<p>ACT of 33 is not going to cut it with IVYs. you have to get it high.</p>
<p>I don’t quite agree with Calendar’s assessment that your ACT of 33 and unweighted GPA of 3.94 are “very low” and “mediocre”. I do agree that both schools would be high reaches. They are for everybody, and there are other students with higher stats applying to those two colleges. However, your EC’s are strong. Do be sure to give the number of hours (the “countless hours”) of volunteering. Your initiative at starting that tutoring program will look good. As far as the Asian thing, I hope that the other commenters are wrong, but I must say that I have heard that collese want a wide diversity of students (ie not all Asians), so you may indeed be compared to other very bright Asian applicants. My son is half-Asian and has an Asian last name, so this may hurt him too.</p>