Chance Me: Ivy League + Top UCs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I was wondering what my chances of getting into top schools such as Columbia, Yale, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley are? Below is my info

COURSE RIGOR:
9th:
English 1 Accelerated
Algebra 2/Trig Honors
Biology Honors
Spanish 1 Accelerated
PE (Semester Only)
Dance 1 (Semester Only)
Speech and Debate (Class Period During the School Day)
Religion Elective

10th:
American Literature Honors
AP Calculus AB
Chemistry Honors
Spanish 2 Honors
AP US History
Speech and Debate (Class Period During the School Day)
Religion Elective

11th:
AP English Literature
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
Physics Honors
Spanish 3 Honors
AP World History
French 1
Religion Elective

12th:
AP English Language
AP Statistics
AP Chemistry
AP Spanish Language
Dance 2 (Semester Only)
AP Economics (Micro and Macro)
American Government (Semester Only)
French 2
Religion Elective

SAT/ACT SCORES
SAT - 1520 (one sitting), 790 math, 730 reading, 21/24 on essay (another attempt I got a 24 on the essay)
ACT - 34 with a 11/12 on the essay
NOT SURE WHICH TO SUBMIT?? OR BOTH???

SAT 2 SCORES (lowest pt of application)
BIOLOGY M - 760
MATH 2 - score TBD
NOT SURE IF I SHOULD SUBMIT??

AP SCORES:
AP English Literature - 5
AP World History - 5
AP US History - 5
AP Biology - 5
AP Calculus AB - 3 (not submitting because I got a 5 on the AB subscore on the BC exam)
AP Calculus BC - 5

EXTRACURRICULARS:

  1. Competitive Jump Rope (10 years)
    regional tournament over 50 medals, nationals top 10 for the past 5 years, world top 10 last year, team captain this year, have coached younger kids on my team
  1. Bollywood Dance (12 years) on my school Bollywood team, have done it outside of school as well but kind of on and off, have performed for 5,000 people
  2. NonProfit Founder CEO (2 years) started an organization to teach Foreign Languages to young children as I am fluent in Spanish, French, Hindi, Punjabi, taught over 500 kids with one other person
  3. Lab Intern Interned at a Stanford lab for one summer, completed a poster presentation and will be mentioned in a couple papers/posters in the future
  4. Bio Club President this is padding, but have kinda been part of Bio club at my school and am now a president
  5. Volunteer work Have volunteered at several places, but primarily 2 hospitals with roughly 300 hrs combined
  6. Peer Tutoring padding once again, tutor kids at my school in spanish, math, and English
  7. CSF/NHS again, not anything that special
  8. Girls Who Code was part of a girls who club club where we learned all the basics of coding and I completed my own robot as a final project

other than that I have no other major item

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What is your major? Chances are different depending on major.

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I will be applying as cognitive science/neuroscience

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UC GPA capped weighted and fully weighted? https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

I see all Reach schools on your list. Do you have any Match and Safety schools?

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Are you in-state for UC? (Guessing yes with the CSF but confirming). Why did you switch from Spanish to French? Some schools might wish you had stayed with Spanish for 3-4 years.

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Oh I see you do have Spanish 3 and then started French, never mind.

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Volunteering and some ECs look good, but otherwise it doesn’t stand out too much. If you have time, work on your subject tests. Many students underestimate the effect that this can have on your application, but subject tests truly reflect subject knowledge (as opposed to grades in your respective courses - this doesn’t mean that individual grades aren’t important though). I recommend that you show both SAT and ACT scores as well. UCLA and Berkeley are easily within reach but the others might be more difficult (but I’m sure you’re well aware of that as well). Good luck though!

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I would say your ACT score is slightly more impressive than the 1520 SAT, but honestly both are in the ranges of the top colleges. You should have pretty solid chances if you choose one or two extracurriculars to really show a focus and passion in instead of the “well-rounded” image you want to avoid.

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so what are my chances?

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You can’t do a hit and run with zero interaction and come back back 6 months later and expect anyone to help you out. Especially after you posted 10 threads with the same content and ask.