<p>Thank you for your encouragements and good wishes.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply. I see that even for those institutions, I still have a long way to go.</p>
<p>Hey, I absolutely think you can get into duke and northwestern. You should send them a personal statement about your situation. You are very smart with high gpa, ap exams, and sat 2. Take ACT and try to get a 33 or above. That will increase you chances but with your current SAT score I think you can get into duke.</p>
<p>STEM oriented female will help your chances. (If you apply as science or engineering major.)
Good rank, good GPA and good SAT subject test scores.</p>
<p>If you get 35+ (or 34+) on the ACT, then</p>
<p>Princeton: High Reach
MIT: High Reach
Stanford: High Reach</p>
<p>Duke: Reach
Cornell: Good chances
Northwestern: Good chances</p>
<p>Right now: Every school on your list is a reach school.</p>
<p>Lack of ECs will hurt your chances tremendously.</p>
<p>You will need 2-3 or more “match” schools (maybe Boston University or some liberal arts colleges ranked 20-40?) and at least 1 or 2 “safety” schools (state flagships, etc.). There’s a good chance right now that with your lack of ECs, you may face the scenario that you don’t get into any of the schools you listed.</p>
<p>Thank you for taking the time to chance me.</p>