Chances and suggestions for my list?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Colleges of interest:

Carnegie Mellon
UCLA
UC Berkeley
Georgia Tech
Northwestern
Stanford
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michigan State
Purdue
Cornell

Area of interest: Engineering

UC GPA: 4.38

Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Weighted GPA: 4.8044
Rank: 3 out of 480

State: AL
Race: Chinese

SAT Reasoning Scores (taken twice)
Reading: 710
Writing: 700
Math:800

Reading: 720
Writing: 790
Math: 770
Superscored composite: 2310

ACT scores (taken twice)
Reading: 34
Writing: 35
Math: 36
Science: 36

Reading: 34
Writing: 35
Math: 34
Science: 36
Superscored composite: 36

SAT II Scores
Math II: 800
Chemistry: 760

AP Scores:
Calc AB: 5
Chemistry: 5
Eng Lang: 5
French: 4
Psychology: 5
APUSH: 5
World History: 4

ECs:
Math Team (9-present)
Debate Team (9-10)
Volunteered >300 hours (tutoring, working in summer camps)
Piano (2010-present)
VP of Computer Club (10)
Weeklong Materials Engineering programs (summer 2015)
Month-long Chemistry research at UChicago (summer 2016)
Robotics team (11-present)
NHS + 3 other honor societies
Science Olympiad (11-present)

Any other significant accomplishments in a specific field:
~10 top 5 finishes in local Math Team tournaments (both in-state and out-of-state)
2nd place and 3rd place in local robotics tournaments
4th place robotic arm in Science Olympiad local tourney
MOS Microsoft Excel Expert (difficult to obtain but I don’t know if colleges really care about this lol)
Swarthmore book award (is this significant?)
US Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award (again, is this significant?)

Thanks!

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I think you are a good candidate for all of them. I think I would probably choose UCLA or Purdue because of the Engineering.

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@sdsupride

Did you just rank Purdue and UCLA engineering over Stanford, Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon?!?! I mean, you’re free to give your opinion, but if you’re going to throw something like that out there, have good reasons to back it up.

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Sorry!!! I just have heard really good things about Purdue’s engineering department.

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@sdsupride

Its fine. For future reference, if you’re going to give advice, have a good deal of knowledge on the subject.

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You have a great shot at all the schools except Stanford which is a crapshoot for anyone. Good luck!

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^^ In agreement. I’d also advise that you add in some more in-state/financial safeties (think 50% + acceptance rates) so you have back up plans! Other than that I wish you good luck :).

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Not to nitpick but your ACT super scored is a 35. But still great stats. Good chances.

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@bry463 That’s a good idea, I’m planning on applying to Auburn if I don’t get into Georgia Tech or Stanford EA.

@HPhelpbot123 Whoops! I accidentally made a typo and wrote 34 instead of 35 on the Reading section.

Thanks everyone for their input!