Chance me please :P (Ivies, or whatever you find fit for my stats)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>--White Male
--60k combined family income
--first generation college student
SCHOOL
--4.4W, 3.9UW (and this is expected to rise after junior year, which was my best yet)
--5 AP courses Senior year, others are honors
--taken two APs since (out of available 4), USH-4, LANG-?
--ranked 5-6/390ish (once again, might rise)
--Business Courses (probably taken 70% of available business courses at school)
TEST SCORES
--SAT I: 660CR, 780M, 720W (2160). I plan to retake in october.
--ACT: 30R, 36M, 34E, 33S (33). I also plan to retake this
--SAT II: 750 Math 2, 700 USH, 620 World History. I took world history because there were no others I felt comfortable with. I plan to retake subject tests, and take french instead of world history.
--PSAT: 195
ECs & other
--FBLA (major time consumer for me): after senior year, will have been member 4 yrs, officer 3 yrs, president 1yr out of those 3. ALSO secretary of the region for 1yr. I have won countless awards. Many are just certificates, but I have won around 8 actual AWARDS.
--NHS member for 2yrs
--French Club member 3yrs
(it is difficult to take leadership positions in multiple clubs because you go to the club's homeroom, and many clubs discourage running if you cannot be in that homeroom)
--Work 2 jobs this summer (one is just manual labor, while other is as salesman at Sears)
--Have helped at 6 red cross blood drives, in charge of volunteers at 1
--Have helped with 2 IU parties hosted by NHS
--I won an Entrepreneurial award from the Rochester Institute of Technology
--Participated in Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week, which is supposedly very prestigious?
--I am in the process of getting involved with Habitat for Humanity. I will volunteer there often over the summer.
--I attended the Exploring College Options seminar, featuring Duke, Georgetown, Stanford, UPenn, and Harvard. idk how this helps me but just saying.
--I ran my own business through Central Pennsylvania Junior Achievement.</p>

<p>I can't think of anything else right now. But chance me for various Ivies. I have a huge focus on BUSINESS. Wharton is my dream school, but my chances are slim there. Throw some other schools in there where I might fit in.</p>

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<p>Hey! At least I’m not the only new member already asking for help. Anyways, I don’t imagine I’ll be much help, but seeing as I already threw out a forum thread, I should at least try to respond to another. Sorry if I turn out to be useless. I’m applying as well.</p>

<p>I think if you did well on the SAT and ACT retakes, as well as the Subject Tests, you would have a decent chance. You certainly have many business-related activities and the like, and it’s good that you show strong focus, which should be elaborated on in your common application (leave the Ivy supplements as more personal, direct essays). Certainly, Ivies are reach schools (I imagine very few can say they think of them as “safeties”), but you should look at State universities and less competitive schools, if just for scholarships and financial/merit aid.</p>

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<p>Your SAT/ACT is on the low side. Keep in mind that going to programs affiliated with certain schools does not actually increase your chances there. Still, I’d say you have a pretty good chance at Wharton, especially if you apply ED. They have pretty good financial aid, but look into it before you bind yourself anywhere.</p>

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<p>yeah that was my first time taking the SAT and the ACT and I know I can do better.</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>