CHANCE ME, PLEASE! :) Ivies and Others

<p>Hi, I'm wondering about my chances at the Ivies, Columbia and Northwestern, but I'm also wondering about other schools I should apply to. I go to a somewhat competitive public school in Minnesota. Upper middle class white female.</p>

<p>I'm in the IB diploma program with the most challenging course load for all four years.</p>

<p>Stats:
freshman year-4.0 unweighted, 4.68 weighted
sophomore year-3.88 unweighted, 4.52 weighted
junior year-3.9 unweighted, 4.68 weighted</p>

<p>SATS: 800math, 780reading, 730 writing=2310 total
SAT IIs: MathIIC 780, US History 760, Chemistry 740</p>

<p>ECS:
-On school board in 11th grade
-President of TIPTY (big Synagogue youth group)
-Language Club for 4 years
-Debate all four years, captain fourth year
-Student council treasurer for 2 years
-Made it to National History Day in 8th and 10th grade, placed 18th and 13th
-Started a business that has made 4,561 dollars since freshman year
-Started a community vegetable garden, I deliver vegetables to residents of the area for a nominal fee since freshman year
-College in the Schools University of Minnesota Hebrew program, total of 20 credits by end of senior year
-Tutors elementary school kids in Hebrew for 15 dollars/hour since junior year
-Over 900 hours of documented community service, will reach 1000 by end of senior year
-Took a one month community service-related trip to Jamaica between sophomore/junior summers </p>

<p>I plan to go to into financing or possibly actuarial sciences. What are my chances at:</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Northwestern
UChicago
Duke
Brown
Amherst
Carleton (in state) (safety)</p>

<p>..other good finance/actuarial schools??</p>

<p>THANKS!</p>

<p>BTW, my school year is slightly different (like yearround), so it's early in my senior year.</p>

<p>Harvard = Definately a reach (for anyone)
Yale = Same
Columbia = Match/Slight reach
Northwestern = Match/slight reach
UChicago = Match
Duke = Match
Brown = Match/slight reach
Amherst = Match/safety
Carleton = Safety</p>

<p>good luck :]</p>

<p>amherst is nearly as hard to get into as harvard so I wouldn't go with safety, but you still have a good chance nonetheless. Also, columbia posted an acceptance rate of 8.9% versus Harvard's 9%!!</p>