If you have a moment, please chance me for Harvard, Stanford, and Yale!

Hey everyone! Thanks for taking the time to read my post. Here are my stats:

Intended Major: Psychology
State: California
School Type: Public (Charter)
Race: African-American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <$25,000
First-Gen?: No
Where were you accepted: Princeton (SCEA), Columbia (likely letter- I’m not an athlete or a legacy), UC Berkeley (Early Notification- Regents Nomination), UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, CSU Long Beach, Cal Poly Pomona, San Diego State, San Jose State
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, low-income, inner-city high school
SAT I (breakdown): 1480 (740 Math, 740 Reading)
ACT: 28 (only submitted for Stanford because I had to)
SAT II: 660 (Lit, US History) - only submitted to Princeton because I had to
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94 (UW) // 4.17 (W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/150
AP Scores: World History (4), English Literature (3), US History (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science, AP English Language, AP United States Government and Politics, Journalism, Drama (I’m taking the most APs one can @ my school for senior year)
Extracurriculars: Black Student Union (3 years), Earth Club (3 years), Student Council (2 years), Senior Committee President (1 year), M.E.Ch.A. (1 year), Tutoring every year for multiple classes
Volunteer/Community service: Beach clean-ups with Earth Club
Awards/Scholarships/Honors: 4.0 Club (all 4 years), Carson Scholars Award winner, Gates Semifinalist, Questbridge College Prep Scholar
Summer Activities: Two-week immersion program at Harvard in 2016; California college tour; vacationing
How did I rate my essays?: Common App (7/10), Stanford Supplement (7.5/10), Yale Supplement (8/10), Harvard Supplement (8.5/10)
Teacher Recommendations: English teacher (9/10)- I’ve known her all 4 years and she says I’m one of the best students she has ever had the privilege to teach; Science teacher (7/10)- I’ve only known her since 10th grade & don’t have a super close relationship with her, but we are very friendly with each other. Like my other rec, I’ve been taught by her in a regular and an AP class, so I think she was able to vouch for my academic prowess over 2 years
Counselor Rec: (9/10)- She’s amazing. I’m super close to her and always seem to be in her office to talk about, well, anything! She knows my mom very well and really likes me.
Additional Rec: (7/10)- My college counselor from my CBO wrote it. I’ve known him for over half a year. I imagine it was good but nothing special.
Interview with Harvard/Yale: (8/10)- I had a really nice conversation with both of my interviewers. It wasn’t anything special, but I enjoyed talking to them.
General Comments:
I’m also part of a local CBO that takes only the top 15% of certain high schools in my area.

So, what do you think?

Those three schools are reaches for everyone.

You’re chances are great. You were admitted already to some top notch schools so I wouldnt be surprised with acceptances from the rest. Best of luck!

Your stats are as good as any of the applicants out there. The problem is that they only accept 2-3% out of 30,000 applications. After you get to a certain level of smart, it gets to where it’s impossible to stand out. It’s basically luck.

You are a competitive applicant. Being accepted by Princeton and getting a likely letter from Columbia means you have relatively great chances of admission at these schools

In at Princeton & Columbia. Congratulations ! You have already won !

What were the names of those other schools that you wanted to know about ?