Chances at my dream school and others?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a high school junior, 17, female, Indian, US citizen. My mother didn't go to college (but she's taking classes right now) and my father got his PhD from Cambridge on a full scholarship. I haven't taken the SAT, but the score I listed is what I'm expecting.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.98 - one B for 50 credits. 6 AP classes and numerous honors. I don't know my class rank or my weighted GPA, because my school likes to withhold such information.
SAT: 2220 (ish)
will take SAT IIs if needed in fall.</p>

<p>School Newspaper (editor in chief next year)
Girls' Golf: 4 years, (Varsity 3 years, All-Conference)
3 service organizations (leadership position in 1, but do a lot of volunteer work for all)
National Spanish Honor Society
National Honor Society (probably, don't know for sure yet)
Volunteered at a biology lab for two years, won some science fair awards
Various other volunteering/clubs/awards, but this was the major stuff</p>

<p>Application essays will probably be very good. Recommendations will be pretty good.</p>

<p>Applying to:
Purdue University
Indiana University
UC Berkeley
Stanford University
Brown University
Georgetown University
Northwestern University
University of Maryland
Columbia University</p>

<p>Basically, my parents won't let me go out of state (Indiana) if it's not for a great school. Berkeley's been my dream for as long as I can remember.</p>

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<p>Sorry to bump, but replies would really help!</p>

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<p>Most if not all of those schools require SAT IIs, so make sure you take those and score well on them. </p>

<p>Safeties:
Purdue University
Indiana University
University of Maryland</p>

<p>Match:
UC Berkeley</p>

<p>-OOS applicants don’t have great chances at the UCs, but your SAT puts you ahead of the pack here. You’ve got a good shot.</p>

<p>Reaches:
Georgetown University
Northwestern University
Brown University
Columbia University
Stanford University</p>

<p>-I ordered these in order of difficulty, but they’re all reaches. Your GPA and course rigor (assuming you took all or nearly all of the APs offered) are obviously fine, and your SAT is okay for these. However, in these applicant pools there’s nothing to really make you stand out. Almost all decent applicants to these have high GPAs and SATs and impressive EC’s. You’ll probably get into at least one, though–most likely one of the former three though.</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a good shot at Northwestern and Cal Berkeley. I think you could get into Brown, but Stanford’s a reach. Of course, your a shoo in for Purdue and Indiana.</p>