Chances for Top-20 Schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I did one of these a while ago, but I added quite a lot of stuff that happened junior year.

Asian female
California Resident
Not low income
Major: Economics probably

SAT I: 2370 (800CR, 770M, 800W w/ 9E) one sitting
SAT II: Math II (800), U.S. History (800)
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.4
APs: Comp Sci (5) European History (5) Calc BC (5) APUSH (5) Physics 1 (4)
Senior Year Courseload: AP Chem, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Lit, AP French, AP Stats, Orchestra

Extra Curricular/Awards/Volunteering:

  • Orchestra: Community Youth Orchestra (9, 10, 11), School Pit Orchestra (9, 10, 11), Regional Orchestra (9, 10), All-State
    Orchestra (10), Regional/State Solo and Ensemble (I, II), Private Lessons (9, 10, 11), led viola ensemble (9, 10)
  • Director for school peer tutor program, secretary for tutoring club (Total around 80+ hours)
  • Gold Medal for French National Exam
  • Interned for STEM summer camp
  • Top chem student for my school for first year chemistry exam
  • Volunteered at food bank for 2 years: 80+ hours
  • Student intern for a local finance professor (summer)
  • 1st place (with team) in regional technology competition
  • Random Clubs (may not list on application):: KEY Club (9,10,11), Model UN (11), JV Quiz Bowl (10), Linguistics Olympiad, CSF, French Club, etc.

Expect recommendations to be decent, essays to be great

Colleges (not finalized):
UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD, UCI
USC, NYU, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern
Duke, UPenn, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, Columbia

I’m probably going to replace a few of these reaches with more matches/safeties, but I just wanted an idea on these schools. My biggest worry right now is my lack of prestigious extracurriculars, and I’m trying to make up for that by focusing on essays. Are there any schools that you recommend for me (especially matches)?

Thank you :slight_smile:

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  1. Love your username.
  2. GPA and SAT are great.
  3. Extracurriculars are solid as well, don't kid yourself.

Great chances at most of these schools- Northwestern, Duke, Brown, Columbia, Upenn, Stanford and UCB are reaches but the rest seem pretty good.

Chance back? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1905266-chance-me-for-uva-and-william-and-mary.html?new=1

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So the fact that your are asking for “Top-20” Schools is kinda dumb and shows you haven’t done any research into the schols

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Sorry…I shouldn’t have worded it like that.

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@butterbear can you chance me back please since I did yours, http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/19813138/#Comment_19813138

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@hyungiwosotha Done :slight_smile:

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My daughter with very similar stats as yours (exactly same total SAT score in one sitting!) is now a freshman in UCLA (with a Regents scholarship)!

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Hard to make recommendations without knowing what your family can afford