Chances at Ivies/Top tier?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently looking to apply @ Columbia (top choice), uChicago, Cornell, Georgetown, and possibly Yale or other competitive schools, but am unsure if my chances are good enough to warrant the trouble of a ton of applications that will get rejected. I attend a rural school (graduating class: 50-60), have a mediocre GPA (3.85) but have some fairly good test scores (ACT: 33 and retaking, SAT 2150 and retook at the last test date, subject tests in November which should be good, I've been acing the biology and math tests) and will write a good essay. ECs include 100+ hours of Youth Court prosecution, class president, founder of a growing environmental club. What are my chances?</p>

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<p>Also, I’ve taken almost 20 credit hours of college classes, including Calculus, Chemistry, Psychology, History, Sociology (my school offers no AP classes) which is roughly twice as many college classes that students at my school typically take, as I have been commuting to a local liberal arts college where I’m dual enrolled.</p>

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<p>Your academics (GPA (if that is unweighted) and test scores) are mid average and your ECs are decent, although not spectacular. The fact that you are dual enrolling because there are no APs at your school is great as well. I would say that they are all reach schools simply because they are so competitive, but you should certainly still apply as you do have a chance.</p>

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<p>In order of admission difficulty from hardest to least difficult:</p>

<p>Yale
Chicago
Cornell
GTown </p>

<p>What other schools were you thinking of?</p>

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<p>I’m also looking at William & Mary (which does have a considerably higher acceptance rate, although 65% of accepted students have to be in state; I am not)</p>

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<p>If I were to achieve approx. 2250/35, how much more competitive would my profile be? I understand that different schools weight test scores differently, but it would have to have some effect.</p>