Chance me for Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Columbia or ANY OF THE IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am extremely worried because I keep seeing many other people volunteer and participate and receive more awards than me. It has always been a dream of mine to attend one of the big schools.

Info about me:
Ethnicity: Vietnamese American
Gender: Male
Unweighted GPA: 3.98
Weighted (9-11): 4.77
SAT Math: 780
SAT Writing: 800
SAT Crit. Reading: 670
SAT II Math Level 2: 750
Languages: English, Vietnamese, Spanish

AP EXAMS:
European History: 3
Calculus BC: 5
English Language: 5
Biology: 4
US History: 5
Spanish Language: 4

Current Classes:
AP Physics C
AP Statistics
AP Econ/AP Gov
AP Psychology
AP Literature
Band w/ Honors
Marching Band

Extracurriculars:
Marching Band, Tenor Saxophone (Saxophone Section Leader)
Concert Band, Oboe (was a soloist; Wind Ensemble)
Vietnamese Student Association Alliance (covering a county in this state) [Treasurer]
Asian Culture Society (President, Founder)
Ecology Club (Activities Chair)
National Honor Society (Member)
Tennis (3 years, JV team Junior year)
Winter District Honor Band, Tenor Saxophone

Volunteer Work:
Assistant Basketball Coach in Summer
Asian Festival Committee (Leader in an Event, Learned marketing skills from this) [currently third year in committee]
Cancer Foundation (Volunteer)
Musical Performances at Nursing Home
High School Link Crew Orientation Leader
Teacher Aide at Vietnamese Linguistic and Cultural School

Recommendation Letters:
One from AP Lang teacher that I bonded with a lot; one from AP Calc BC teacher’s class that I did very well in and often engaged in friendly conversation with.

Courses:
Freshman:
English Honors I
Algebra 2/Trig
Accel. Biology
Spanish 2
Band w/ Honors
Health (one semester)
Marching Band (1st semester)
Tennis (2nd semester)

Sophomore:
English Honors 2
Precalculus Honors
Chemistry
Spanish 3
AP European History
Band w/ Honors
Marching Band (1st semester)
Tennis (2nd semester)

Junior
AP Language & Comp
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology (my only B was this class, first semester)
AP Spanish Language
AP US History
Band w/ Honors
Marching Band (1st semester)
Tennis (2nd semester)

Other Info:
Parents never attended college.
Second aunt is a Stanford alumni.

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We have similar stats (mine: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1837466-stanford-mit-columbia-what-do-you-think.html#latest ) and Stanford/ columbia are my reach schools, so I’d probably say reach for you too?

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I don’t know if this kicked in yet but i think Viets are now considered quasi-urm. Anyways, tough sell for Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford. maybe a lower ivy (cornell, dartmouth, brown, and equivalents like Duke, (tier below) JHU/Northwestern).

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As the replier above stated, I think you have a decent chance of getting into Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, or other “lower” ivy, but Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, etc are mid to high reaches for you. Definitely apply to more than just the ivies so that you have options open. The ivies are reaches for most people, so just know that not getting into an ivy is not the end of the world.

Can you please chance me if you get the time? Thanks! http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1833879-chance-me-for-upenn-please-ill-chance-back.html#latest