Do I Have a Chance at Ivies?

Applying to College
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<p>Hello Everyone,
I'm new here so sorry if I'm posting in the wrong section of something like that. But I'm clueless as to what my chances are for various schools so I figure this is the best place to ask haha.
Here it goes</p>

<p>Grades:
4.15 weighted GPA (school doesnt do unweighted)
High school ranked top 300 in country I believe
Unofficial Rank 16/517
AP Classes: junior- AP Bio (4 on AP exam, A- in class) AP Lit (3 on AP exam, A- in class) AP Calc AB (4 on AP exam, B+ in class) senior- currently taking AP Macro, AP Chem, and AP Stat</p>

<p>Scores:
2070 SAT- 710 Math, 630 Reading (not my strong suit), 730 Writing (idk how that happened)
31 ACT- 34 Math, 34 Writing, 31 Science, 25 Reading (again not my strong suit)</p>

<p>Extracirriculars:
Varsity Soccer: junior and senior year (couldn't play during sophomore due to surgery, was out for 5 months)
Club soccer: co-captain of club team for as long as I can remember
Piano: been playing outside of school thoughout middle and high school, played for a few school chorus concerts
TopSoccer: soph and junior year- helping kids with special needs learn how to play soccer
Future Doctors Club- current co-president
Key Club- community service club, soph-senior year</p>

<p>Work:
Busboy at local Pizza Restaurant for 2 years, about 10-15 hours a week during the school year</p>

<p>Volunteering/Community Service:
Key Club
Hospital Volunteering- 3 years at inner city hospital during the summer compiling and adapting materials used for patient education and cleaning rooms and stuff
currently going to shadow in the ER at another hospital
over 200 hours total I believe</p>

<p>Awards:
Lamp of Learning (top 10 GPA) freshman year
National Hispanic Merit (psat scores)
National AP Scholar
Athletic Award
Nominated for "Who's in science- Chemistry" award by chemistry teacher junior year</p>

<p>Hooks?
I'm hispanic, don't really know how much that helps
my dad is a PSU alum, other than that nothing really</p>

<p>Applying to:
PSU Schreyer Honors College
UPenn
Bucknell
Pitt
Duke
Emory</p>

<p>Can you guys chance me please? I'm not sure if me looking at UPenn is a little overambitions. I'm interested in Pre-Med as a major. And I'm still looking for other schools in the northeast/mid atlantic/southeast to apply to, so if you know of any schools that are a match for my stats I'd appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks a lot :)</p>

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<p>There is an entire forum for College Chances, if you want to amuse yourself with that game. Use the Search & Selection forum for suggestions, but don’t ask for chances there.</p>

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<p>thanks a lot</p>

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<p>For HYP, your SAT/ACT scores are at, or below, the 25th percentile (meaning that 75% of accepted students had better scores). Usually that means that unless you have some “wow” factor in your resume, your chances are pretty slim. Post your stats in the College Chances forum though and see what comments you receive.</p>