PLEASE chance me? Or just general feedback

Applying to College
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<p>I am currently a junior in HS and the first one in my family to go to college, so I don't know too much about the process. (not first generation, but first out of the children in my family)</p>

<p>Schools I am hoping to get into: Amherst, BC, Columbia, UCONN (Safety), Duke, Georgetown, MIT, ND, Northwestern, Middlebury, Stanford, Tufts, Vassar, Swarthmore.</p>

<p>Stats:
ACT with Writing: 33 (Math - 34, English - 34, Reading - 33, Science - 31)
SAT IIs (only to be sent to the schools that require them in addition to the ACT): 740 Math I, 600 Bio -probably not sending, 700 chem, 640 spanish
Weighted GPA: 4.28
Unweighted GPA: 19.52/20 I think. I can list my grades if that helps?
Rank: Class doesn't rank, but I know I am ~top 5% because they give awards for it
AP: Bio (3), English Language (projected 4, hopefully 5), Chemistry (projected 4, hopefully 5), US history (projected 3, hopefully 4) I know they're weak...
Senior Year Classes: AP English Literature, AP Spanish 5, AP Physics, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Economics, AP Calculus AB
Awards: St. Anselm College Book Award, McLean Award (for Geometry), NHS, School scholar award, Piano competitions</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Debate Team VP, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Tennis, Key Club Pres and Founder, FBLA, Principal's Leadership team, Piano lessons
Job: Summer Camp Counselor, Youth Lacrosse referee, looking for another job
Volunteer: A bunch of stuff- Nursing/retirement home, HARC (Retarded Citizens), Special Olympics, Relay for Life, Kids for paws, Local Marathon volunteer
Summer Activities: Work at summer camp, took Health/Civics online to fulfill graduation requirements so I don't have to take them during the school year, Brown Leadership Lessons</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<p>Writing (for essays): Probably decent enough.
Teacher Recs: They have the potential to be really nice, but might turn out to be the opposite... I'm not really sure. One for sure will be good.
Guidance Rec: Expecting nothing special since my first guidance counselor retired after having her for two years. He could pleasantly surprise me though!</p>

<p>If you could just chance me at the schools I listed at the top or just provide general advice on what I could do to better my app that would be greatly appreciated!! Feel free to ask any questions</p>

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<p>i think that you’d have a good chance at most of these schools; the exceptions would have to be MIT and Stanford…which are pretty random for even the most qualified of people.</p>

<p>you might want to work on getting to know your teachers to make sure that the recommendations are going to be as good as they can be.</p>

<p>overall, i think you have really good shot at most of the schools on your list.</p>

<p>darn, if you were first generation, then that would be a nice hook to really guarantee admittance; you may still be able to say that you were the first in your family to go to college.</p>

<p>the only real drawback right now is that you’re asian haha.</p>

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<li>Your ACT score and SAT Subject scores are not that high for an Asian</li>
<li>I don’t see anything unique about your ECs</li>
<li>You do not have any “major” award</li>
<li>Better chance if you are STEM oriented (female)</li>
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<p>MIT, Stanford and Ivies (other than Cornell and Brown): MAJOR Reach
Duke, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Northwestern, and Amherst: Reach
Middlebury and ND: Better chance due to low Asian population (What about Vanderbilt?)
Vassar and Tufts: No idea</p>

<p>“MIT and Stanford…which are pretty random for even the most qualified of people.”
I completely agree!</p>

<p>Apply to many selective colleges and see what happen.</p>

<p>Remember! You have 0% chance if you don’t apply.</p>

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<p>I would put duke on the reach list as well, along with Stanford and MIT. Others should be matches or safeties</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1158539-chance-class-2016er-gt-princeton-stanford-public-ivys.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1158539-chance-class-2016er-gt-princeton-stanford-public-ivys.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Amherst (match), BC (match), Columbia (low reach), UCONN (Safety), Duke (low reach), Georgetown (reach), MIT (roulette-anyone’s guess), ND? what school is this?, Northwestern (low reach), Middlebury (match), Stanford (roulette), Tufts (match), Vassar (match), Swarthmore (match)</p>

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<p>I agree with some previous posts that if you play up the first person to go to college thing, that it could help. But you have a decent chance for some of the schools.
High Reach: MIT, Stanford, Columbia
Reach: Columbia, UCONN, Duke, Georgetown, Northwestern
Match: ND(sort of in between match and reach), Amherst, BC, UCONN, Middlebury, Stanford, Tufts, Vassar, Swarthmore</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>