Chances at Top Schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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So here are my stats:

GPA: 3.9(uw), 4.52(w)
SAT: 1570 (new)
ACT: 35 (36 math and science, 34 writing and reading)
SAT II: 750 Math I, 780 Math II, 740 USH
AP: 3 (USH and CS, I know I know) 4 (Lang) 5 (Calc AB, Calc BC, Chem, Physics, Euro, French)

EC’s:

President of Habitat for Humanity Club
Chief of School Newspaper
Robotics Team
Science Olympiad (A team)
Math League (A team)

Experience:

UPenn DECA Program
Intel STS Semifinalist
Lifeguarding Job (30+ hours a week)

Miscellaneous:

School Type: Private Catholic with some pretty strong connections
Hook - Hispanic (URM)
Recs: They’re gonna be pretty spot on
Essays: They’re about a 8-9/10 in my opinion, talked to my english teacher and he agrees

List of schools of what I deem reach, comp, and safety, please let me know what I have a chance at and what I’m just dreaming about:

Reach: Ivies except for Cornell and Penn, UChicago, Northwestern, UNC, Duke, MIT
Comp: Georgia Tech, NYU, Penn and Cornell, UCB, Vanderbilt, WashU St. Louis, Rice, UMich
Safety: UMaryland (College Park), Boston College, Northeastern, Georgetown, Tufts, UVA

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What is your home state?

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My home state is Pennsylvania

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Intended major??

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Intended Major: Chemical Engineering and Management Sciences/Quantitative Methods double major

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Vanderbilt, Cornell, and Penn would definitely go under reach schools. Those are not “matches” for anyone. Same with Georgetown - that is not a safety by any means. It seems like you are aiming high so just be careful with the schools that you choose as safeties because you have to be very very confident that you would get in.

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Georgetown is considered a safety at our school because of how strong a connection we have with them (51/63 were admitted in the past 4 years), same goes with Boston college. Penn I have gotten multiple calls from because of the DECA program, in which I’ve made strong connections with the dean of admissions. I know many highly influential people at Cornell, so that I deemed a comp because of the fact that we have a very strong connection with them as well. Idk if any of this means anything or if its not considered at all in the decision process.

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UMich CoE from OOS should be a very low reach, almost a high match. Note that your GPA is right round their admission average but your test scores are at or slightly above the 75th percentile. Their admission rate last year was ~24%. For OOS students in the upcoming year, the admission rate is surely in the teens.