Got ACT scores back, how much does it boost my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Objective:

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/475

SAT I (breakdown): ok, its sucks, 2040 (680 all) WAITING ON NOV SAT
SAT II: – Not taking
ACT: 32 C 35 E 29 M 34 R 31 S No writing score yet

AP (place score in parenthesis): Will have taken 11 APs by end of senior year. Freshman: Biology (3, def not sending) Sophomore: World (4) Physics B (2 oops) Junior: US History (5), Eng. Lang (4), Chinese (5), Calc AB (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Com Sci, AP Gov, AP Comparative, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, Chamber Orchestra, PE.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: Violin 10+ years, 4 years of Chamber Orchestra (principal player), Orchestra leadership team, District honor orchestra 3x, Solo & Ensemble (1st violin), Tennis 2 years, Piano 7 years, aced 2 classes in local cc, played violin for retirement homes, summer swim, HOSA, Key Club 2 years, Red Cross 2 years
Fluent in Chinese and English. Came over half way through 5th grade with barely just the ABCs. Though I guess many people are the same.

Job/Work Experience: Interned at a high-tech chemical wafer manufacturing company this spring, committed over 90 hours. Learned a variety of work management techniques and ethics. Babysitting count?

Volunteer/Community service: 100+hrs. from Key Club. Red Cross. NHS. Chinese Mandarin Camp.
I have been put on hold for hospital volunteering until my schedule opens up in late Oct (which is now).

Essays: I have 2 from questbridge, but probably scratching them.
Teacher Recommendation: From AP US and Lang teachers. All had really good things to say (top student in US, and lang teacher exaggerated a lot)

Counselor Rec: Talked to her a few times, not super close, but should be decent.

Additional Rec: From intern mentor. A bit generic.

Other
Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes! This is very important. Low income
Intended Major: Biology related, depending on school.
State (if domestic applicant): WA

Schools:
Stanford (legacy)
UW Seattle
USC
Northwestern
Cornell
Pomona
UChicago
Yale
Columbia
Duke

And I am already guaranteed admission to WSU (absolutely last resort). Stanford and UW are my top 2 choices interchangeably.

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Reaches to all. High match to USC and maybe cornell.

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@sattake

These are all reaches. There is no such thing as a “high match”. All of these schools have extremely low acceptance rates and thus, they would be considered reaches for anybody - regardless of how competitive the application is.

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Since your from WA (like me!), I would say you have a VERY high chance at UW.

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Even USC is reach?

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A few more inputs please?

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You are a very solid candidate, but due to the selectivity of the schools on your list, they are all reaches with the exception of UW. Seems like you would be happy attending UW, but if you have any doubts about that, you should add some match schools

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@ballsohard2020 That’s definitely not true for USC. If you have high enough stats USC is not a “reach” for everyone.

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Reach to everything except maybe USC and UW.

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You should be fine for UW as an instate applicant. For the others, as much as it sucks they all have 20% or lower acceptance rates, which makes them reaches for most people. You’re certainly competitive, but your scores are a little low. Also, in all honesty your activities are very stereotypically Asian. I know that that sucks but violin and medical clubs are very common among Asian applicants, so you will have to find a way to stand out. I know it’s a sucky thing to have to do but I think if you can rock your essays you definitely have a shot. Good luck!