UPenn/Brown Chances

<p>I don’t want to be a buzzkill, but people are being pretty optimistic. GPA isn’t a 4.0, but a 3.75 or a 3.8 isn’t going to kill you. What is killing you is your low ACT score (most Ivies have a 25th percentile score of a 30-31, so you should be shooting for a 33+), and you’re lack of ECs. Those ECs might look good for some privates, but not for Ivies! As for your “reachable” schools, I’d say those are all low to mid reaches. URM status will only get you so far, you still need the stats and ECs to back it up.</p>