Not exactly "chances"...but some pointers would be very appreciated.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello. I'm currently a junior...well, finishing Junior year in 1 week. As there are only 2 more SAT administrations until EA/ED time I'd just like some pointers about which scores I should attain to maximize my chances at competitive schools.</p>

<p>Here are the schools I'm looking at (of course, these are all the ones I'd <em>like</em> to get into):
Stanford
Yale
Brown
Princeton
MIT
Caltech
Johns Hopkins
Cornell
Columbia
Dartsmouth
Duke
Georgetown
Rice</p>

<p>Here are my stats:
Asian male at private Christian high school.
GPA: ~3.9 uw, 4.06 w (Most demanding courseload at school)
Rank: 1 out of 65 (although school doesn't rank formally)
PSAT: 238 (80 M, 80 W, 78 R) (just included for reference purposes here)
SAT: 2140 (720 M, 690 W, 730 R) (I did really bad on this test; but it was my first try in Jan of junior year)
SAT II: 800 Math IIC / 800 World History / 800 Chinese / 770 Chemistry / 770 Physics / 750 US History
AP Exams: 5 Calc AB / 5 World History / Chemistry (pending) / US History (pending) / Calc BC (pending) / Psychology (pending) / European History (pending) / Statistics (pending) [these six exams I took a month ago; scores will be available in July]
Pending National Merit Semifinalist/Finalist
Pending AP Scholar</p>

<p>EC:
Vice Pres (soph+jun+now student body) <-- not because of a lack of motivation to seek higher posts, but in our system of student government each post has a very well defined job that is pertinent to the post, and I happened to love the vice president job much more than that of the president.
Yearbook 3-year member (editor 06-07)
Lifeguarding certificates in 2 nations
Soph class representative to student body council
MUN Council+Country leader
Missions Trip to Sri Lanka this year
Peer tutoring math+chemistry (50 hours)
Volunteering at local science/technological museum (150 hours)
AIME 2 year qualifier (score of 4 both years)
Australian Math Competitions Certificates of Distinction
Piano and cello player (although does not play at school because of no available class periods)
Competent at Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, and English
Selective summer programs in math and science in freshman and junior year (reasonably famous nation-wide, but I don't want to reveal the actual names)
Siemens Westinghouse Competitor 2006 (If I may say so, I think I have a very realistic chance of making semifinalist in October this year...several college professors have looked at my project and expressed the thought. How much would this help my application?)</p>

<p>I think the thing that is most significantly compromising my resume is my SAT score. I'm planning a retake both in June and October, but how much should I aim for, given my ECs and other stats, to have a chance at those schools? Any comments or academic "pointers" would be very greatly appreciated, thank you.</p>

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<p>hey nice sat ii's, i think you have a pretty good chance at the schools you're applying to. aim for at least a 2250 on the sat? i think that's a competitive score. keep up the good work.</p>

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<p>Well, make the Seimens finals. There is nothing to differentiate you now from the hoards of very qualified Asian candidates at top colleges. You need better SATs and a wow EC.</p>

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<p>Does my SAT II need to be even higher?</p>

<p>Or is it just the SAT I?</p>

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<p>Your AI is 227.5, which makes your AI rank 8 out of 9 (9 being best). This means if you apply to all the Ivies plus MIT, you will probably get accepted at 5 to 6 of them. If you move your SAT I score up to 750/750/750, you will have an AI of 230 and a rank of 9 out of 9, meaning you will probably be accepted at somewhere between 7 to all 9 of these schools. P.S. I'm not advising you to apply to all of them--I'm just making the statement that you shouldn't have a problem getting accepted to an Ivy League school.</p>

<p>Don't retake any SAT IIs. They only look at your best three, and right now you have scores of 800/800/800 on those--so just how much did you expect to improve this?</p>

<p>Good luck with your Siemens competition--and your college applications.</p>