Chance me?

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<p>I'm a high school student in the United States and I'm going to be a senior for the upcoming school year, and I'm kind of unsure about my chances for the colleges I'm planning on applying to so far. </p>

<p>-My GPA is around 3.91 unweighted and 4.764 weighted
-I've taken a lot of AP classes and have done well in them
(Comp Sci - 4, Euro - 4, Stats - 4, APUSH - 5, Physics B - 5, Calc BC - 5, English Lang/Comp - 4, going to take six more for the upcoming year)
-My ninth grade classes were mainly normal level, but I moved up into honors for tenth onward. (Not completely sure if this is a detriment or not)
-ACT 34 with a 10 on writing, but I have another ACT with a 32 but a 12 on writing, so I'm not sure which one to send in.
-SAT Math II: 730
-SAT Physics: 730</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Model United Nations (end of 9th grade - 12th grade) (two awards: one second place in my committee at Chicago International MUN and one third place in my committee at a local competition)</p>

<p>I've volunteered at my local library on a teen board meant to help coordinate programs at my library and raise interest in the library among teenagers. I've done this for the past two years, and will most likely continue in the upcoming year.</p>

<p>I've volunteered over the past two summers at my local library mainly to shelve books and DVDs.</p>

<h2>I've volunteered at a Kumon learning center since December 2012, and have nearly 100 hours for it.</h2>

<p>At the moment, I'm looking at a neuroscience major, but my experience in my high school stats class made me interested in stats, so I might possibly look at a double major in those two areas, if possible.</p>

<p>These are the schools I'm planning on applying to at the moment:</p>

<p>UMich at Ann Arbor
NYU
Vanderbilt
University of Pittsburgh
University of Indiana-Bloomington
University of Illinois-Chicago
College of William and Mary
Carnegie Mellon University
Ohio State University
Northwestern University
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities</p>

<p>For search criteria, I tried finding both public and private research universities that offer a neuroscience major.</p>

<p>Any comments about my chances for any of these schools will be appreciated! Thanks for reading and helping out!</p>

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<p>You GPA, ACT scores, and the rigor of your courses are really good! You’ve also done a lot of great volunteer work which will look great; however, you may want to show that you’ve taken on leadership positions/participated in some more school clubs. Finding what makes you unique and explaining your interest in the area you want to study would also be important. The chances of you getting into the various public schools on your list also depends on what state you’re in, but this is how I would qualify your schools:</p>

<p>UMich at Ann Arbor-match (if in-state), high match if out of state
NYU-match
Vanderbilt-med reach
University of Pittsburgh-low match
University of Indiana-Bloomington-safety
University of Illinois-Chicago-safety
College of William and Mary-match if in-state, high match if out of state
Carnegie Mellon University-high match
Ohio State University-low match
Northwestern University-med reach
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities-low match</p>

<p>Best of luck!
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<p>You may have already done this but have you ran a net price calculator for all of the schools you listed. Keep in mind that NYU barely gives any aid. </p>