Don't know where to apply...what are my chances for these?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello! I’ve heard very mixed results on where to apply to and on what my fits/reaches/safeties are, so I was wondering if you all could help me out:

Race: White
Gender: Male
Major: Mech Engineering
School does not rank (Likely in top 5%)
Not applying for financial aid

UW-GPA: 3.899 (With upward trend; As junior year, Bs freshman year)

SAT: 1480 (800M, 680R/W)
SAT Subj: Chem (800), Math IIC (780)

Junior Year Classes: AP Chem (5), APCS (5), AP Lang (3), Spanish 3, Honors Precalc
Senior Year Class Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Gov, Honors Physics (Will be taking Physics 1 & 2 AP exams)

Rec 1: AP Chem (10/10)
Rec 2: AP Lang (7/10)

Primary ECs: Robotics Team President, Water Polo (year-round), Hospital Volunteering, Lifeguarding summer job (Have 5 other with cab spots that I dont consider super important)

I was thinking about the following schools:
Harvey Mudd
USC
UCs
Carnegie Mellon
Cornell
Northwestern (top choice but no idea if I have a chance)

Please chance me on these if possible and give suggestions on where I should apply to. Ty!

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Apply to UMich, Gateway Community College, as well as Georgia Tech.
You seem good for USC and some UC’s.

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Which would be safety/reach/fit?

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Also does anyone else have input? Looking for multiple sources on this one. Ty!

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Harvey Mudd- Reach
USC- High match
Carnegie Mellon- High Match
Cornell- Low Reach
Northwestern- High Reach

In terms of the UC’s, you seem good for all of them (in the match/safety range), the only ones that would possibly be reaches are Berkeley and Los Angeles.

Apply to University of Michigan (match), University of Rochester(match), Boston University(high safety), and as a safety… Syracuse University, which you would likely get fantastic merit aid for. Let me know if you have any further questions!

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Does the upward trend or top of class mean nothing (even though school doesnt rank they’ll see I’m in all of the top classes)?

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@icef1ame don’t listen to beligr129, he/she has no idea what they’re talking about. Harvey Mudd is just as much of a reach for anyone as Northwestern… in fact, the ED acceptance rate is considerably lower.