Chance me for Columbia?

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I am a current junior at a rigorous public high school (top 20/30 for my state, probably top 100/200 nationwide). I am definitely in the top 10% based on the gpas of past top 10%ers. I really want to attend Columbia but I’m scared my sophomore year grades will kill my chances. I took the most rigorous courses possible/available at my school each year.

Gender: F, Race: Asian. School is in NJ.

Grades:
School does 100 scale GPA. My weighted is a 97.7 and my unweighted is a 94.9
9th:
Honors Precalculus AA
Honors World Studies AA
Honors English AA
Honors Physics AA
Spanish 3 AA
Symphonic Winds (2nd tier band out of 3 bands at school, few freshmen get in) AA

10th:
AP Chemistry BB
APUSH I BB (these two B classes are concerning. They were high-ish Bs though - 86, 87)
AP Calculus BC AA
Honors English BA (ended w A)
Spanish 4 AA
Wind Ensemble (top tier band) AA

11th (1st quarter only, probably will continue trend of As because teachers are more effective and I enjoy the subjects more vs. last year)
AP Biology A
Honors Multivariable Calc A
AP English Lang A
APUSH II A
Honors Spanish 5 A
Wind Ensemble A

ECs and stuff:
3 yrs Science Olympiad, competed at all competitions that the team attended and medaled in top 6 in at least 1 event at all of them (invitational, state, regional levels)
2 yrs Model UN
3 yrs Interact Club, Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity + at least 100 service hrs from these and local library
3 yrs computer science club, board member 10th grade and president 11th grade, grew club from a very disorganized + tiny club to a large, organized, successful club. Hosting school’s 1st hackathon ever this spring.
1 yr on school STEM Board (group of STEM-related club presidents whose goal is to increase interest in STEM in the community)
2 yrs Columbia University science honors program
3 yrs in local youth orchestra
3 yrs marching band, will be officer or drum major next year
-Internship last summer at local tech company where I developed a web application for DLAPiper, an international law firm

Scores:
800 on Math 2 SAT
5 AP Calc
5 AP Psych
4 AP Chem (also concerning)
1500 PSAT 10th grade, likely same or higher this year
Likely 1560+ on SAT based upon practice test scores

I’m interested in majoring in electrical engineering. What are my odds for Columbia, CMU, Cornell, and Princeton?

Thanks!!

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It’s got like a 6% maybe as high as 8% admissions rate. Your chances and everyone else’s chances are slim. Nonetheless you might get lucky.

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You are a qualified candidate. However, it is impossible to chance for a school with a 6% acceptance rate that has to turn down many qualified applicants.

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pretty solid i think, but keep working and more importantly keep thinking