Not a lot of EC but heavily involved in a few things I do.... What are my chances to Ivy?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi everyone I know this has probably been posted before, but I am going to do it anyways :slight_smile:
I am a current senior and just want to gauge my chances for admissions at some top schools. I am thinking about Harvard (reach), U Penn, Rice, Columbia, Cornell, NYU, etc. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated-thanks!!

GPA: 4.73
Ranked top 1% (Placed 7-10 out of 800 kids in graduating class)

SAT: 1550
SAT Subject Chemistry-800 (Note: did it twice and got 800 both times), Math II- 780, Biology M- 650 (planning not to submit)

AP Scores;
5- Chemistry, Government, Psychology, Calc AB, Microeconomics
4- Biology, Calc BC

Academic Rigor: All AP except for English classes (Honors)

Extra-Cirrculars (Boy Scouts and MIni-THON are my main activities, both of which I am the leader for):
Mini-THON: I am the Overall Chairperson of my schools Mini-THON (dance marathon for kids with pediatric cancer) that has raised about $150,000. I am in charge of managing everything at the top-most level.
Boy Scouts: I have been involved in Boy Scouts for my entire life and have been put in charge of my troop
Research at RPI- I attended Rensselaer Polytechnic institute to conduct research with Dr. Pankaj Karande about how Fetal
Bovine Serum serum concentration affects the growth of Endothelial Human Brain Serum. Also, the effect of nanoparticles in different solvents were analyzed, which can be used to gain insight in how nanoparticles can be used in different
environments.
HOBY Ambassador- 3 day leadership seminar. I was selected by my school to attend
National Honors Society Officer
Reading Olympics Member

Volunteering:
About 150 hours at a hospital in various positions.
Eagle Scout Project. I built a an outdoor musical playground at my preschool that I attended. The playground consisted of outdoor xylophones and a drum set. I raised $2200 for the project, and over 170+ hours of work
were put into installing this project. I also coordinated and led the installation, with help from other scouts.

Awards:
Eagle Scout with Palms and am a member of the Order of the Arrow, the so called honors society of Boy Scouts
Recipient of the Bausch + Lomb Honorary Science Award
Elected to National Honors Society Officer Position
Selected to attend a Hugo O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar
Recipient of the Dr. Arthur J. Lendo Fellowship Award (scholarship at my school)
Academic Excellence Award in Social Studies

Soo… What are my chances? I am curious if I stand up to Ivy-League level candidates. I don’t have that much relative to some other kids, but what I have I am extremely involved in. Asides from school, my life revolves around Mini-THON and Boy Scouts. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!

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I think you have a good chance at many of the lower Ivy’s. The higher Ivy’s are always a toss up but you seem well qualified for those too

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If you don’t mind me asking, I’m just curious why you took the Chem subject test another time after getting an 800.

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Although well qualified academically, I worry about the “etc.” in your list of schools. This implies that you have no reason for selecting the schools which you listed.

What do you want to study & why these schools in particular ? Your answers are important.

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I took the SAT Subject in May and June. I took them in May, but by the time I received my May score, it would have been too late to register for the June one. Just in case I did poorly in May, I was planning on re-taking it in June. I did well the first time around, but when it came to June I didn’t have any other tests that I was prepared to take, so instead of wasting my time and doing poorly on another subject, I just decided to re-take the chem one (I had nothing else going on that saturday too).

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I am interested in becoming a doctor with the eventual goal of being accepted into a MD/MBA program (I LOVE buisness+medicine). I also am applying to some BS/MD or BS/DO too. My interest in college is as below:

Harvard- Superior research program and business program, although I doubt I would be accepted, the immense quantity of educational opportunities drew me in
U Penn- Wharton school of Business and the proximity to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for medical research/shadowing (CHOP also has a bit of an emotional connection to me)
Rice- they have a Medical Scholars Program that guarantees Medical School admission after meeting certain benchmarks. I am not binded to the college and am free to apply to other medical schools
Columbia- I toured it and was very fond of the environment and the high success of their business graduates in the future
Brown- they offer a program in Liberal Medical Education with has a guarentee acceptance their Medical school. Also, they have free summers for lab research, AND they can apply MD advanced degree (PhD, MBA, etc).
NYU- same thing as columbia, also easier to get into
Drexel BS/MD- Close to home, and has a guaranteed Medical School admission after certain MCAT and GPA requirements
Penn State Accelerated BS/MD-I love PSU due to my love for Mini-THON. (They host a THON each year and I hope to continue my work with Mini-THON into college)

I am still developing my list, but this is my main ones so far. My passion is for Medicine and business, and the colleges that I am interested in applying to is developed predominantly on their strength in both of these programs. Some are more business or medicine focused, but I am applying to a range so I have an options to chose a college when the time comes. Location also plays an important factor therefor all of my colleges are located in the Northeast. Hope that helps and thanks for responding. The input is appreciated :slight_smile: