Just Another Worried Junior! Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey! So brief intro: I'm a junior at a fairly prestigious highschool and I could use some help figuring out where I stand, as both of my parents are foreigners and didn't go to college in the US.</p>

<p>I'm currently in the middle of a week of college tours. Now, I realize some of these may be way out of reach, but the schools I love so far are:</p>

<p>University of Chicago
Harvard (who doesn't)
Stanford
NYU - Stern - BPE program
UPenn - Wharton</p>

<p>Schools I need to see yet:</p>

<p>Berkeley
MIT - Sloan
Claremont - (business school, not sure of name)</p>

<p>I want to study a mix of business, economics, and politics. </p>

<p>I have a 3.93 cumulative but my current GPA for this semester is a 4.39 right now and last semester was a 4.01, so there's an upward trend. My core grades are all good, I'm just terrible at Latin (B's/ A-'s).</p>

<p>My first SAT try I got a 2150 (720-720-710), I could probably do better if I studied (any tips on how to do this?). I'm hoping for a 33 ACT.</p>

<p>I took all honors courses I could. Last year I took APUSH and got a 5 on the exam. This years schedule is:</p>

<p>AP Chem
Honors English 3
Morality/ Sacraments
Honors Alg 2+trig+limits
Honors Latin 3
Ap Gov
Film Study </p>

<p>Next year:</p>

<p>Honors comp (java)- will take AP test
Honors Physics
Some religious thing
AP Calc BC
AP Stats
AP English Lang
AP Econ</p>

<p>I'm going to post my r</p>

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<p>U Chicago Booth: Reach (it’s reachable if you can write stellar essays)
Harvard: Reach
UPenn Wharton: Reach
NYU Stern: High match
Stanford: Reach
Berkeley Haas: Match (can you afford to pay full-freight at Berkeley?)
MIT Sloan: Reach
Claremont McKenna: Reach (Drucker is graduate-only)</p>

<p>Get yourself a safety!</p>

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<p>Thanks for helping me!</p>

<p>So what does reach or high match represent in terms of a percentage?</p>

<p>High match means good chance, right?</p>

<p>What can should I do to help my app?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>So I discovered some colleges won’t take into account freshman year GPA. If this makes my cum go from a 3.93 to a 4.03, subject to rise more, is it a sizable deal? </p>

<p>Or do most colleges weigh (so to speak) sophomore and junior gpa higher?</p>