Chances for Top Schools/ Advice Applying To college

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I am currently a junior, and obviously haven't decided on what colleges I will apply to. I am looking for advice on what colleges you think would suit my stats/interests, and what I should focus on during this upcoming year to allow me to get into such schools.
The Following are my stats.</p>

<p>White Male, 16
Los Angeles, CA
UW GPA : 3.95, W: 4.5 ( My school offers a limited number of honors classes, so most of the boost is form AP classes/ i am only a junior so haven't done a large amount of AP classes yet to boost the Weighted GPA) </p>

<p>No Class rank at my school, but it is a private school ( ranked in the top 50 schools for "getting into top schools" in the country, and I am probably one of the top 5ish students out of around 100 in our grade)</p>

<p>SAT:2250-2300: I score around 2250 on all practice tests I take/ hoping to get to 2300 by the time I take it this spring</p>

<p>Sat Chem score = 780, SatII Match = 800.</p>

<p>AP classes so far:
AP Chem(5)
AP Comp Sci A(4) IDK how this happened!</p>

<p>AP classes I am taking as a junior:
AP English
AP Bio
AP physics
AP Calc
(also taking an advanced computer science class on artificial intelligence that my school offers after AP compsci) </p>

<p>EC:
*Robotics team officer ( secretary, then IT expert) for 2 years, self built and programmed my robot that made it to the Vex World competition. </p>

<p>*USACO(USA computing olympiad), been doing this for 3 years, was ranked highly in the bronze division, but am now in the silver division</p>

<p><strong><em>Research at a university</em></strong> : Did research over the summer in bioinformatics in a Lab, wrote a short paper which I am presenting at SICB( Society for integrative/comparative biology) later this year. Planning to go back this summer to write a longer paper/ publish it.
*Worked as a sports medicine intern with the athletic director at my school for 2 years.
*Created Doctors of Tomorrow Club at my school
* 2 years of Stage Crew
* Varsity Basketball / JV tennis</p>

<p>So, feel free to recommend some good colleges that you think might be good fits for me. I have heard lots about all the different Ivy's/UC's/ MIT etc.. , but I am really looking for specifics since you can't apply to every good school, and I won't be able to visit most of them. </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>any advice would be nice… I meant “Math” by the way, not “Match”…</p>

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<p>really?? no Replies…</p>

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<p>Assuming you get your anticipated SAT scores (at least 2250) and have class rank in the top 5%, then you will be a very competitive candidate for top schools and a few Ivys. If you want HYP or Stanford, plan on a 2300 (with 1540 or better CR + M composite) and class rank in the top 1%. </p>

<p>It looks like you enjoy math and science so here are some other ideas (assuming 2250 and top 5% class rank): Harvey Mudd (low reach), Carnegie Mellon (match), Cornell (low reach), MIT (reach), Cal Tech (reach), Case Western (safety), Michigan (match), Berkeley (low reach), Purdue (safety), Reed (match), Grinnell (match), Williams (low reach or match if you apply ED).</p>

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<p>Thx for the advice, so you think I should just try to get my SAT score up to 2300+, and I am set? Or, should I try to boost my EC’s by doing more research/ trying to write another paper?</p>