Chances for ivies/elite LACs?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello!
I am wondering about my chances at a bunch of different schools and also which would be match/reach/safety schools, so just answer if you know a lot about any of them! The schools I am wondering about are:

Johns Hopkins
Pomona
Claremont McKenna
University of Chicago
Stanford
Northwestern
Cornell
Columbia
Georgetown
Williams
Harvard

So yeah, sorry, I know that’s a lot but you don’t have to answer on all of them! Also if you have any ideas on my chances of merit aid at the schools that offer it then that would be helpful!

Here’s a bit about me:

Academics:
GPA: 4.6 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
Classes: four years English, math, Spanish; five science classes (all year-long); 3.5 years history (the most my school offers); 2 college level, 7 AP, 7 honors at a well-regarded private high school (this was the max number possible of advanced classes to take)
Rank: not yet announced, but I should be in at least the top 2 or 3 of 205
Test scores: 34 ACT, 2300 SAT
Planned major: double major in bio and international relations, pre-med

Extracurriculars:
-Science club leader for three years, member for four
-Medical club founder
-School ambassador committee leader
-Internship in a research lab at a local hospital for four years, published in a major journal (second author)
-Volunteering at a local children’s hospital 4+ hrs/week for two years
-Science mentorship program for elementary school girls, member for three years, director for two
-XC team member for four years
-Summber before junior year I did a service trip focused on health education to Nicaragua, it was an independent thing through an organization there
-Science bowl team member for two years
-outdoor school counselor (teaching middle school kids about environmental science) for two weeks (you can only do a week a year because it’s during school)

Yeah, so that’s me! If you have ideas about other schools that could be good for me (maybe as safety schools? None on my list really are…) that would be great as well. Thanks so much for your help!!!

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Your stats and ECS look very solid. As long as you write decent essays you should get into some very good colleges. You can try UC schools as safeties if you live in California

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Do you think schools like occidental, Whitman, or Brandeis could be safeties for me? (I’m looking for a slightly smaller school)

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Yes those could be some good safeties. Also, since you are interested in small,science oriented schools you may want to apply to Harvey Mudd or Caltech (not as safeties of course)

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Pre-med? Leverage your stats apply for merit and enroll at the school that gives you the lowest cost of attendance and the highest probability of your dream career in medicine.

I would revamp your list.

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Do Caltech and Harvey Mudd have premed though?

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Thanks for the advice! Any specific suggestions?

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You will find a few schools that may be suitable for you on this list (available online): “The Experts’ Choice: Colleges with Great Pre-med Programs.” I’m not fully informed on the criteria used in the list’s creation, but it does offer a nice sampling of colleges that would be suitable for your interests.

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Thanks!

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Brandeis could be a good fit for you. But I don’t think you should consider it a safety. Their admissions can be a bit tricky to predict – especially if they even suspect that you’re considering them a safety.