Do I have any chance of Harvey Mudd (ED), Penn, Cornell, Berkeley

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Female, Asian

I attend a public high school.

UW GPA: 3.85
GPA weighted: 4.3
Rank: don’t know

SAT I: 740 + 740 = 1480 (will take one more try, hopefully can make 1520 or better)
SAT II: Math II (780), Physics (710, really bad)

AP: I took only one AP test in 9th grade, and got a 5 because the high school is an IB school.
IB: Math-HL, Physics-HL, Chemistry-HL, English, French, etc. I struggled in the 1st semester in Junior year, got a couple of Bs in the science classes, which drag down my GPA to 3.8. But after I got used to the pace of the IB program, I did better and got straight As.

EC:

  • I taught a visual art class in a weekend school since my sophomore year, it had been about 3 years. I teach 10~20 students in my classes, most of them are elementary school kids. From the feedback of the parents, the kids like my classes.
  • In the school, I am in the science club, math club etc.

Awards:
A couple of silver keys in the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards

The schools in my list:

MIT (I know it is super reach, I wanted to apply for the design major. But do I have any chance greater than 0?)
CMU (RD, design school)
Harvey Mudd (ED)
Penn
Cornell
Berkeley
Geogia Tech
Emory

Please chance me.

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I’d say you are borderline for your reaches. You have strong but not amazing credentials – GPA and test scores. Your ECs are really light for top schools, too. Go ahead and apply, but you need to add more matches and a true safety or two.

I will say that your app doesn’t shout “Mudder” to me. I wonder why it is your top choice.

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Thank you for the suggestion.
Mudd is a small school with strong engineering/science programs. I like the small schools, which give me better focus.