Chance Me For Columbia+Others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am a current junior in Wisconsin applying for class of 2021!
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 31(29E, 28M, 33R, 32S, 10W)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/119
AP (place score in parenthesis): Not offered

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Decathlon, Academic Bowl, Math Tutor, Outdoor Track (School record holder and state qualifier), and Cross Country
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard from summer of Sophomore year to current
Volunteer/Community service: Running Club Leader, Swimming Lessons Instructor, Parks and Rec. Class Instructor
Summer Activities: Working, Running, Volunteering at above
Intended Major: Biology pre-med
State (if domestic applicant):Wisconsin
Country (if international applicant):USA
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:<70,000
I am applying at:
Columbia (ED)
Princeton
Yale
Brown
UW Madison
Minnesota
W&M
Plus any others you guys think would be a good fit

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Columbia Princeton Yale and Brown are all reaches for everyone but they should be considered really high reaches for you unless you can get your ACT to at least a 33. A 31 will not get you into an ivy unless you’re famous/a recruited athlete/child of a huge donor. UW Madison would be a match same with Minnesota and W&M would be a high match.

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ACT is low I’d say 33 minimum and 34/35 would give a boost (34/36 don’t make as much of a difference)… Find a passion in your extracurriculars… You want to do pre-med, but I see no medicine related activities.

Are you getting recruited for track? Seems like you are talented and getting recruited would raise your chances significantly.

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Like others said, I agree that your ACT needs to be a bit higher to be competitive for Columbia. You also need to do a better job of packaging your ECs together. I agree with @asianfang