Chance me please and recommend some schools! Thank you for the help!! Much Appreciated!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello, I am an Asian male, high school student from New Jersey. Could somebody please chance me with these stats and recommend some schools?

GPA:
Weighted-About 4.05 on 5,00 scale
Unweighted- About a 3.55
Rank: 45/330 (Top 14%)
Highschool: Average
Test Scores (New SAT)
Reading/Writing- 650, 33 in R and 32 in W.
Math-680
Essay- /7/3/7
Total 1330/1600 (Planning to take again in October, aiming to bring up score to at least a 1450. 1st time got a 1200.
Planned Major: Physics or Mechanical Engineering
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Courseload:
Freshman Year: Honors World History and Biology, Rest are 5 Regulars courses including Geometry and a computer course.
Sophomore Year: Honor US History 1 Honors, Chem Honors, Robotics Honors, and 4 and 1 Half Year Regular Course.
Junior Year: Regular Pre Calculus, Honors Physics, AP Chem, US History 2 Honors, English 3 Honors, Spanish 3 Honors, Gym.
Senior Year Expected to Take: AP Gov, AP Physics, APES, AP English, Regular Calculus, Gym, Contemporary Issues, and Regular Spanish 4.
Notes: Our School does not offer language honors until Junior Year, as well as any AP Courses.
Expected Recommendations: Physics Teacher who wrote a great letter already, World History teacher who helped throughout my 4 years, and AP Chem teacher.

Extra Curriculars:
Academic TEAM: Going to be 4 Years
JV Tennis: 1 Year
JV Track: 1 Year
Varsity Track: 1 Year
Spanish Club- Going to be 3 Years
Science League- Going to be 3 years.
Math League- 2 Years
Amnesty International Club- 2 Years, Club was cancelled during my Junior Year.
Secretary of Amnesty- 1 Year
Created my own STEAM Club at our School , for center weeks as president. Helped influence our school to create new STEM programs and courses.
Physics Club- 2 Years
Future Engineers- 2 Years
Participated in 2 Academic Competitions representing my school’s 3rd team, ranking decently

Came 2nd in STEM Competition against other High school Teams.
National Honors Society.
Peer Mentor for 2 years for Freshman guidance
-Volunteer at Local Historical Garden and Art Museum.
-Volunteer at a Local Film Festival
-Volunteer at a Local Jazz festival
-Volunteered as a Counselor at STEM center during the school year and summer, teaching kids how to code, do robotics, and play chess. Worked their this summer part-time instead of volunteering.
-Mentor to little kids for a lego robotics competition.

Hoping to Apply to:
-NJIT
-NYIT
-NYU
-Manhattan College
-Stevens Institute of Technology (1st Choice)
-Fordham
-Rutger Newark and New Brunswick
-Cooper Union

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Please, could someone help me out? Would be really great!!

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NYU seems like a good fit!

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Thank you! Would like it if someone else could help me out as well? Again, I really need some people’s insights to help me with this?

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Your ECs seem really scattered. Some music, some science, some mentorship. It doesn’t really show a passion, you just seen well rounded which isn’t good since you aren’t great at one thing.

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Thank you for your comments! I might not list all the EC’s on my common app so it looks less scattered. Also do you have recommendations for some out of state (NJ) schools for engineering or physics? If I bring up my SAT to the point I want it, I was going to look at Purdue and Lehigh?

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You might be in range for Union.

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I think you would be in range for ED Lehigh. You may also want to check out Maryland, strong engineering and you have the stats to make it a match school in my opinion. NYU ED would also position you best.

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I would prioritize Senior grades and that test score over your ec’s to best strengthen your application.

However, I think @jjrrdd is right that you would have a shot at ED for Lehigh with a 1330, but I doubt it would get you in for regular admission. Lehigh does have a large engineering program including mechanical engineering, and also has excellent placement.

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where have you visited? and why did/didn’t you like those schools
do you want rural or city?
how far from home?
size of school?

there is a wide variety of place with mechanical engineering as a major

with your list - it looks like schools in cities NY/NJ
Hoping to Apply to:
-NJIT
-NYIT
-NYU
-Manhattan College
-Stevens Institute of Technology (1st Choice)
-Fordham
-Rutger Newark and New Brunswick
-Cooper Union

run the NPCs of the schools with accurate numbers to see what the cost might be

and find out more about the connections/differences between NYU and NYU poly

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Thank You so much!

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I have visited NJIT, Stevens, and have seen Rutgers Newark and New Brunswick. I liked the most was the campus for Stevens. I was looking at schools in NJ-NY area, or at least 3 Hours from NYC. Also I don’t mind if the school is large or small but only if it has a good reputation.