How are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior from Northern New Jersey, looking at the following schools. Thanks for any input.</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon
Cornell
Rice
USC
Some of the UC schools (UCSD, UCLA, UCB)</p>

<p>GPA (unweighted) - 4.0
GPA (weighted) - 4.5
Class Rank - 4/215
Haven't taken the SATs, but 1460 (690v, 770m) on the PSATs in sophomore year.
Took honors english, history, and geometry freshman year; honors english, pre-calc, and AP US History I sophomore year.
This year I'm taking AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and AP US History II.
Prolly gonna be taking another 4 APs next year.</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>Tennis Team (will be 2 years JV, 2 years Varsity)
Pep Band 4 years
Brass Ensemble 4 years (also founded this club)
Jazz Band 4 years
Active in Church Youth Group (went on an 8 day community service mission trip every summer)
Tutor Math to Elementary School kids (privately)
Newspaper Club 2 years
Environmental Protection Club 2 years
Been playing trumpet for 7 years, fairly serious about it.
Been playing guitar for 4 years.
Played in the pit orchestra for two school musical productions.
Key Club 4 years
Math Team 4 years
Chosen for County math competition every year so far
Job - Taught tennis to elementary school kids for two summers</p>

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<p>Just my opinion of your chances:</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon: Match/Safety (better if not enginnering/computer science major)
Cornell: Match (if not a science/engineering major, stautory schools less selective)
Rice: Reach/Match (scores hurt, known to weigh the essays more than some)
USC: Match
UC-San Diego: Reach/Match (out-of-state hurts)
UCLA: Reach (ditto)
UC-Berkeley: Reach (ditto)
UC-Santa Barbara: Match (ditto)
UC-Santa Cruz: Match/Safety (ditto)</p>

<p>Hope this is of use to you. Good luck on your search.</p>

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<p>Sorry I forget to mention that I was planning on going into Engineering. Would that knock schools like Cornell and Carnegie out completely?</p>

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<p>Paco:</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon: Slight Reach
Cornell: Slight Reach
Rice: Match
USC: Match
UCSD: Match (out of state)
UCLA: Slight Reach (out of state)
UCB: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>

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<p>I think you are a match for all those schools (even the UCs).</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the replies guys, I really appreciate it.</p>