What are my chances for various publics and privates (including UCs, some Ivies)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello, I recently submitted a bunch of college applications and I’m worried that I overestimated myself by applying to most of these schools. Could I get opinions on my chances to the schools I did?

Profile:
Age: 17 (Senior)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian-American (Korean)
Parents’ Salary: 160k+
Secondary School: Private (Miniscule)
Intended Major: Double Major with Computer Science and writing something (English, Creative Writing, even comparative literature)

Background Information:
I originally wanted to go into finance/business, so some of my applications are through economics/finance/accounting. However, I switched my first choice midway through my applications to computer science. My second choice has almost always been English, however.
I also saw a post where someone applied to twenty-two schools and got harshly criticized for applying to so many. I think I have around the same amount, so please go easy on me. I just applied to a lot because I worried I may not be able to get in to any.

Academics:
Unweighted GPA: 3.975
Weighted GPA: 4.385
Class Ranking: 1 of 14 (Tiny, I know)
Honors Classes: American Literature, Algebra 2, Korean 5 (All taken in sophomore year)
IB HL Classes: History of the Americas, Biology, English
IB SL Classes: Math, Korean, Visual Art
I am also on the IB Diploma track so I take TOK as well.

Testing:
SAT: 1520 (EBRW: 760) (Math:760) (Superscore and regular score are the same)
ACT: None
SAT Subject Tests: Math II: 770, Literature: 760

Activities:
Varsity Basketball: 4 years, captain this year
Varsity Volleyball: 2 years
Ski: Took lessons for about 13-14 years
Taekwondo: Did the sport for about 7 or 8 years and got my third degree black belt in freshman year
Yearbook: Head writer this year
Engineering Club: Vice President
Reading Club: Just participated in meetings and stuff
Mentor: I helped out with the younger kids at my school doing activities and helping them with homework
Library: I ran a reading program at my local library over the summer that gave out prizes to preschool-elementary age kids for reading.
Mission: I participated in a mission trip to Mexico with my schoolmates.

Awards:
National Merit Letter of Commendation
Honor roll for 1 year, Principal’s honor roll for 3 years

Hooks:
Legacy at USC and UCLA (but I don’t think UCLA has legacy consideration)

Recommendations: ??: I haven’t read my recommendations, but I was pretty close to the teachers I got my rec letters from.

Essay: ??: Wouldn’t everybody say their essays were good?

Early Decision to Claremont McKenna: rejected

This next part is kind of confusing so I added a key to try and clarify what majors I applied through, as some schools are a lot harder than others…
Key:
E: Economics, business, finance, accounting
CS: Computer science
W: Writing, English, creative writing, comparative literature

Applied College:First Choice Major/Second Choice Major:
Brown:CS/W
Carnegie Mellon:CS/W
Cornell:CS/W
Emory:CS/W
Hamilton:W/CS
Johns Hopkins:CS/W
Occidental:CS/W
Pomona:CS/W
Princeton:CS/W
Southern Methodist:CS/W
Stanford:CS/W
UC Berkeley:E
UC Irvine:E/W
UC Los Angeles:E/W
UC San Diego:E/W
UC Santa Barbara:E/W
University of Michigan:CS/W
USC:E/E
Vanderbilt:E/W
Washington University in St. Louis:CS/W

I feel like my extracurriculars are too weak to get into a top school, but I would like to know what your opinion on my chances are. Thanks.

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If you are from CA, the UCs are promising, along with Vanderbilt, Wash U, Emory, CMU, UMich, USC, Occidental, Hamilton and SMU. Sine you were rejected from Claremont McKenna, Pomona may not happen. Ivies and Stanford are a crapshoot for everyone.

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how do you have a basketball team with a class size of 14 kids?

4

You have a very competitive profile. Your ECs are decent and your stats are great. With fantastic essays I could see you getting into several of these schools

5

If you are instate for the UC’s, aren’t you limited to four?

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First, have you checked the NPC of these schools, particularly for UMich? You are looking at $63-68k CoA per year there. You would be applying to LSA there and your stat is slightly above admission average. It would be a mid reach school for you from OOS as their OOS admission rate will be below 20% this year.

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Of the UCs, only UCB and UCI would be realistic for changing into CS after enrolling as undeclared or another major (UCB 3.3 college GPA, UCI 2.7 college GPA, others highly competitive).

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Wouldn’t computer science at UCB before super competitive and therefore, near impossible to transfer into? Also I feel that I don’t have enough academic ECs (speech, debate, Quizbowl, NHS, etc.) or awards, but would my athletic ones offset this?