<p>I would suggest that if you want an honest answer you don’t flame others - they’re entitled to their opinions. If you don’t agree with them, you don’t have to go out on a limb in order to attack them and try to argue your own opinions - if you want someone to “chance you” and they do, the least you can do is be thankful.</p>
<p>Personally, I don’t know how the EC’s are going to play out in admissions. Some people get into colleges with absolutely no significant EC’s or awards and solely on their GPA and SAT alone, and it might seem as if colleges do, in general, place more weight on the academic side of one’s profile (you are going to college to study, of course). I think you do have a chance at all of these schools (MIT excluded, but that goes for pretty much everyone), so good luck.</p>