Chances for Stanford/Columbia/others?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a junior at a not-too-competitive, relatively small high school in small-town New England. My top choice is Stanford (probably applying ED), but I'm also interested in Columbia, Johns Hopkins, UPenn, sort of Brown, and maybe Imperial College London. So, what are my chances?</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (770 M, 720 CR, 800 W) (one sitting, going to improve in the Fall)
[</em>] ACT: taking soon
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Bio-M, taking Math II/Chem/US History soon (expected 800/800/750ish)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.83 weighted (AP/Hon A+ = 5.0)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/250ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), recently took Chemistry/US History (expected 5/5), many more next year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC/Statistics/English Lit & Lang/Psychology/Physics C-M/Latin/possible self-studies
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): One gold and one silver on National Latin Exam, judges' choice awards at drum performances in school bands, drum teacher uses me to show off to his other students</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ultimate disc (helped found/grow club), Math team (4 years), NHS (VP), peer tutoring, Boy Scouts (many years, all sorts of leadership positions), track (2 years), concert (1 year) -> intermediate jazz (1 year) -> advanced jazz (2 years) band
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A so far, probably volunteering at hospitals soon
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Project (won't go into specific detail but it involves helping out kids in a third-world country and relates to my musical passion)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Backpacking trip, vacations, camp, living life, working on Eagle stuff, YouTube drumming channel, teaching self to code, ultimate with friends</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Race: White
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (¿¿¿???)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~75,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): double legacy at Stanford, single legacy at Columbia (doubt that matters, though). [/ul]</p>

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<p>Quite a list of high profile schools! My first suggestion is add some matches and safeties. Especially some schools that admit nearly entirely on stats (I’m thinking schools like NYU or UCB as matches). These are all hard schools, and admittance isn’t guaranteed or even probable for anyone, even with great stats. Being hispanic helps, but not dramatically, especially not being first gen. If you really want to go into music, why not look at some musically oriented schools as well? Some LACs might be a good idea as well. </p>

<p>Stanford: High Reach (they are very holistic, and your ECs aren’t stand-out good)
Columbia:Reach
Johns Hopkins: Low Reach
UPenn: Low Reach
Brown: Reach (also because of the holistic application) </p>

<p>Chance back at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1508050-chances-science-undergrad-new-post.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1508050-chances-science-undergrad-new-post.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Stanford doesn’t have ED, only EA.</p>

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<p>Ah, right. Restrictive Early Action is what I mean.</p>

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<p>LOL @ using Berkeley as a safety</p>

<p>Not sure when a school with a 20% acceptance rate is considered a safety…</p>