Chances please

<p>Here are the schools I'll be applying to:
Reaches:
MIT
Princeton
Stanford</p>

<p>Matches:
Chicago
Cornell
Northwestern
Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>I won't include the safeties, because there shouldn't be any chancing required for those. I'm mostly wondering if you could chance me for my match schools, or suggest some other matches, as the reach schools are mostly a crap shoot.</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Race: White
Location: New Jersey
Intended Majors: Economics, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics (not quite sure which one(s) I'll pick)</p>

<p>GPA 4.21 UW, large rising trend (up from 4.01 after soph year)</p>

<p>SAT I 2280 (super scored after two sittings)
CR 690
Math 790
Writing 800</p>

<p>SAT II (will be taking Physics and perhaps Spanish in the fall)
Math II 780
US History 780</p>

<p>AP (should I include these?)
US History 5
US Gov 4</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Physics C
AP Calc BC
AP Spanish
AP English Lit
AP Psych
Western Civ H</p>

<p>Also as an important note, I wasn't able to fit economics into my schedule, so I'm using MIT's OCW to study economics and then I'll take the AP test in May. Should I mention this on my application?</p>

<p>ECs (inc. Senior year)
Mu Alpha Theta 3 yrs, will be running for President this year
Model UN 2 yrs
Spanish Honor Society 2 yrs, treasurer for both
NHS 2 yrs
Tennis 2 yrs JV, 1 yr Varsity</p>

<p>Work
For a summer job I'm working with my dad who sells auto parts and works on cars. I feel this could be very useful in terms of an Engineering/Physics major as both of those come into play when designing/constructing cars.</p>

<p>Hooks: 1st gen student</p>

<p>That's about it. I haven't done any research or any nation-wide competitions like the AMC or Science Olympiad. I regret this now, but I was lazy until my junior year and never sought out any opportunities outside of school to further my education. I've got to live with that now. </p>

<p>If anyone has any other questions or any suggestions on what I could do to improve my application, please post them. </p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

<p>You seem to be well prepared.
Here’s my opinion:
Good SAT and Grades, but slightly “average” EC’s regarding your reaches.
As you noticed, you haven’t got any outstanding, but i think you’re in good shape.
Your list of college seem to be compiled very good, although i wouldn’t but Cornell into the matching category.</p>

<p>Just do it! I Wish you good luck.</p>

<p>Chance Back?</p>

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<p>You look good for your matches. Cornell should probably be a slight reach though.</p>

<p>Yeah Cornell was on the fringe for me. I wasn’t quite sure which category to put it in. I think the engineering school has around a 25% acceptance rate, but I’m not sure about the arts and sciences school.</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>

<p>Anyone else please? I’ll chance back.</p>