Chances for Princeton/Columbia

Asian-American with a large family in PA.

SAT, took it twice: 1520, essay 17
1600, essay 15
GPA 4.00 UW, 4.45 W. Bit bloated since my school’s transcripts don’t list minuses, I think. Doesn’t include this year’s grades, however.
Ranked 40/1042. School’s pretty big too.

Year of mock, two of MUN, VP of a new club that hasn’t done much this year.
Took APUSH last year, scored a 4 on the exam. Taking AP Lang, World, and Psych.
Did a bit of fencing, nothing fancy. Very active in my local church. Got volunteer hours but haven’t logged an exact amount. I like to sing, and I think I do pretty well, too. But I don’t really do much with it.

So far, have I got a shot? I know I’ve got to improve on my extracurriculars, but am I on the right track, at least?

You are a competitive applicant. Your stats are good and your ECs are decent. Get more leadership and awards in your ECs. Write great essays and you could get accepted to any of these schools