Junior Looking for Chances and Advice

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<p>I'm currently a junior in high school. I'm looking to apply to the following colleges:
U Chicago ED
U Penn
Northwestern
Cornell
Vanderbilt
Georgetown
Carnegie Mellon
U Michigan - Ann Arbor</p>

<p>I am a Caucasian male, if it matters. Not first generation college but I qualify for quite a bit of financial aid.</p>

<p>I haven't taken the SATs yet but this is what my app looks like right now:</p>

<p>Ranked 1 of 550; Cumulative GPA: 3.7222 ; Weighted: 5.0536</p>

<p>Awards:
Honor Roll (Freshman-Present)
Top Ten in Class (Sophomore)
AP Scholar (Sophomore)
Outstanding Achievement Awards
English Honors II (Sophomore)
Pre-calculus (Sophomore)
AP Human Geography (Freshman)</p>

<p>Test Scores:
Score of 5 AP Statistics exam (Sophomore)
Score of 4 AP European History (Sophomore)
Score of 4 AP Human Geography (Freshman)
Score of 3 AP World History (Sophomore)</p>

<p>ACT: 31
English: 29; Mathematics: 32; Reading: 33; Science: 30; Essay: 8</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular Activities:
National Honor Society (Sophomore-Present)
Brain Brawl Team- Inter-School Academic competition (Junior-Present)
National History Bowl Competitor (Sophomore-Present)
National History Bee Competitor (Sophomore-Present)
National Science Bowl Competitor (Junior-Present)
Debate Team (Sophomore-Present)
Spanish Honor Society (Junior)
Robotics Team (Middle School)</p>

<p>Work/Volunteer Experience:
62 Volunteer Hours
Volunteers with Youth Ministry - (2008-Present)
Worship Ministry/Band – (2008 – Present)
Student Leader (2011-present)
Helped various time to feed the homeless (2010-present)</p>

<p>Special Skills and Interests:
Music – Bass Guitar, Guitar, Baritone
Computer Programming (Java)</p>

<p>I'm currently enrolled in AP Lang, APUSH, AP Calc AB, AP Comp Sci and AP Bio. All my other classes have been honors.</p>

<p>What do you think my chances are? What is some advice you would give me about improving my chances?</p>

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<p>U Chicago ED-18%
U Penn-15%
Northwestern-25%
Cornell-22%
Vanderbilt-35%
Georgetown-25%
Carnegie Mellon-35%
U Michigan - Ann Arbor-70%+</p>

<p>you have a great app, keep up your grades, but i would say the one thing bringing you down for those top universities is your act score; try to get it to a 33+ and you should be good. Remember though, there is a luck factor with a few of these schools including U Penn simply because the vast majority of the applicant pool is qualified.</p>

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<p>Are you applying to Wharton at UPenn?</p>

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<p>Wharton is a wonderful business school, I mean, it’s the first in the world, but I wasn’t planning on being a business major. I plan on applying to the College of Arts and Sciences, or Penn Engineering.</p>