Chance me for TCU, Baylor, Rice, Cornell, and Yale?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Those are in the order of what I think the ease of acceptance/scholarship would be. Any information about scholarships I might be able to get would be great as well. I would love to get an idea of what I am getting into and what I should expect or reach for realistically. Any advice about what I can do to better my resume would be much appreciated.</p>

<p>I am currently a Junior in a Christian Private school in Texas.</p>

<p>I am wanting to major in Biochemistry/Cellular Biology</p>

<p>Class Rank: 4 out of 110
Unweighted GPA (on 4.0 scale): 4.0
Weighted Average: 101.89%
PSAT: 201
SAT: 1990 (I have only taken it once, am taking it again in May. With practice test, I am estimating about a 2100)
ACT: Haven't taken it yet, but with practice test I am predicting about a 32-33
Number of honors classes: 21
Total APs: 10 (World History, Biology, Computer Science, US History, English Literature, Physics, Chemistry, English Language and composition, Government and Economics, Calculus)
Load compared to others at the school: Highest amount of AP Classes of anyone in the school
Family income and situation: $300,000, married parents, 2 younger siblings, Texas, White</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars:</p>

<p>-Academic Meet Competitions</p>

<pre><code> -Freshman Year

   -Oratory--3rd in District, 6th at TCSIT
   -Extemporaneous Speaking--5th in District, 6th at TCSIT
   -Geometry
    -Lincoln Douglas Debate

-Sophomore Year

    -Chemistry--3rd at TCSIT
    -Algebra II--6th at TCSIT
    -Lincoln-Douglas Debate

-Junior Year

     -TAPPS Mathematics--1st in District, 6th in State
     -Extemporaneous Speaking--2nd in District, 3rd at TCSIT
     -Oratory--2nd in District, 2nd in State, 1st at TCSIT
     -Bible Knowledge--3rd at TCSIT
     -Team Math--6th at TCSIT

-Senior Year
(Hasn't taken place yet)
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<p>-Awards</p>

<pre><code> -Algebra I
-Ancient World History
-Geometry
-Latin I
-Bible (Freshman)
-Algebra II
(Junior and Senior Year Class Awards to come)
-National Latin Merit Scholar (3 years)
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<p>-Clubs, Etc.</p>

<pre><code> -Robotics Team (2 years, about 8 hours a week)
-Lead programmer for team
- top 1% in the world for individual programming competition
-Team has gone to at least semi-finals in every competition we have attended, including sweeping the

programming challenge at two events

-Young Republicans Club (3 years, 1 hour a week)
-President (2 years)

-Math Team (5 years, 1 hour a week)
-Biology Club (1 year, 1 hour a week)
-Latin Club (3 years, 1/2 hour a week)
-Art Club (1 year, 1 1/2 hours a week)
-Chemistry Club (1 year, 1 hour a week)
-Chess Club (2 years, 1/2 hour a week)
-National Honor Society (3 years)
-Mu Alpha Theta (2 years)

-Mathnasium (worked for total of about a year)
-High School Math Instructor

-Academic Meet Coach for middle school students in Oratory and Extemporaneous speaking
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<p>-Volunteer Work</p>

<pre><code> -Led worship on a few occasions for church services at Beautiful Feet (Homeless shelter), as well as serving in the
soup Kitchen
-Volunteer as Chemistry, Biology, and Math tutor for kids in the High School
-for 2 years, worked with Harvest Food Pantry every month for about 3-4 hours

-Have founded a new nonprofit organization that works with COAH Missions and the HELP West Africa organization
to build new libraries for illiterate children in Nigeria and Peru. We have successfully built one library already in
Sierra Leone, and we are continuing to build more in a couple of other locations in conjunction with Micro-schools
already in the area
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<p>TCU: Safety
Baylor: Safety
Rice: Match
Cornell: Low Reach
Yale: Reach</p>

<p>Your ECs seem very strong, just try to attain leadership positions in each of them. If you could improve your SAT/ACT scores further, you’d definitely have a much better chance at Cornell and Yale (Cornell would become a High Match). However, I think most people on this site underestimate the difficulty in getting into Cornell, so don’t let that happen to you. Overall, I was really impressed by your academics as well as ECs and awards, and how you managed to achieve both without sacrificing one for the other.
Only suggestion I would make other than being an officer in your clubs instead of merely participating: Consider getting a job because all you seem to be lacking is paid work experience (unless you already have it and I missed it). Do well on your AP tests too!
Anyways, good luck on getting into all your schools! (I’m a rising senior as well, so if you don’t agree with me on certain things I’ve mentioned, feel free to take it with a grain of salt :))</p>

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<p>Wow, thank you! I appreciate the explanations for your answers. I do have paid work experience working at Mathnasium, and am planning to get a job with Mathnasium and Kumon this summer as a tutor; however, starting the new non-profit recently, that might be taking up a lot of my time this summer.</p>

<p>Thank you again for taking the time to read through everything!</p>