Chances at Stanford, MIT, Harvard, etc.

<p>Hello CC!</p>

<p>I am a Junior in a Math/Science Magnet High School, and was wondering what my chances of getting accepted into my dream colleges are.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White</p>

<p>SCHOOLS:
Stanford
Harvard
MIT
CalTech
Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>TEST SCORES:</p>

<p>PSAT - 205
CR 65
M 72
W 68</p>

<p>SAT ~ 2200 (based on practice tests)
CR ~ high 600's
M ~ 800
W ~ low to medium 700's</p>

<p>GRADES:
Cumulative GPA - 3.85 unweighted, 4.5 weighted
9th - 4 regular, 4 Honors (as challenging as possible)
10th - 3 regular, 4 Honors, 1 AP (as challenging as possible)
11th - 3 regular, 3 Honors, 2 AP (skipped AP English for Honors English), Self-Studied Computer Science AP
12th (projected) - 2 regular, 2 Honors, 4 AP
Unfortunately, my class rank is only in the top 20%, as the entire top 10% has straight A's and most AP's and Honors possible.</p>

<p>(Note: most of the regular classes are Magnet Program related classes like IT, Business Management, Economics, etc.)</p>

<p>AWARDS
National Honor Society
Honor Roll 9th - 11th grade</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS:
National Honor Society (10 - Current)
Chess Club (10 - Current)
Mock Trial (9) (club was disbanded after change in adviser)
Mobile App Design Club (10 - Current)
Volunteering: ~100 hours volunteering at charity race events, ~20 hours volunteering at NHS related events</p>

<p>EXTRA:
Taught myself computer programming in Sophomore and Junior year, currently leading a group of friends in the design of a video game that will likely end up on Xbox Live (I am doing all of the programming and most of the design myself).
Also very interested in scuba diving, and have logged over 50 dives in the past 2 years</p>

<p>So, how do I hold up?</p>

<p>If you are interested in math/science/engineering than the ivy league to go to is Cornell I highly suggest applying there. That being said:</p>

<p>Stanford - High Reach
Harvard - High Reach
MIT - High Reach
CalTech - High reach
Carnegie Mellon - High match/low reach</p>

<p>These are all super competitive schools and your ECs, class rank and SAT are all well below average.</p>

<p>I agree with the above poster. You are going to have a bad time if you only apply to these top colleges.</p>