Chance me for these competitive schools!! Harsh responses are welcome

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Currently a junior, I’d like to be chanced for
UChicago, Swarthmore, Vassar, Haverford, Bard, Wesleyan, Northeastern, Bates, Lafayette, Colgate

SAT : expecting a 1500/1600 superscored, 24/24 on the essay
SAT II’s : 740ish for math 2; 670 Literature; Planning to take chemistry too
GPA : 3.6 for 9th and 10th grade, but I’m determined to improve it a lot this year, hoping for a 3.8-4.0 this year!
unranked and unweighted, though I don’t think I’d be top 10%. Maybe top 15% or top 20%, but our school is competitive
Course Difficulty : No IB’s or AP’s offered ; very little advanced classes offered (small public school)
Started in beginner’s Spanish class and moved up to advanced Spanish
Only spanish and math have advanced classes offered, both of which I have taken

Subjective :
Red Cross 10-12 (secretary, 11-12), volunteered with them on saturdays
Varsity Soccer 9-12 We were league champions in 10th grade (Soccer season is only in the spring)
College Preparation Program 9-12 Program that provides workshops and guides people through the college application process and also gives test prep (throughout the 80% of each year)
Church member and volunteer 9-12 (Leader of club in 11th and 12th grade) Club that manages flyers and announcements and handouts and activities for the church
Christian Summer Camp 9-12 1wk camp in the summer; various volunteer activities like helping out in homeless shelters, renovating abandoned homes, etc. for ~30hrs/summer
Summer scholarship program on college campus where I took college classes and received credits for them
Volunteer at a physical therapy clinic 11-12 1hr/week
Free creative art workshop associated with HWS College 11-12 in the fall

Income : 30k/yr in a 4 person household, low income
Hooks : First gen student
older sister is in college right now
(hopefully) upwards trend
National merit commended, my score might quealify me as a semifinalist
Ethnicity : Asian-American male in Washington

Recommendations : One will be great, other will be pretty good, though nothing special
Essays : I have a lot of people who can look over my essays!

I know this is a long post, and I would really appreciate any sort of feedback regardless of how harsh/blunt you may be. Thanks again!

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I think if you apply ED to any of those schools you have a good shot! I applied to UChicago ED and got in! I did not think my scores were superb nor were my grades but my letters of recommendations and essays were true reflections of who I am and I think admissions admired them enough to admit me.

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That’s a pretty tough list you have there. I think I’d consider them all reaches, some def higher reaches than others of course. You really need to just pick a couple from that list and get yourself a few matches and a couple of safeties.

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Based on what you have done I’d say your not a great candidate, if you fulfill on what your expecting to do this next year than I’d say you are a competitive candidate. Good luck.

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@IN4655 Thanks! And im not sure what you mean when you say that i’l be a competitive candidate if i fulfill what i am expecting to do… do you mean SAT and GPA? or some of the EC’s?

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@NEPatsGirl what would you suggest for low reaches or high matches for me? in terms of liberal arts colleges that can provide good financial aid

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@haubau may I ask about your gpa, sat, and ec’s?