Great numbers, not so hot on ECs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone! I live in-state for Michigan universities and am currently a senior in a fairly affluent suburb with a graduating class of around 500 kids. I plan to apply to the following universities: </p>

<p>University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (College of Engineering)
Michigan State University
UC Berkely
UCLA
Columbia
Cornell
Cal Tech
Carnegie Mellon
MIT
Duke
Harvard
Princeton
Yale</p>

<p>Here's my stats: </p>

<p>GPA UW = 3.97</p>

<p>9th Grade
-Algebra II Honors
-ELA 9 Honors
-World History Honors
-Spanish 3 Honors
-Engineering 1 Honors
-Biology 1 Honors</p>

<p>EC: </p>

<h2>Robotics</h2>

<p>10th Grade:
-Pre-Calculus Honors
-AP US History
-AP Chemistry
-Spanish 3 (i was forced to retake it because Spanish 4 at my school is an IB class and sophomores can't take IB classes)
-Civics & Economics
-ELA 10</p>

<p>ECs:
-Track and Field
-Model UN
-Math Club</p>

<h2>-Science Club</h2>

<p>11th Grade:
- AP English Language & Composition
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Physics C: Mechanics
- IB World History HL 1
- IB Spanish SL
- IB Computer Science HL 1</p>

<p>ECs:
- Kiwani's Club
- Model UN
- Science Club
- Computer Club (we were building and refurbishing computers to give to low-income families)</p>

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<p>12th Grade classes:
-- AP Lit
-- AP Calculus BC
-- AP Physics: Electricity & Magnetism
-- IB Business HL
-- IB Computer Science HL 2
-- PE/Health (mandatory)</p>

<p>ECs:
- Kiwani's Club
- Model UN
- Math Club
- Science Club
- Computer Club
- Debate
- DECA (can only do DECA at my school if taking a business class)</p>

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<p>AP Scores:
- APUSH: 4
- Chem: 4
- Calc AB : 5
- Physics Mechanics: 5
- Computer Science A : 4</p>

<h2>- most likely 5's on Lit, E&M, BC Calc</h2>

<p>SAT II Subject Tests:
- Math Level 2 - 800
- US History - 780</p>

<h2>- Physics - will be taking this October; expecting 750+</h2>

<p>SAT: 2270 (CR 730, M 770, W 770 Essay 10)</p>

<h2>ACT: 34 (E 35, M 34, R 34, S 34, essay 9)</h2>

<p>50+ community service hours tutoring elementary school students in mathematics and English and working as a farmhand at historical homestead</p>

<p>My ECs and community service hours aren't so hot because I've been moving around a lot, which has made me somewhat more reserved than others. Do colleges take this into consideration? I spent 10th-12th grade at the same high school by the way, but it was somewhat hard to adjust since it was such a tight-knit community.</p>

<p>Thank you for your time!</p>

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<p>Anyone? bump10char</p>

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<p>You’re a great applicant! Challenging courses and great test scores. The only thing I can say is that college admissions are incredibly subjective. It’s a crapshoot. But I do think you have a solid chance. You should investigate some safeties. Maybe Barnard, NYU, and Northwestern? All great schools that I’m confident you would be accepted at. But, as I said, you do have a good chance at the schools you listed.</p>

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<p>Your extracurriculars are really good! Your numbers make you a competitive applicant for all of the colleges you apply to. Also, don’t forget to put some work in the app essay, because those tend to put some applicants over others.</p>