Chances for Yale/Penn/etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone I am new here... :D
I am currently a junior at a competitive public high school. I am very curious/nervous/stressed out about some of my chances into getting into some of my dream schools. Here are a list of schools I am considering to apply to: Duke and WashU are my top schools. Other schools i'm considering are HYPS, Northwestern, Cornell, UMich Honors program, Rice (hopefully the Rice-baylor med program), Emory. I hope to double major in two of the following: psych/econ/chem/neuroscience/biology/finance with a pre-med track.</p>

<p>Listed below are some of my credentials:
Unweighted GPA 4.00 (though I might get a B in one course this year :( )
Weighted: 4.57 cumulative
Rank: school doesn't rank, but I'm in the top 10%
SAT: 2310 (740 Writing/780 Reading/790 Math)-Also i'm wondering if colleges see the writing essay subscore, b/c i did really badly on my essay...lol :P
SAT II: 790 Bio, 770 US history
Planning to take 12 ap's total from 9-12 and so far i've gotten a 5 on bio and 4 on US history...Also taking CalcIII my Senior Year, which isn't weighted.
I am mainly worried because i have relatively lame ECS...only a couple of officer positions and JV track/XC, although i participated in them for all three years
Volunteering at a hospital/key club (~150 hours)
BTW i'm an asian male with no legacy/hook/not first year college.
I was wondering if the fact that there are many other better-qualified applicants in my grade hurts my chances/how much they hurt them...I am mainly worried about my ECs because there are like 10 people in my grade who have amazing (on national level) ECs...</p>

<p>I would really appreciate your input! :D</p>

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<ol>
<li>Your SAT I score is “okay”</li>
<li>Your SAT II scores are “okay”</li>
<li>Your UWGPA is good</li>
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<p>“I was wondering if the fact that there are many other better-qualified applicants in my grade hurts my chances/how much they hurt them?”</p>

<ol>
<li>It will hurt your chances if they are Asians</li>
<li>It will hurt your chances more if they are whites</li>
</ol>

<p>Asian Male with no hook is your biggest problem.

  1. Apply to many top colleges
  2. Start your essays early
  3. Apply to many EA schools as possible</p>

<p>3 Asian males from my HS and 1 Asian male from nearby HS had stats better than yours but we all got rejected or waitlisted from HYPSM.
Other than 1 person, we got accepted from Northwestern or/and Rice or/and Duke.
2 people applied to Wash U and both of them got waitlisted.
2 people applied to Cornell and both of them got rejected.
Nobody applied to Michigan or Emory.</p>

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<p>thanks. I was wondering if i should apply many EA’s or do ED for one if I end up really wanting to go to that one school (probably duke)…which is better?</p>