Chances Ivy's and other Top Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi everyone!</p>

<p>I'm looking to apply to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Duke, UPenn, Georgetown and Columbia. I know everyone's chances are minuscule, but here are my stats:
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
SAT: 2360 (800 CR, 770 M, 790 W) single sitting
ACT: 36 (35 E, 36 M, 36 R, 36 S)
SAT 2: US History - 790
AP's: APUSH (5), Lang (5)
Currently taking: Macro, Lit, Chem, Calc BC, Psych, Gov</p>

<p>Awards: Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Medalist (8 regional awards)
State History Day Champion + National Finalist
CSPAN Student Cam 2nd place
Goi Peace Foundation Essay Contest Honorable Mention
National Flag Day Foundation Essay Contest 2nd place
Some local/state German, Scioly and writing awards</p>

<p>ECs:
Concertmaster of school's orchestra
Captain of science Olympiad team
President of Democrats club + communications director for state high school Democrats
Serve on local youth council
Volunteer at local Natural History Museum (3 years)
Exchange student to Germany (1 summer)</p>

<p>I hope I'm not missing anything. I have a lot of interests, but I'd like to major in history or political science or neuroscience. Also, I'm Asian. </p>

<p>Thank you for your feedback!</p>

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<p>Your academics are almost perfect, but then again, so are most people who apply to HYPS. Those four look for more outstanding EC’s so I think they are probably low reaches. Columbia is a high match/low reach, Duke and UPenn are high matches, and Georgetown is a match.</p>

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