Safeties/matches/reaches CHANCE ME! I will chance back! :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys :)
Assuming this is what I have by the time I'm a senior (rising junior now), what would you recommend my safeties/matches/reaches to be? Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Asian Female, PA, not-so-great public school :/</p>

<p>UW GPA: 4.0
W GPA: 4.95
Rank: 2/571</p>

<p>SAT: 760 CR, 800 M, 780 W (2340 Composite)</p>

<p>SAT2: 800 Math 2, 770 Chemistry, 780 USH</p>

<p>Freshman year:
-Honors Biology: A
-Honors English 9: A+
-Honors Alg. 2: A+
-Honors Precalc: A+
-Honors Western Civilization (History): A+
-Intro to Computer Programming: A+
-Spanish 2: A+
-Health/Gym: A+/A+</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
-Honors Geometry: A+
-AP Calc BC: A+
-Honors U.S. History: A+
-Honors Chemistry: A+
-Honors English 10: A
-Spanish 3: A+
-Health/Gym: A+/A+</p>

<p>Junior Year:
-AP Chemistry: A
-Honors Physics: A+
-AP Statistics: A+
-AP U.S. History: A+
-AP English 11: A+
-Spanish 4: A+
-College to take Calc 3: A+</p>

<p>Senior Year Classes:
-AP English 12: A+
-AP Physics: A
-AP Spanish: A+
-AP Psychology: A+
-AP Microeconomics: A+
-Honors Human Anatomy: A+
-College to take Linear Alg: A+</p>

<p>ECs:
-varsity swimmer, (co-capt.) 4 years
-summer swimming, 6 years
-science olympiad (capt.), 4 years
-ARML (american regions math league) (Section leader), 4 years
-piano, 12 years
-student council rep, 4 years
-debate team, 3 years
-math team, (capt.) 3 years
-newspaper (Editor) 4 years
-art club, 2 years</p>

<p>Awards:
-Science Olympiad - 1st in Anatomy, 2nd in Ecology regional level
3rd in Ecology, 5th in Anatomy state level
-ARML - highest achieving female, team won the national championships 2 years in a row
-Swimming - most diligent swimmer award, i hold 4 team records for my summer team
-Piano - lots of national and state awards and recognition
-NMSF
-$3,000 Scholarship Winner to Cedar Crest College for Outstanding Mathematics
-Lehigh University Math Contest Fifth Place Individual
-Art displayed in Bethlehem’s Cultural Arts and Education Center</p>

<p>Community Service:
-300+ hours at Hospital
-50 hours choir piano acccompaniment
-100+ hours teacher's aide for chinese school
-100+ hours summer swim team timer</p>

<p>Work:
-MATHCOUNTS teacher at community college
-Private swim coach</p>

<p>Essays should be unique, Interview should go well (I'm out-going ;]), no hooks :(</p>

<p>Looking at: HYPSM (especially Yale), Ivies, other top schools</p>

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<p>come on, people! :)</p>

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<p>I think that you could get into many, many good schools…</p>

<p>But it’s hard to say if you could get into THE BEST schools (like Ivy leagues for example) without a strong hook… I know many people at my school who are the math team/athlete/science olympiad/debaters that really don’t stand out at all. Yes, they do a lot, but have they done anything significant? Anything new? Innovative? </p>

<p>However, I do know of one guy that was the captain of debate and science olympiad with a similar stellar report card as yours that got into Yale last year… So I think that you could probably say that Ivy’s are fair reaches [since a lot of Ivy is luck] for you…</p>

<p>But it’s hard to come up with schools when you don’t have any in mind on your OP…</p>

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<p>In order of preference, here is where I want to be chanced:
Yale:
Princeton:
Columbia:
MIT:
Dartmouth:
Cornell:
Lehigh:</p>

<p>and any other suggestions</p>