Chances of getting into Cornell?

Applying to College
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<p>Cornell is a pretty much a reach school for me but it is my #1 by a LOT. I am currently a Junior and Asian. I plan to apply for engineering. Also are there any other great schools in the east that would be worth applying for as a reach?</p>

<p>Bio Honors - A
Alg II Honors - A
World History Hon - A-
English - A-
Spanish I - A
Band - A</p>

<p>Physics Hon - A
Chemistry Hon - A
Precalc Hon - A
US 1 Hon - A-
English - A
Spanish II - A
Computer apps/financial literacy - A (required)</p>

<p>(Projected Grades)
AP Chemistry - A
AP US History - A
AP Calculus AB - A
Spanish III Honors - A
English - B+ (I hate my teacher)
Computer Science - A</p>

<p>Plan to take:
AP Physics
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
Spanish IV Honors
English
AP Econ</p>

<p>Haven't taken SATs yet but according to PSATs and other practice tests I should get mid-600s for reading and writing and mid-700s for math. </p>

<p>EC's:
Rowing team (Varsity as sophomore and selected captain as junior)
Student Council
Key Club
Engineering Club
Academic Team
Won third place in county for precalculus my sophomore year
National Honor Society (I plan to run for president)
Spanish Honor Society
100+ hours community service (nothing too over-the-top though)
Independent tutoring</p>

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<p>If you know it’s a reach, why are you asking for people to chance you?</p>

<p>Also what kind of engineering? Certain schools are strong in Biomedical engineering while not so strong in computer engineering etc.
Anyways good schools in general for engineering in the east that are worth looking into:</p>

<p>Georgia Tech
CMU
U of Maryland
Columbia
Virginia Tech
UVA
JHU
BU
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MIT (obviously)</p>

<p>There are more, but those are the ones off the top of my head.</p>