Hi, I wanted to get others opinions. Planning on majoring in biology, (C of 2018)
SAT: 1530 (800 Math, 730 CRW)
ACT: 35 Composite
UWGPA: 4.00
WGPA: 4.7
Rank: 2/500
SAT Subject (Math II 790, Chem 720, US History 760)
17 AP Classes for all 4 years, (7 for senior year)
Most likely NMS
EC: Band-7 years (President and Horn Sergeant)
Piano for 13 years (various awards, ABRSM Diploma)
Junior Class President
NHS President
HOSA
Science Olympiad
BPA
Various UILs
Volunteering at local hospital for 2 summers
Colleges:
Harvard
Princeton
Columbia
Stanford
Duke
Cornell
Dartmouth
UChicago
UC Berkeley
University of Southern California
Automatic admission to my state uni.
White
Will be applying for Financial Aid
Of course, Ivies are always a toss up, but you stand to do very well. If your essays are good, I would be surprised if you didn’t get into Duke, Cornell, or Chicago at the very least. Further develop your focus in music during senior year to give that edge to your application and demonstrate that you have a high level of involvement in your activities.
If you’re applying for financial aid, though, I’d suggest reconsidering Berkeley and USC as they’re pretty stingy with out of state students.
Your profile looks great overall! I think your biggest reach is Stanford (as it is for most of us).
You will probably need a match/safety on your list since all of the schools except for USC are high reaches. I would add BU and Case Western as match schools.
You might want to add Emory, Rice, Vanderbilt, and WashU as realistic reach schools. I can see you being accepted by at least 2 of the 4. WashU will be worrisome though since they are need-aware and hard to get financial aid from.
I would also look into doing research or trying for some national level activities. The ECs may not be impressive enough for Ivy schools since pretty much all of the applicants have some variation of the same activities. Try your best to stand out in your essays as well.
Your academic qualifications look pretty solid, and it looks like the subject tests you took as well your clubs look pretty centralized around the STEM area, so I would say with your stats, you have pretty good chances. Only thing is, your ECs look pretty generic and will not really help you stand out among the applicants, which is what ivies are really look for, a student that stands out. There is nothing in your profile that will really jump out at admissions officers, so you might want to work on that part a bit. If you do, I’d say you have a solid chance of getting into one or more of these schools. Good luck! I would appreciate it if you could chance me back here: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1995754-chance-me-low-gpa-rank-cornell-rice-wash-u-ucla-etc-p1.html