DO I HAVE A CHANCE? oPINION PLEASE!!!!

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<p>Hi, I'm a soon-to-be senior who hopes to attend Harvard, Columbia, Princeton or Yale university: here are my stats:
GPA: 91.52/100 (Idk on the 4.0 scale); can improve
SAT: 2040, but I hope to get it up to a 2250+
SAT IIs: Will take Chem, French, and Math 2c
Previous APs: European History (4) and Spanish Language (5)
Senior Course Workload: AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, AP French, AP Chem, AP Physics B, and AP US (6 APs, yea I'm crazy)
E/Cs: Over 500 hours of volunteering at a local nursing home, plus 200 credits of helping in the foreign language office, unfrotunately could not join any teams or clubs due to circumstances but I also play the violin and piano (lessons + self-taught), have volunteered for two weeks in Latin America in soup kitchens and churches, and have taken Japanese and Latin classes outside of school, Habitat for Humanity (helped give lunches to workers)
Job: Hope to get a job, have been looking for one
Awards or Honors: School doesn't really give them, and haven't got national or regional in anything
Income Bracket: Low (<$30,000)
Race: Latino/Hispanic (South American)
High School: The Bronx High School of Science (super selective magnet school in NYC with an acceptance rate lower than most Ivies =])</p>

<p>So can you guys comment on my chances to getting into these four selective Ivies, also I'm very curious if its in my advtange to do early action/ descision to Columbia or Yale? I know the acceptance rate is much higher, but then again kids applying early are like super national musicians who played in carnagie hall or kids who worked towards researching cure for cancer lol. Please give me your prior experience in if I can make them, what I can do to improve, and yea like, if early is good/wise</p>

<p>essay...how I should express myself and really extend my topic and make an impact to the admissions office...</p>

<p>Thank you all so very very much I'm much obliged. I really appreciate you guys taking the time out to help a nervous senior =[</p>

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<p>Ok well take what I am saying with a grain of salt because I am only a HS senior who is applying to colleges this year too. You are definately a curious case. Your volunteering is good…but, as your have said, your really dont have any ECs. That could kill you right there, so play up how your self taught yourself how to play the piano and violin. Submit a supplement if you are good enough. Your GPA is very low for Princeton…i dont care how competitive your HS is…that will hurt you. Lastly, your test scores for Princeton (without regard to your race) are on the lowish end. With all that said, you are a URM and URMs can sometimes get away with alot when they apply. So, in the end, I really dont know if you have a shot. I mean I have looked over the results threads for 2013 and 2012 (I normally skip over hooked applicants because I am not hooked), but you seem kinda like a long shot for Princeton. Apply…but like everyone else, dont expect much.</p>