Chances/advice for a junior? :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everybody - this is my first chances post so I'll just give it my best shot and keep it as short as possible :)</p>

<p>I am a junior in high school, so I'd like some advice on what I can improve/what looks good and what doesn't, especially for my extracurriculars. I plan to pursue engineering in college. I am also interested in NROTC if anyone has advice on that.</p>

<p>Some of the schools I'm interested in:
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[<em>]Rice (currently my number one)
[</em>]Georgia Tech (probably number two)
[<em>]Cornell (not sure if I'll apply, but I'm very interested)
[</em>]Columbia (^)
[li]Brown[/li]<a href="I%20could%20use%20some%20suggestions%20for%20schools,%20too!">/list</a></p>

<p>Academic stats:
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[<em>]Junior at well-respected public high school
[</em>]4.0 GPA freshman and sophomore years w/ several honors courses (school doesn't weight)
[<em>]Currently taking AP Calc, AP Bio, 3rd year Japanese plus my school's standard junior year English and History classes and an elective.
[</em>]Realistically, hoping to keep my GPA around 3.85-3.95 for this year.
[<em>]Senior year: AP English Lit, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, 4th year Japanese plus required credits/electives.
[</em>]Senior year is usually easier at my school, so should make a GPA of 3.9-4.0.
[<em>]For those of you not counting, that will give me an overall unweighted GPA of at least 3.93.
[</em>]Took PSAT last year as a sophomore, scored 222.
[li]For engineering, I’ll have a few technical drawing/drafting elective courses completed by the time I apply[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
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[<em>]Tap dance classes at professional dance studio (not competitive); annual commitment is a little bit more than one sports season. Will have 9 years under my belt when I graduate, with a professionally staged performance each year.
[</em>]Volunteer at local library - will have 4 years of service and over 150 hours by application.
[<em>]Also served on library’s teen advisory board (application-based leadership/service position) for 2-3 years.
[</em>]Summer work program for local parks district - pulling invasive species for 2 weeks, 5 hrs a day. Hoping to do it again next summer.
[<em>]NHS
[</em>]Private piano lessons - just casual stuff. I’m not gonna be playing Carnegie Hall or anything, but I’ve taken for almost 10 years.
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<p>Thanks all!</p>