Chances for CMU,Columbia,Cornell,Dartmouth,Duke,UIUC?

<p>Already Deferred by UChicago EA, Accepted by UMichigan</p>

<p>Schools I plan to apply in RD:</p>

<p>CMU
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
UIUC</p>

<p>Background</p>

<ul>
<li>ACT: 35</li>
<li>SAT II: Math (level II):800, Physics 800</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA: 4/5. (Weighted GPA should be higher, but school does not do it)</li>
<li>Rank: School does not rank. (they send about 25% kids to Ivies each year)</li>
<li>Other stats:
2 AP courses sophomore year,
1 AP, 2 post-AP courses junior,
3 AP, 1 post-AP courses senior
AP Exams: Cal BC, Physics C (Mech, E+M), Chem, all 5</li>
<li>Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
State Science Olympiad Contest: #1 (in certain category) in the State
School Math team (participated HMMT and ARML competitions, but no awards),
School Science team
Math Summer camps
Soccer (JV) and Tennis (Vasity), both 3 years</li>
<li>Essays: Should be OK</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: One excellent, one unknown</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: should be good, I suppose.</li>
<li>Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None.</li>
<li>Location/Person: East Coast</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Major strength/weakness:
Strong academic rigor
No major awards.</li>
</ul>

<p>My chances for these schools?
Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>The fact that you’re Asian will hurt you because of your courses and ECs, I assume that you’re going into something math/science related? In a world, where ORMs/URMs didn’t matter, I’d say that you’d be good for Duke, CMU, and Cornell. You obviously have the caliber of an Ivy student, but it sucks for everyone. I think your high ACT will get you into one of those schools at least (I don’t know anything about UIUC). </p>

<p>Overall: </p>

<p>CMU: High Match-Low Reach
Columbia: Middle-High Reach
Cornell: Middle Reach
Dartmouth: Middle Reach
Duke: Low Reach-Middle Reach
UIUC: I don’t know enough to chance.</p>

<p>Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1261160-please-chance-me-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1261160-please-chance-me-2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Cornell and CMU are low reach for you, the others are Middle, and Columbia is HIGH.</p>