Chance me (mismatched stats)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Current rising senior here, applying to colleges and wanted to know my odds.

Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
State: Texas
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Income: ~120,000

Weighted GPA (expected): 4.0 (lots of Bs, some Cs and Ds, one F, though expecting a strong upward trend with senior year grades because I’ve been studying all summer)
Unweighted GPA (expected): 3.2
Rank (expected): 50/~170 (around 30%)
HS Rank: competitive public magnet school (top 25 on US News)
SAT Score: 2310 (CR:760, M: 780, W: 770)
SAT Subject Tests: none
AP Exams: World History (3), Statistics (3), US History (3), Calculus AB (4), Physics 1 (4), Biology (4), Language and Composition (4), Comp Sci (4), Environmental Science (4)
Senior Year Schedule: (all APs) Literature, Calculus BC, Government, Economy, Physics 2, Chemistry

ECs/Leadership:
Worked at the local University’s lab (3 years, around 1000 volunteer hours)
Martial Arts (11 years)
President of Academic Quiz Bowl Club (2 years)
Traditional hand drums, teach younger students (5 years)
BPA (4 years)

Awards:
NMSF (very likely, probably not going to be a finalist due to transcript)
AP Scholar with distinction
bronze medal at international science fair (9th grade)
texas history day participant (3 years)

Recs/Essays:
English teacher (9/10)
Physics Teacher (7/10)
Professor I researched under (10/10)
Essays (8/10)

Places I’m thinking of applying to:
Texas A&M
UTexas Austin
University of Houston
RIT
Santa Clara University
RPI
Boston University
Northeastern University
USC

I’ve been looking at schools with pretty good programs in my major and looking at admissions scatterplots on niche.com that sorta overlap with my sat/gpa. I’m open to suggestions.

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Great test scores, being NMF will definitely help but GPA is pretty low although you show good course rigor.

SCU: High Match
USC: Low Reach-Reach

Some compelling essays explaining why your grades to do not match your test scores could help.

Good Luck.

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May I ask how you rank relatively highly at a very competitive magnet school if your grades are low?

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@Gumbymom Thanks :slight_smile: I will definitely spend lots of time on those essays!

@ClarinetDad16 As of now I rank 63/170. I’ve been studying religiously for my classes next semesters so hopefully I can get all As and bump my rank up to around 50. I’m pretty surprised that I’m not ranked 80ish haha, but my school’s ranking pretty much comes from the top quarter being full of stellar students that score well on AP tests I think. I’ve also only taken AP classes which are weighed higher and ranks are determined by weighted GPA so there’s that.

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bump