Chances for Stanford, Ivies, MIT, Caltech?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am a rising senior and would like to know my chances for admission into Stanford, Ivies, MIT, Caltech and Northwestern.

SAT Math: 800
SAT Critical Reading: 740
SAT Writing: 750
SAT II:
Physics: 800
Chemistry: 800
Math II: 800

Unweighted GPA: 4.13 (4.3 for A+, 3.7 for A-)
Weighted GPA: Don’t have weighted classes
Class Rank: Not sure but most likely top 5%

AP Scores:
5’s on 10 exams
4’s on 2 exams

In addition to these AP classes, I have taken linear algebra, multi and differential equations. Also, my school doesn’t offer “AP classes” so for most tests I had to self study the material. My college counselor will highlight this in his rec.

Clubs and Extracurricular Activities:
Western Violin (12 years), played in a prestigious youth orchestra as a first violin
Indian Violin (14 years)
Science research at a local university (5 years)
ARML (Varsity A Team, 6 years)
Robotics (6 years, lead programmer and VP)
Work for a microfinance entity to serve the rural population (by providing data analysis) (10, 11, 12)
Science Bowl (varisty)
History Bowl (varsity)

Awards:
Intel ISEF 2nd Place Grand Award
Intel ISEF 3rd Place Grand Award
Intel ISEF 3rd Place Grand Award
ISEF special award
Best of Fair at state fair
Presented research at a local chapter of ACS
Manuscript for publication in a journal
Dean’s List Finalist for robotics
Won two awards at World Championships in robotics
Lead author of a CS paper and presented paper at the conference
AMC National Honor Roll AIME qualifier (9, 10, 11)
AIME Top 500 (10, 11)
HMMT 5th Place
ARML 3rd in power, 5th overall nationally
AP Scholar with Distinction, National AP Scholar
2014 and 2015 Physics Bowl First Place in School
Science bowl third in state
History bowl qualifier to national competition in DC

Volunteering:
Lots of volunteering relating to spreading awareness and access to STEM (hosting competitions, tutorials, summer camps)

Not completely sure what I want to do, but materials science/engineering and computer science are what interest me.

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@Hydrobromic you seem fairly qualified given your scores and awards/qualifications, so I’m fairly sure you’ll be admitted to at least one of those schools. Remember to ask for recs early, and apply to one or two safety schools in case the Ivies or Caltech/MIT don’t work out.

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I felt dizzy reading your accomplishments! How do you find time to do all that? If you can’t get into those schools. I don’t know who else can.

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@MITer94 Thanks for the reply! I have a few safety schools on my list too. Do you think my SAT scores are too low? I am planning on taking the ACT this September to bump up my testing scores.

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@Hydrobromic your SAT scores are fine and shouldn’t keep you out of those schools. Mine was pretty low (~2100), went to MIT, but was rejected by Caltech.

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Just got my ACT scores back! I got a composite of 36 (36 on math, science and English and a 35 on reading). Hopefully that should help a bit.

Do you think that I should apply Stanford early or MIT/Caltech? I am still debating (but leaning towards Stanford). Thank you for answering my questions!

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Do you have financial need? What are your plans on paying for these schools? They’re all 50k+ a year

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Nope I don’t. I have gotten some scholarships in high school so that should help a bit, but my parents are willing to pay.