Chances? Really concerned

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm applying for Northwestern, UChicago, Harvard, Cornell and Columbia, and I'm really worried about my chances after I recieved my SAT II scores ( bad day, little sleep).
My info:</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.9 (out of 4.0)
Weighted GPA: 4.56 (out of 5.0, highest is 4.7)
Rank: 5/604
Hardest courses/AP classes Junior and Senior year</p>

<p>ACT: 33
Math II: 660
Chem: 710</p>

<p>Vice President of Science Olympiad
Vice President of Chinese Club
Tennis 3 years, Varsity 2 years
Math Club, JSA, NHS</p>

<p>Research at U.S Airforce Base this summer, mentors wrote fantastic recs</p>

<p>Piano for 10 years
Statewide and regional winner of awards
$1000+ in award money
performed at Severance Hall
Job as a piano player at a department store, taught piano
Scholarships to summer camps...etc </p>

<p>100+ Volunteer hours, also volunteered during a PTP trip</p>

<p>good essays (made them really personal and showed a lot of passion), good teacher recs</p>

<p>BUT I want to go into ChemE, but my stats for tests (660 and 710 ???) are horrible, in that respective. So I'm kind of REALLY worried..</p>

<p>Can you please help gauge my chances?</p>

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<p>Your academics are like everyone else’s who applies at the top tier schools. The piano shows passion, and if your essays are as good as you make them out to be, then they should help a lot. The NHS and Math club are pretty generic, I’d say. (I have them too)</p>

<p>I’d say you’d have a chance and out of the 4, get into at least one, but I’m no expert on these things. I hope you applied to other schools because with those institutions, you never really know.</p>

<p>Look at my stats?</p>

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<p>And yeah, for chemical engineering, those numbers are kind of low, sorry. To what extent does picking a tentative major have on admissions chances?</p>

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<p>even with 660 and 710 scores? At this point, I’m just looking for a chance. But, personally, not to sound like I have no confidence or anything ( just being honest with myself) I really don’t think I have a chance with those scores.</p>

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<p>I personally think you have a great shot, but I’m new to this kind of stuff, so I don’t know if my opinion would reflect how those institutions view you…</p>

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<p>Oh yea, I’ll return the favor, just ask!</p>