Do I even have a slight chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, I am a rising senior and I am concerned about the college admissions process. I want to know my realistic chances of getting into Georgia Tech, Duke, UGA , UNC Chapel Hill, and MIT. Here are my stats:
HS GPA UW: 4.0
Class Rank 25/900 ( This is what I am worried about the most)
SAT M/CR/W 800/730/770 (2300) 10 essay
ACT 34C 34E34M 33R 35S 26 Essay
AP 5- Chem, Comp Sci(self study), APUSH, World History, Human Geography, Calc BC,Physics 1 4- Biology=(
Senior Year- Physics C, APES, Macro Econ, US Government, Stats, Language, Spanish ( All APs)
Note: My class rank is pretty bad bcoz I am really bad at English class, and I always get a 90, the lowest point needed for a 4.0 at our school.

ExtraCurricular activities
Quiz Bowl (captain ) 4 years
Nationals for History Bowl
Top 25 in US Georaphy Olympiad
VEX Robotics team leader
Worlds competion in 10th grade ( didn’t make it last year=( )
Top 25 in our division
Science Olympiad team member
Nationals junior year
Top 5 in my event at nationals
Math team member
Our team got 2nd place at JV State last year
I got a 88.5 on AMC 12, is this significant?
HOSA founder and President of our chapter
Beta Club volunteer(60 hours total)
Karate Black Belt 1st Dan 9th Grade
JV Tennis 2 years

Summer Activities
Army Engineering Camp in 10 th Grade
State Selective Science Camp 11th Grade
Volunteer at Libraries and help out with stuff

Ethnicity: South Asian American
State: South Carolina
Interested Major: Some type of Engineering…

I just think I don’t have much of a chance at all because my class rank is very low… Is that a big problem?
Please help me and feel free to ask me any questions !!
Thanks in advance!

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Georgia Tech good chance, Duke good chance, UGA good chance, UNC Chapel Hill good chance, and MIT low chance, still apply, but probably won’t get in

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Thanks :slight_smile: Also, is my class rank a huge factor that is seen in admissions ? I am just super concerned for that…

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@thescrplyr Once you’re in the top 10% anything much higher doesn’t make an enourmous difference because colleges know that some of those students inflate their GPAs, but probably not enough to outweigh a 4.0, hence the 10% cutoff. Top 5% is marginally better and valedictorian is marginally better than that. As long as colleges get to add to the “xx% of our students were in the top 10% of their class” student profile, the rest of your app makes a much bigger impact on whether you’ll get in.

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Oh I didn’t know that… Thanks for your help!

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Hi I have an SAT score of 1550 in the new version, but essay score of 5/5/6, is this going to negatively affect my application?