Chance me please, other websites seem inconsistent

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I would like some input for my chances of admission for:</p>

<p>Duke
MIT
Carnegie Mellon
UChicago
Cornell
UPenn
Northwestern
Columbia
USC
Wake Forest
Davidson
UCLA
UNC-CH
NYU
Syracuse
Rice
University of Miami
UConn
Georgetown
Boston University
University of Washington</p>

<p>Majors interested in:
Film
Computer Science
Marine Biology</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8/5.6
Rank: Top 5%
SAT: 2150, CR-690, M-740, W-720, Essay-9
SAT II: Bio E - 660, USH - 660, WorldH - 670
ACT: 30</p>

<p>AP's taken by end of senior year: World History, Chem, Calc AB/BC, English Lang, Euro, Human Geo, Biology, US history, English Lit, Stats, Enviro, US GovPol, Macroeconomics, Physics C, maybe Comp sci</p>

<p>Captain of History Bowl Team, Co-captain Ocean Bowl Team
President of History Bowl Club, Science Olympiad Club
Student Body Vice President
Founded Mythology Club</p>

<p>ECs (as of junior year)</p>

<p>Ocean Sciences Bowl (3 years) - 1 national competition
Science Olympiad (3 years) - 1 national competition
History Bowl (3 years) - 3 national competitions
History Bee (3 years) - 3 national competitions
Geography Bee (3 years)
Varsity Basketball (3 years)
Rho Kappa Honor Society (2 years)
English Honor Society (2 years)
Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society (2 years)
Envirothon (1 year)
Chemistry Olympiad (1 year)
Regional Science Fair (1 year)
State Science Fair (1 year)
International Genius Olympiad (1 year)
School Duel (1 year)
Model UN (1 year)
Euro Challenge (1 year)</p>

<p>Volunteered at National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Adminstration lab in Miami for a summer (around 180 hours),
did research: "Using microbial source tracking to assess impacts of seaweed debris on beach and water quality" took project to regional and state science fairs (got 3rd at state) and got Gold Medal at Genius Olympiad International High School Environment Project Olympiad</p>

<p>Volunteered at Miami Greek Festival</p>

<p>Volunteered at YMCA for autistic children in India</p>

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<p>So I am not chancing you (sorry I don’t know enough about some of the schools), but I do want to point out one issue I see in the info you provided. Your ECs increased rather drastically each year in quantity. All though it can be good to add a couple ECs throughout high school it is a bit much. Having so many ECs, many of which you have no leadership in makes you look like you are spreading yourself too thin. Consider only listing the ones you were most involved in when you apply.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply @ArtsyGirl13. For my ECs, the three-year ones i have kept consistently, the one-year ones are really scattered throughout high school and my roles in them were meaningful, so I don’t think it will show that I took ECs just for the sake of taking them.</p>

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<p>Also, regarding essays and rec letters,</p>

<p>My essays should be fairly good
and</p>

<p>My Chemistry/Research teacher has known me since I was born, and knows a lot more about the hard work that I put into academic competitions. She will most likely write a really good recommendation letter because I am one of the kids that she is proud of and wants to succeed. With her, I have worked alongside her son (who is one of my best friends), and have placed nationally in numerous science competitions. She is also driven to boast my hard work because no other teacher recognizes it.</p>

<p>My Calculus/Geometry teacher has known me since I was 6 years old, along with my chemistry/research teacher, he will be able to show my development and evolution throughout the years. This is the same with my Discrete Mathematics/Pre-Calculus/AP Statistics teacher, who has known me just as long.</p>