Rising senior - chances appreciated

<p>White, Jewish, Male
School: 2nd highest avg SATscore in state (georgia). Sends 10+ people to ivies or comparable schools each year. Should give a basic idea of how competitive it is
GPA: 92%(UW), 97.5%(W)
ACT composite: 34 (science:36, math: 35, reading: 32, english: 32)
SATII: Biology (710), Math 2c (800), awaiting score for SAT2 lit</p>

<p>Rank is 68/670 (10.1%)</p>

<p>APs:
(10th): bio (5), world history (2, yeah I know, its bad)</p>

<p>(11th): physics b, eng lang, comp sci ab, stat, and calc bc (expecting 4-5 on all)</p>

<p>(12th): Chem, psych, physics C
also, not an AP, but Ill be taking Calc. II and III through GATech as a senior, and english at community college</p>

<p>ECs:
(9th)
varsity track team</p>

<p>(10th)
Informal internship at GaTech in a computer science research lab
captain of math and science olympiad teams
vice president of student council
president of yearbook commitee and spanish honor society</p>

<p>(Summer between 10th and 11th)
Paid position at GaTech computer science research lab working around 40 hours/week(can get great recommendations from several professors and grad students)</p>

<p>(11th)
Science olympiad team
ping-pong club </p>

<p>(Summer b/w 11th and 12th)
Parttime job at retail store</p>

<p>Awards:
(10th)
1st place at state level science fair (pre-ISEF competition), and regional
Won "Excellence in Computer Science" award from Intel
1st place at regional Tech Fair competition, 3rd place at state</p>

<p>(11th)
1st place at regional science fair
3rd place at state level science fair
eagle scout</p>

<p>Will be able to get excellent recommendation from professor at GaTech I've worked with, highly respected in Computer Science field. Also very strong rec from counselor</p>

<p>Anyway, any chances would be greatly appreciated!!
no particular order, and estimated chances</p>

<p>Duke -slight reach
WUSTL - match
rice - match
vandy -match
stanford -reach
hopkins - slight reach
carnegie - CIT - slight reach
MIT - reach
caltech - reach
gatech -safety</p>

<p>Your class rank will severely hurt at Caltech and Stanford and will not thrill Duke and Wash U. 10 kids to ivies out of 670 is not that competitive. Really competitive is schools sending thirty plus percent, and there are lots. </p>

<p>On the other hand being from Georgia is a good thing!</p>

<p>Your list is pretty on target except I think Caltech and Stanford are huge reaches and Duke and WashU solid reaches.</p>

<p>I think you'll get into Carnigie Mellon (if that's what you mean) and Hopkins.</p>

<p>bump - i know giving chances is kind of annoying, but I'd really appreciate it!!</p>