Do I stand a chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Everyone on CC is so well rounded and overwhelmingly competent; I want to know if I am out of my mind applying to any of these schools: Yale, UPenn, Harvard, MIT, Cornell, Duke, UMich, UNC Chapel Hill, UC Berkeley. I'm not necessarily trying to determine whether I will get in or not, but I just want to make sure I'm not dreaming for wanting to apply to some of these school.</p>

<p>Race: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Female
Class Rank (Weighted): Don't know for sure yet, top 5% definitely
Weighted GPA: 4.76
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
SAT: 2290 Superscore 2 Sittings (750 M, 740 R, 800 W)
SAT IIs: Math II(740), Chemistry (760), Literature (730)
Already taken AP Classes: AP Gov't & Politics (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP English Lang&Comp (5), Physics C:Mechanics (4), AP World History (4)</p>

<p>Senior Courseload:
Calculus C/Multivariate Calc AP
Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism AP
English 12 AP
French 5 AP
Micro/Macroeconomics AP
String Orchestra GT
Differential Equations GT </p>

<p>Recs from Calc AB teacher and French teacher (had her for 3 years), suspect rec from French teacher:very strong, from Calc teacher: average</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Sports/Clubs:
High School Volleyball (2 Yrs Varsity, Captain & MVP Freshman Year)
Club Volleyball (3 Years)
Model UN (3 years, 1 yr secretary, Co-President this year)
NHS (2 Years)
French NHS (3 years)
Violin (10 Years, All State Orchestra, State Youth Orchestras, County GT Orchestras)
Participated in a month long French Student Exchange Program this past summer (2 weeks in France, hosted a student for 2 weeks here)
Tutored at Kumon
Many volunteer hours at Local Senior Center, local thrift store, county library</p>

<p>Essays: Common App essay likely to be very strong</p>

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<p>Yes! I’d say you definitely have a shot. You have strong grades and pretty good EC’s, enough to give you a good chance at most of those schools. It looks like you have a big passion in orchestra and french, which is great; it’s better to have a strong passion in some things to just be “well rounded” in everything.</p>

<p>I would say you have a really good shot at Chapel Hill, Berkeley, and UMich. Duke and Cornell look like low reach schools. Yale, Upenn, and Harvard are going to be as hard for you as they are for any of us. The only one I’m not sure of is MIT because your ECs don’t really speak to a focus in math or science. Good Luck!</p>

<p>Also, chance me back?
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<p>Your chances at the state schools look very good. All of the other schools, regardless of stats, tend to be reach schools.</p>

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<p>You are a qualified applicant for these schools, but some of these schools have very low acceptance rate even with these credential. You should definitely give them a try. Just make sure you have a couple safeties as well.</p>