My chances?? Please help!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm seriously considering my chances at the schools I'm applying to: Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Florida State University (in state). Should I keep my hopes up? </p>

<p>Total of 11 AP's for high school. (3's, 4's, and 5's)
- All A's and 2 B's total. (one was a high school course offered in eighth grade and one 10th grade)
- I've maintained a rigorous academic schedule since sophomore year, but freshman year contained regular classes.
- 4.0 GPA unweighted, 4.7 weighted, top 3% of my class, will graduate summa cum laude
- ACT (31), SAT (1800), will take SAT Subject tests for American history and Chemistry (650+ at least)
- AP Scholar
- Laureate graduation award, and laureate presentation with a 5,000 page paper concerning LGBT marriage with a powerpoint (This is prestigious in my area).
- Academic Achievement awards (3 years so far), Drama department award, and various drama awards.
- President of the Drama Club, president of the Gay/Straight Alliance, school sponsored president of the International Thespian Society, historian of the Glee Club, Academic Team competitor, Key Club, and National Honor Society.
- I've volunteered over 300 hours with a kid's drama camp, at the hospital, library, and other areas as well.
- I'm a male 1st generation American with family from Cuba, and the 1st to go away to college. </p>

<p>Overall, do my chances look good at getting into any of the schools I listed, and could you help me rank them by chance? Do the regular classes my freshman year hurt me? Thank you.</p>

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<p>Everything looks amazing except your SAT and ACT. If you still have time, definitely retake one of them (probably ACT) and try to bring your score up.
Freshman year will have a minimal effect. Yes, colleges will look at it, but they will usually understand that you were a freshman. Either way, they like to see an upwards trend in your transcript.</p>

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<p>Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Florida State University</p>

<p>Columbia and Dartmouth seem like a reach. Cornell should be attainable given your family background, extracurricular activities, and accolades. Florida State could be considered a safety.</p>

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<p>Scores are low for any ivy regardless of hooks</p>

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<p>Bernie, you say my scores are too low, and I agree with you on the SAT aspect, but my ACT score seems to be an average score for an accepted Cornell student. Does it really hurt to have a high score on the ACT, but not on the SAT?</p>