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For a little background I’m a rising senior that’s a white male with divorced parents.

GPA: 4.0 unweighted 4.51 weighted

Class Rank: Not given :frowning:

SAT: 1500 (770M 730RW 17 Essay)

ACT: 34 (35R 35W 34S 31M) and then on other ACT got an 8 on the essay

APs: APWH (5), waiting on AP Lang, APUSH, and AP Calc BC, next year I’ll be taking AP Stats, AP Gov, and AP Bio along with Calc III.

SAT 2: Taking Physics and Math 2 in August, expecting 700+

Academic Awards: Chemistry Achievement Award, High Honor Roll all semesters of HS (so far), got some generic school award for course load, rigor, and school involvement.

Major: Looking to go into Bioengineering or Biophysics

ECs:

Cross Country (1 year) Sprint coach told me to do it and I struggled.

Indoor Track and Field (3 years) Made all league team for two events and was honorable mention for my areas 1st team in the 2017-2018 season.

Outdoor Track and Field (3 years) Made all league team for 3 events and was honorable mention for areas 1st team for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

Summer Track (3 Years) Ran for a club, Qualified and ran in the Junior Olympics in Kansas.

Jazz Band (3 years) Was with normal jazz band freshman year then was accepted into the advanced jazz band for my sophomore and junior years for trumpet. I’m also in the honors wind ensemble

I’ve done volunteer work here and there with cleaning up local parks or doing charity events with the track team and it probably adds up to around 50 hrs.

Essay: 8/10, I think I’m a pretty good writer, but the essay definitely won’t be perfect.

Recommendations: 7/10, Got one from my Physics teacher who loves me, another from my Anatomy teacher, and a final one from counselor that’ll be generic.

Here’s my full list

Big Reach: Brown, Yale, Dartmouth, UPenn, Tufts
Reach: Cornell, Johns Hopkins (would be big reach but track coach has emailed me already) CMU, Amherst College, Northeastern, Boston University
Match: Brandeis, Bucknell, CWRU, University of Rochester, St. Lawrence University, Stevens, Trinity College
Safe: Syracuse, UVM, RPI, WPI

I would appreciate a reality check and any other suggestions!

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Academics are fine. EC-wise, you should try getting recruited by the schools you’re applying to. Other than that, I personally don’t really see anything outstanding or distinguishing. If you can get recruited, then you’ll have an above average chance of getting into the most selective schools. Your track career is pretty distinguishing I’d say (especially the junior Olympics one), but I’m not sure selective schools would let you in on that unless their track coach recruits you.

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How large is league team and areas? I agree with @RWR8910 your chances for your reach schools are only if you get recruited by track, but if areas 1st team is about the size of a region (a couple school districts), then idk if you’ll be recruited. Otherwise, I think you have a good shot getting into the rest of the schools, and your junior Olympics race is really unique.

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The All League Team is Top 6 in an event in all of theSection (Whole Upstate NY Area and most competitive section) and Area team is 20 best kids in Section no matter what the event.

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You are a competitive applicant. Your stats are good and your ECs are pretty decent. Write great essays and you could get accepted to any of these schools