chances at multiple schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I posted a similar thread already, but I would like to expand it to multiple schools, so I know if I should not even bother applying to some schools...</p>

<p>Russian, first generation, upper-middle class but will need quite a bit of financial assistance</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 unweighted
Rank: unknown</p>

<p>SAT I: 2350 (retaking possibly for higher score)
Math: 800
Critical Reading: 760
Writing: 790</p>

<p>SAT IIs: Biology, Chemistry, World History... expecting 750+ on all.</p>

<p>APs grade 10:
Biology 5
US History 5</p>

<p>APs grade 11:
Chemistry (good chance for a 5)
European History (5 for sure)
World History (50/50 between 4 and 5)</p>

<p>Rigorous course-load senior year: 5 APs in school and possibly 2-3 challenged exams</p>

<p>NY state regents exams: all between 95-100</p>

<p>Fair amount of extracurricular stuff; I'm the lead scorer on two scholastic game-show teams, joining science olympiad next year and have been involved with various other clubs regarding volunteering over the past 3 years (100+ hours). I was inducted into NHS & MHS this year as well.</p>

<p>My awards are kind of... useless. Best work ethic two years ago was probably my most outstanding one.</p>

<p>6 years Tae Kwon Do as well and I don't play a sport for school.</p>

<p>4 years keyboard/piano playing (don't know if that matters!)</p>

<p>What are my chances for the following schools?</p>

<p>Cornell
Brown
MIT
U of Michigan
U of Syracuse
NYU
Columbia
U of Pennsylvania
Yale
Dartmouth
Colgate</p>

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<p>High Reach:
-Columbia, MIT, Brown, Yale</p>

<p>Reach:
-Dartmouth</p>

<p>Low Reach/Match:
-Penn</p>

<p>Match:
-Cornell</p>

<p>Low Match/Safety:
Everything else</p>

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<p>Oh, and once you're at 2350, and increased SAT won't do anything unless you get a 2400, which would hurt your chances (schools love their "We rejected
x% of 2400's that applied" statistic)</p>

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<p>im not sure about your chances, but if your rank is about the same as what you guesstimated in another thread, unless you go to a really elite/competitive school, like Andover, etc. the rank is going to hurt your chances considerably, so I'd try to get safely into the top 10%, preferably higher. Everything else seems very good, especially the SAT. Again though, if your grades are just <em>ok</em> and your SAT is stellar, that may cause adcoms to think you're lazy. Good luck, I'm sure you'll end up somewhere great.</p>