Chances + Suggestions for Matches

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey - I really appreciate any feedback on my chances and also welcome any additional suggestions for match schools.</p>

<p>I'm a Caucasian male from PA and I plan on studying engineering. Also, I'm trying to decide if I should go ED to Cornell (Which I would be really happy with) to up my chances or else go RA and apply to reach schools like MIT and Princeton (where I would love to go, but are obviously tough to get in. Let me know what you think!</p>

<p>Gender: M
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools (A couple to Harvard this year, one to MIT, one to Yale, several to Columbia, Cornell, Duke, etc...)</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: 4.44/4.50
Class Rank: 8/700</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 750
SAT I Writing: 780</p>

<pre><code> Total: 2330
</code></pre>

<p>SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 790</p>

<p>AP Calc AB - 5
AP Physics B - 5
AP English Lang/Comp. - 4</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:</p>

<p>AP Physics C
AP Statistics
AP Computer Science
AP English Lit.
AP Spanish
Honors Wind Band
Honors Southeast Asia</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Jazz Ensemble
Marching Band
Youth Pops Orchestra
Political Club
Student Council
Math Team
Astronomy Apprenticeship
Engineering Apprenticeship
National Honors Society</p>

<p>Leadership positions: </p>

<p>Section Leader - Marching Band
Principal - Youth Orchestra
Founder - Political Club</p>

<p>Athletic Status - list sport and your level: </p>

<pre><code> Ultimate Frisbee - Club
</code></pre>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
Local Public Library
Obama for America (Canvassing)
Construction of Public Trails in State Parks
Holiday Crafts @ Local Nursing Homes
Fundraisers for Disasater Relief</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
National Merit Commended
AP Scholar
District Band
District Jazz Ensemble
District Orchestra
National Spanish Exam Silver</p>

<p>Recs and Essay Should be Excellent - I'm really putting a lot of time into them and I have a couple of teachers that know me really well.</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>MIT
Princeton
Stanford
Cornell
Rice
Northwestern
University of Pennsylvania
Case Western Reserve
Penn State - University Park</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type: Urban, Small City
Size: Medium Small (2,500 - 5,000), Medium (5,000 - 10,000)</p>

<p>Area: East Coast, West Coast, Midwest, Southwest</p>

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<p>you have a great shot</p>

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<p>Thanks! Anyone else?</p>

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<p>thanks for chancing me.
your resume is also really impressive, with similar SAT scores and such. You should take another SATII if you want to apply to princeton.
Maybe you can cut down on the number of extracurricular activities that you list, unless you are that involved in all of them, and expand on your involvement in them.
Your chances are typical for a strong applicant, with reaches to hyp, mit, stanford, high matches to northwestern, etc.
good luck on your applications</p>