Chances for Case Western and UChicago, and suggestions for other schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've applied early to Case Western Reserve University and the University of Chicago, and I'm currently looking for suggestions for other colleges.</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2260 (800 Reading, 700 Math, 760 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (34 English, 33 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Biology (M), 730 Math II, 800 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] School does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5); Macroeconomics (5); Microeconomics (5); European History (5); English Language (5); US Government and Politics (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, Calculus BC, AP Physics-Mechanics, AP US History; AP German; two semester English classes (Expository Writing and Mythology).
[</em>] Major Awards: USA Biology Olympiad Semifinalist (10th and 11th grades); Medusa Mythology Exam gold medalist (10; silver in 11); local History Bee champion (11)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars:
--Quiz bowl (captain; won state 3 times; 13th, 5th, then 2nd at nationals; 3-time member of the state's all-star team and won all-star nationals; directed a novice tournament);
--Debate (congressional debate captain; 1st alternate to nationals (10))
--I interned/volunteered in a hepatology lab for the past 2 summers.
--Science Olympiad (medaled at state and top 10 at nationals)
--local Astronomical Society member
--founder and captain of school's Science Bowl team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Weekly fundraiser (5 hours) for a local Chinese school
[</em>] Interview: I have not interviewed for any college yet.
[<em>] Essays: For the Common App essay, I wrote about organizing, writing and directing a mythology competition my sophomore year (others said it was incredibly boring).
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology/Biomedical Engineering
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $50,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[/ul]</p>

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<p>I shall draw upon my very deep and sage pool of prior experience to predict that you have a non-negative chance of getting into those schools. Your chance might be zero, but at least it’s non-negative.</p>

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<p>You aren’t really in the right forum for suggestions (this is chances). But regarding yoru chances, it is always hard to predict U of Chicago, but you certainly have a good chance. Your stats are where you need them to be, you have good ECs (congrats on the Quiz Bowl accomplishments, my kid does QB and I know how tough the competition is at nationals), and you seem to have some depth other than academics. Guess I can’t tell without reading it, but your mythology essay sounds like a nice mix with the other items in your application, might really appeal to U of C.</p>

<p>You are going to get into Case Western, but you probably already knew that.</p>

<p>Other colleges to consider:</p>

<p>Harvey Mudd
MIT
Cal Tech</p>

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<p>Hm, is there a forum for posts like this or should I have separated it into two posts?
With regards to the suggestions, I’ve always felt that MIT, Caltech, and other schools like that weren’t going to take my comparatively low math scores well (though my parents said that an Asian applicant with low M but higher CR/W would be interesting).</p>