Chance me for top schools :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm a junior who is curious what his chances are for Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton, Williams, Northwestern, Stanford, and Amherst. </p>

<p>Asian male
SAT I: 2330 (730 CR, 800 M, 800 W, 12 essay)
ACT: 36 (36E, 36M, 36R, 35S, 10 essay)
SATII's: 790 Chem. Planning on taking Physics, US History and Math 2 this year, expecting to get 800s on Physics and Math 2 and high 700s USH.
GPA Weighted: 103 atm, should be high 103/104 by end of this year (large upward trend)
Fairly competitive public high school, doesn't rank: Top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in World History and Statistics, expected 4-5s on US History, Physics, English Lang/Composition, and Calc BC this year
Junior Course Load: Spanish H, AP Language & Comp., Symphony Orchestra, AP Calc BC, AP US History, AP Physics B
Expected Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, Multivariable Calc, AP Spanish, AP Music Theory, AP Comparative Gov, Health H</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Orchestra from 7th-11th grade, Piano for 10 years, Violin for 7 years.
Research at university lab (2 years by senior year): entered Siemens, regional Science Fair, finalist in I-SWEEEP (international energy/environment/engineering competition, will compete soon)
Research Program at school 2 years
Math Team 2 years, FBLA 2 years, Academic team 2 years, Tri-M Music Honor Society 2 years, National Honor Society
Exploravision (Grade 11) honorable mention
Humans in Space Art Competition (Grade 9) 2nd overall in age group
Swim Team (club) for 6 years (grades 4-9), JV Tennis (grade 10)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours at hospital, ~30 hours at school (Tri-M and FBLA sponsored events)
Both teacher and counselor recs should be great!</p>

<p>Thanks so much to all. I appreciate it.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>I’m no expert, but I’d say you’ll get in pretty well…</p>

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<p>thanks! i hope so, but after reading things on CC i’m not sure how competitive i am considering i have no leadership positions at all… is that a large issue for top schools? :o</p>

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<p>Out of Princeton, Stanford, Yale, and Dartmouth, I think you’ll get into a couple of them. </p>

<p>Then I think you’ll get into most of the rest. </p>

<p>Just make sure your extracurriculars don’t come across as a laundry list; make sure you show your passions.</p>

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<p>thanks so much!! :slight_smile: i’m planning on delineating my passion for science research in my app as best as i can - probably gonna write about it in my essay.</p>

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<p>EC’s are of mainly of one dimension. If you’re an accomplished musician then that will help a lot, but the way you have it listed it’s hard to tell. Sports participation isn’t a hook either. Overall your stats are good but without a hook I think it’ll be a bit of a crap shoot for YSDP. However, the others should be well within reach. GL</p>

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<p>thanks a lot! i’m not much of an accomplished musician - just a 99 level 6 piano NYSSMA (state audition solo, highest level) and stand leader of orchestra, but that’s about it. I’m nowhere near good enough to send in a studio recording, haha.
I agree with you sosomenza; I feel as if my chances for yale, stanford, princeton etc are very slim, but my parents (due to my test scores) have high hopes, so i wanted to see what CC thinks. thanks again for your advice!</p>

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<p>I think you’re in at Dartmouth and Northwestern for sure.
The others you have a good chance at, but you never know for sure with those schools.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>thanks! :)</p>

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<p>You got great scores and you should definitely apply to these schools, however, the acceptance rate of these schools are very low. If you apply to all these 7 schools, you should have at least a couple acceptance.</p>