Evaluate my chances please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>G.P.A 3.85 I don't know if this weighted or not that's what it said on my report card.
Rank 30/250 there's about .15 of a grade point seperating me and the 10th ranked student.
Sat 2200 780 Math 720 CR 720 W
No SATII's yet haven't taken them. I plan to take them with the A.P. tests.
A.P.'s I am only taking A.P. U.S. becuase most of the other A.P. classes are senior classes except A.P. English & Comp. I plan to take 5 A.P.'s senior year A.P. (Spanish, English, Government, Biology, maybe Studio Art)
Also by the beginning of senior year i will have completed Calculus I,II,and III and i will start taking business calculus at my local university. "HSU"
I am also part of the Gilder-Lerhman History Academy where we take U.S. History for 4 years. My high school is the only school that has it west of the MIssissippi. River.
EC's Soccer 4 years i played travelling soccer for 3 of those years
Tennis since 6th grade (Varsity this year and hopefully next year)
Violin I have been playing since 4th grade
Part of student government since 4th grade. I'm the elections and assembly commisioner at my school So I have to plan all student elections and assembly's such as Homecoming.
Spanish club-9th grade to current
Art Club 9th-current (11th grade)
Peer Tutoring
I spent last summer working at my old elementary school and taught remedial students basic math and history
Volunteered at local hospital 300 hours by end of december.</p>

<pre><code> Awards: I have the generic awards top 10% of your class, lamp of knowledge based on g.p.a. History Day, Science Fair.

Also I have done the Brown Summer program which I did freshman summer and I plan to either Do the brown summer program again or Do the Harvard Summer Program (I would take Marine Biology which is something that i Love and hopefully might be able to major in and Calculus III)

 I know I'm the best qualified applican for top colleges but I would love any suggestions and recommendations that you would offer.

Liberal Arts Colleges: Bowdoin, Grinnell, Williams College, Reed College, Claremont McKenna, Pomona, and Oberlin are my main choices
Universities: Johns Hopkins, U of Chicago, UVA, Cornell (Can i get in with early decision), U Penn, UCSD, UCLA, UCSB, Rice, College of W & M, Tufts, and Vanderbildt.
If you have any suggestions on what i have no chance of getting into tell me; even if you grill me i don't care i want to knowt the truth. I hope i have a shot at a couple of these.
Do any of you know which school has a good marine bio. program i know DUKE does but i will be rejected there. Someone told me georgetown but i'm not good enough to get in there either.
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<p>The LACs and Universities you listed are pretty much in the ballpark. Williams, UChicago, UPenn, and Rice are reaches, but not big reaches given your SATs and GPA. Most of the rest are matches, except maybe Johns Hopkins, which is probably a reachy match, and UVA and W&M, both of which would also be reachy matches if you're out of state. The UCs I can't comment on because I don't know enough about them.</p>

<p>Cornell, given your stats, is probably a match and I think you have a much better than average chance of being accepted there ED. Just make sure you really want to go there because ED is binding. Duke is a big reach, but Georgetown is a match. The median M+CR SAT score there is well below yours, so you'd definitely be a competitive candidate. </p>

<p>I don't know of any schools that have good marine bio programs, but if you're looking for a good school that's a match for your stats, take a look at WashU in St. Louis.</p>

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<p>thank you amptron2x would i increase my chances if i told you that I am the first in my family going to college and that my parents fled Uganda (there East Indian) and came to the U.S. after Idi amin took over? would that be a hook.?</p>

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<p>UCLA: Slight Reach/Match
UCSD: Match/Safe Match
UCSB: Safe Match/Safety</p>

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<p>What awards or how far did you get in History Day?</p>

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<p>Zim54:</p>

<p>UCLA: Match
UCSD: Safe Match
UCSB: Safety</p>

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thank you amptron2x would i increase my chances if i told you that I am the first in my family going to college and that my parents fled Uganda (there East Indian) and came to the U.S. after Idi amin took over? would that be a hook?

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<p>I don't think the Uganda thing will be much of a hook, though the fact that you'll be the first in your family to go to college may help a little. Otherwise, like most of us, your college acceptances will hinge on your GPA, SATs, SAT2s, ECs, and maybe essays. Not a bad thing really, as your stats are generally pretty good.</p>

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<p>for the universities, i think only "real" reach would be upenn, with uchicago and jhu being high matches, and other ones matches</p>

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<p>If you add up your SAT score its a 2220</p>

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<p>rank 30/250 is not top 10%</p>