Rising Senior with Good ECs! Please rate!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi guys,

Thanks for taking your time to look at my thread.

I am looking into UNC, Indiana Bloomington, Duke, Michigan, Northwestern, Cornell, Notre Dame, Texas, UVA, and UIUC (EA to those that apply, RD to others). I am OOS to all schools.

My stats:

UWGPA: 3.74 (straight As junior year with 5 APs after bad freshman year and okay sophomore year, with 7 combined APs the 3 years).
SAT: 2270 (second sitting)
SAT II: 800 Math Level 2… Taking Chem and U.S. History next year
ACT: 33… Most likely will retake or not send
Class rank: 16/448 (good public school sends kids to Stanford, Cal Tech, some ivies.

Senior schedule includes AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, and AP Government.

EC:
-Drum Major of school band this year(section captain previous year as junior)
-Trumpet player… All state band and all state jazz. I was also accepted into Brevard and Interlochen summer camps, and will be attending Interlochen this year!
-2nd place in citywide concerto competition
-Principal trumpet of local youth orchestra
-I also go around middle schools after school to help out teachers with kids (learning music, trumpet instruction, etc.)
-In non music, I tutor at my school as part of the NHS, and also have amassed 150 hours at my local library.

I am East Asian, and my family income bracket is around $100,000.

Thanks again.

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I also want to note that I’ve done a lot more musical activities (clinics and events around the state, drum major camps, etc.). I’ve been heavily involved for the past 3 years for sure.

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Bump

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For most of the schools you have a fairly legitimate application. Your GPA is going to hurt you at Duke, Northwestern and Cornell–especially relative to other Asian applicants. As such, those are going to be fair reaches.

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Thanks! That’s a little dissappointing, but I will probably apply anyways and see if essays/upward trend/ECs can help me out.