Chance me PLEASE!!! Extremely anxious

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Junior

Scores:
31 ACT self studied, aiming for 34

Clubs:
Member of interact (service club), jaguar ambassadors (more prestigious service club), class cabinet, founder and president of Students for Social Justice, member of youth council, founded first Model UN chapter in my town

Volunteer:
mentor to student in local elementary school, teacher at local mosque
Organizing the first ever global islamophobia awareness day in Columbus Ohio
organized empowering women through leadership event

Outside of school activities:
volunteer with Horn of Hope
grant reader
participated in medical explorers program at hospital
honoree of bright futures program
fellow with Hillary Clinton campaign for months leading up to election

Past Summer programs:
Went to CAMP 4 at Kenyon to study African American HIstory and Creative writing
Attended Capitol Leadership Academy

Future Summer Programs:
This summer plan on attending
summer Kenyon CAMP 4 for behavioral neuroscience and african american history
Summer@brown for class on social movements in the 20th century (black panthers, gay liberation, brown berets, etc.)
Oxford Summer Seminar for classes on computer science

Grades:
All A’s and a few B’s (4/5/6 over the years), majority AP classes
3.7 or 3.8 unweighted
top 10% of class

Miscellaneous:
First generation African Muslim immigrant
2 years younger than those in my grade due to skipping in elementary
Can count on a few people for killer recommendations and will (hopefully) have a great essay due to writing skills and lots of people willing to help edit

I’m scared that the B’s in my transcript will outshine my achievements in some of the schools I’m applying to, here’s a rough list:
Penn
Princeton
Georgetown
Stanford
Columbia
Hopkins
WUSTL
Duke
Howard
Ohio state
Kenyon
Uchicago

I’d appreciate someone chancing me for some of these schools? Thanks

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You’re scores are great but you really don’t a have great chance for ivies. You need to be looking at more realistic options. Since your GPA isn’t amazing I recommend getting a perfect SAT or ACT or you won’t stand a chance. EC are good but they really only want amazing athletes or perfect scorers. Try for BSU and North eastern if you want an ivy experience. Ohio State is a match so you got it.

3

Ask again when you actually have 34. As it is now, you only have a clear chance at two.

Unless you are doing those summer camps just for interest, be aware they will not help you get into the colleges that host them.

4

I actually am just doing them for interest. And which two were those? I know OSU was one but was the other Howard, Kenyon or WUSTL?

5

What do you want to study?

6

Maybe I am reading too quickly. An African Muslim 1st gen immigrant. Explain more? There may be some hooks in there?

Do you identify as Black or African American?
Did your parents go to college?
Are you low income?

I’m not presuming any of these things from your post, but if you can clarify, it might help determine if you have any hooks that may boost your chances?

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Howard and OSU. WUSTL is a high reach. Kenyon is a reach. If you are hooked, your chances are better, but as it stands, you only have a decent chance to the two I listed.