<p>^(Hey, at least I'm being honest)
About a dozen AP classes total, two (maybe more as a senior) self-studied.</p>
<p>ACT 34
GPA 4.7 or 3.9
Rank 3/542
PSAT 223
SAT II US: 790 MATH II:780 WH: 770</p>
<p>Awards
National Merit Semi
National AP Scholar (Jr. year)
Various conference, regional awards for Forensics</p>
<p>EC:
-volunteering about 200 hours at a hospital
-volunteering ~20 hours at a camp for kids
-Tennis,(JV/V) 4 years
-Forensics (competitive) 4
-Knowledge Bowl (competitive) 4
-History Club (co-founder) 4
-Running Club 3
-Debate Team (founder) 2
-FBLA 2
-French Honor Society 2
-NHS 2
-Tennis Summer Camp 2
-Key Club(not that into it) 1</p>
<p>Leadership:
-Founded /co-founded two clubs
-Leadership roles in those two (Pres./V.P)
-NHS V.P
-Forensics Chairperson (leader of an event)</p>
<p>Forensics is speech team by the way (Calling it Forensics makes it seem 4000% more BA)</p>
<p>History/PolSci/Business/Pre-law Major (not all of those, just between those)
Asian male, 100k
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Safety: Loyola Chicago, Purdue?(It's in IN and closeby, so maybe)</p>
<p>Dartmouth, Chicago, and Columbia are all similarly selective - all would be matches if you applied ED/EA, and reaches RD. Try to figure out which you want most and apply ED. You’re probably in at NU/Cornell ED, and Wharton is weird about business related ECs, so you’ll likely have a hard time there.</p>
<p>You don’t really show anything supporting why you are the UChicago type. Same goes for Columbia. Forget about Dartmouth. It’s in New England where people are not impressed by generic Asian overachievers. As stated above, you need something intangible at Wharton than can make you seem like the business type. Given that you show strength in history, apply to Penn CAS instead of Wharton. </p>
<p>I’m going to have to disagree and say that Chicago is never a match for anyone. Same goes for Cornell. Statistically, you are in the schools’ ranges, but I feel that you can’t expect to be accepted to these schools, regardless of how qualified anyone is.</p>
<p>Personally speaking for Chicago, you really need to show that Chicago is the right school for you. That is very important for Chicago admissions and I’ve seen fantastic students turned down who didn’t demonstrate that chicago would work for them. Essays are super important for Chicago.</p>
<p>Good luck! Admission to Chicago is going to be tough next year. If you write great essays, you should have a good shot :)</p>
<p>@rhg3rd
You think Notre Dame is a safety??? </p>
<p>And I’d have to agree with previous posters, you have great stats and such but nothing particularly jumps out. </p>
<p>I’d say Chicago, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Wharton are all reaches.
Cornell and Northwestern are high matches.
Notre Dame being a regular match.
And of course, Purdue and Loyola being safeties. (imo Loyola really isn’t worth going to, the reputation of its undergrad isn’t that strong plus it’s really, really expensive even after financial aid.)</p>
<p>@HonorsCentaur
No. Notre Dame is more a fall back (a linebacker not a safety). It’s still a good school but doesn’t have a sub-20% or sub-15% admit rate. OP needs something between his low odds schools and Loyola and Purdue. ND is in Indiana, as referenced by OP, and has undergrad business.</p>
<p>Hmmm. For those interests, why not IU as a safety instead of / in addition to Purdue and Loyola - Chicago? Also, the OP should think about Michigan – he is almost certain to be admitted, he would have a decent chance at a merit scholarship that would make it competitive with the other options, and from an educational quality standpoint Michigan is a peer of his reaches.</p>
<p>As for everything else – a generic request deserves a generic answer: Nothing the OP put down disqualifies him at any elite, selective college, and nothing he put down comes close to entitling him to admission at any of those colleges, either. His chances will depend on his application and recommendations, not anything in his post.</p>