Chance me please! Tier 1 schools, Liberal Arts colleges

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Be harsh, honest, or generous. Anything.</p>

<p>PSAT: 216
SAT: 2390 (800M,800CR,790W)
SAT II: 800 Bio M, 770 WH, (going to take SAT II Chem in December, most likely going to be 750+)
AP: WH (5), Chem 5), USH, Senior Year: Physics C, Calc BC, Lit and Comp, Studio Art (I'm creating a portfolio atm)
GPA (unweighted): 3.95 (Freshman: 4.0 Sophomore 3.85 [transferred schools from preppy private to public because of financial issues] Junior: 4.0)</p>

<p>My courses were the most rigorous available. I wanted to take courses a year above, but the administration didn't let me. I go to a pressure cooker prep school on the East Coast, where the average SAT I score is 1950 in a school of over 2000. Over 10% matriculates to ivies.
I've done four years of Chinese in school and honors chorus.</p>

<p>Awards: State finalist in a history essay competition
Member of best newspaper staff in state
Silver key for Scholastic Art and Writing
Honor roll</p>

<p>Potential majors: Astro physics, theoretical physics, biomed, biochem, biotech, psychiatry
Minors: Theater, writing, art</p>

<p>I hope to achieve either a Ph.D or M.D. one day</p>

<p>ECs (not very impressive):
Co-founder of the ESL club (helping internationals in school)
Newspaper staff since 7th grade
JV tennis and XC
NHS
School musicals (not a lead)
Farming to feed the poor (all four years, helps me stay sane :D)
Community service: at least 50 hours
Internship at a children's hospital over the summer</p>

<p>Hooks: Both parents graduated from Harvard. One parent is part of an Ivy's faculty.
Ethnicity: Asian-am
Gender: Male (trans)
Class ranking: School doesn't have any, to lessen stress. I was roughly around top three in most of my classes.
Income Bracket: Upper middle class.
Location: MA</p>

<p>Schools aiming for: HYPMS, UC Berk, Pomona, Swarthmore, Williams, Tufts, Brown (hoping for dual degree with RISD if I make it), Cornell, Colombia, Amherst, UCLA (family goes here, lotsa donations from an uncle), Georgetown (same as UCLA), Northwestern, uToronto, John Hopkins, Northeastern, Boston College, Reed </p>

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<p>Recommendations: Good (teachers care about me as a person, despite the fact that I’m always tardy)</p>

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<p>HYPMS reach
UC Berk match
Pomona low reach(LACs are looking for males)
Swarthmore low reach
Williams low reach
Tufts match
Brown (hoping for dual degree with RISD if I make it) low reach
Cornell low reach
Colombia reach
Amherst low reach
UCLA (family goes here, lotsa donations from an uncle) match
Georgetown (same as UCLA) match
Northwestern high match
uToronto match
John Hopkins match
Northeastern safety
Boston College safety
Reed low match</p>

<p>With no ECs to distingiush yourself you will have a tough time. How does 10% of your 2000 pop. school matriculate to Ivies??? 200 people to Ivies is higher than Stuyvesant and TJHSST.</p>

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<p>To clarify, it’s 2000 people in the school, 500ish per year. Around 45-60 seniors go every year. I also meant to include schools of similar prestige, like Stanford, MIT,etc, when I said ivies.</p>

<p>Edit- Maybe I should exclude my PSAT score?</p>

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<p>The fact that you go to such a competitive high school and still manage to excel greatly is fantastic. Your stats are definitely great for all tier 1 schools. I would focus on making those essays extra good and unique because they will probably have a significant impact on your decision. Maybe talk about ESL?</p>

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<p>Might also look at Holy Cross -great pre-med program(imo better than bc).</p>

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<p>I am not going to chance every single one (because there are so many!), but I would say you’ll get accepted to every one with the exception of HYPSM because those are reaches for absolutely everyone. But yeah, I think you are one of those people who are at the top of even the most competitive individuals. Good luck!!</p>