<p>Hi, I'm a junior now that is thinking about applying to Columbia early. What are my chances of getting in and is it the best choice out of these schools I am planning to apply to:</p>
<p>HYPSM, UPenn, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, Duke, WUSTL, NYU, UNC, UVA, UChicago, NW, JHU, Vanderbilt, UMich, Rice, CMU, Tufts</p>
<p>Location: New Jersey. I attend the #1 public high school in NJ that sends about 30-40 kids to ivies/top schools each year.
Grade: Junior
Male
Race: Middle Eastern/Austrian</p>
<p>SAT 1: 2190 first time, retaking
ACT: will take
SAT 2: Bio 780, will take US, Chem, and Math II
GPA (Out of 4.0): Unweighted: 4.0 Weighted: 4.41
Rank: Top 5%, 1-3/350</p>
<p>AP:
Soph: Only 2 offered
AP Bio (5)
AP Euro (5)</p>
<p>Junior:
APUSH
AP French
APGOPO
AP Chem</p>
<p>Senior: Projected Schedule
AP Econ
AP Physics
AP Lang
AP Psych
AP Calc BC</p>
<p>Major Awards: Merck State Science Day- 2nd in the State in Biology, UPenn Book Award, New Jersey Science League and Chemistry Olympiad Participant, Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Model UN (Secretary), Debate, Soccer Varsity (JV Captain), Track, Panthera Club (Founder), Entrepreneurship Club (Founder), Model Think Tank (Founder), tutor biology and math, tutor innercity kids for the SATs</p>
<p>Volunteer: 100+ hours at hospital, 100+ hours at local doctor's office, tutoring</p>
<p>Summer: 20+ hours internship at doctor's office, Job, Trumpet</p>
<p>Feedback is kindly appreciated. Thank you!</p>