<p>Thanks for the advice. But how about my chances at JHU and WUSTL?</p>
<p>-Cornell: good
-Wash U. in stl: good
-Johns Hopkins: good
-UVA: very good
-U of Rochester: excellent (lock)
-Rutgers: excellent (lock)
-UPenn: good
-Michigan: very good
-U Chicago: good
-Northwestern: good
-Carnegie Mellon: good
-Duke: middle
-Boston College: excellent</p>
<p>I hate to say this, sounding prejudiced, but I suggest you do not add your ethnicity to your appliocation (it’s optional). You sound like so many Japanese guys at our school too.
As for schools, I think many will be reaches…but that depends on your essays and ECs. Aside from Chess, do you have leadership?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I don’t have that many other ECs. Lacrosse and chess take up a lot of time, lacrosse especially. Plus, I think colleges would rather see somebody in a handful of ECs but dedicate a lot of time into those rather than someone who is in every club, but doesn’t contribute much, right?</p>