What are my chances for...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I want to know my chances for the following schools: Wash u, UC berkley, UIUC, Carnegie Mellon, Rice, Columbia, Cooper Union.</p>

<p>Before i say anything else, I completely understand that i am not a shoe in for any of these colleges; I am really only listing colleges that i know my chances are slim of getting in so i understand that it may be that i have zero chance of getting into any of the colleges i mentioned above. </p>

<p>Now for Scores/Grades/etc...
ACT: 31 (C); 29 (E); 33 (M); 28 (R); 33 (S) - This is my scores from June. I am a senior right now and have taken the september test but really don't think i got above a 31. I still have October and am aiming for a 32-33. P.S. any tips on how to improve reading and english (i know this is the wrong section for this) would be appreciated.
GPA: I go to a dual curriculum high school with 9 classes a day. I have a 95.28 (unweighted) GPA and, as mentioned before, have just started Senior year. These grades are from 10-11 grade only as I switched schools in 9th grade. While i did do slightly worse my freshmen year i probably had an average of around a A- (the school i previously went to had letter grades).
EC: I have done a good amount of extracurriculars, however, not even close to what i have seen on this site. I have around 5 or 6 after school EC's that i was apart of and just joined 2 more this year. I haven't done a EC year after year besides 2 or 3.
Internships: I have done 4 internships over my rising junior year summer and my rising senior year summer (last year): during my rising junior year I worked for the DOITT for NY as a Gis analyst and at NYU in the department of pathology. This past summer i worked for a Biotech company and for Lenox hill hospital. </p>

<p>AP's: My junior year i took AP Chem (got a 3 (due to a below average teacher who left us 3 chapters to do right before the ap on our own) on AP but 96 both semesters in the class). This year i am taking 4 AP's (AP Gov, AP Comp Sci, AP Physics C, and AP Calc AB)</p>

<p>What i want to do: Many people have asked me this question and i give the same answer: "Something in science". I am definitely not a humanities person and really don't enjoy english and history. I truly do have a passion for all of the sciences i take and find each of them unique in their own way. I either want to do something in Physics, Chemistry, Comp Sci, or engineering, but i don't know which. </p>

<p>If anyone needs additional information i will gladly give you anything else i have that i have missed. I would really love to know my chances for these schools and also if any schools come to mind that may be better fits or just other options. </p>

<p>Thanks! </p>

<p>Edit: Just remembered I took the Chem SAT II and scored a 730. I have the option of taking that again along with either math I or II (if anyone has any opinions on which one I should take that would also be great)/</p>

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<p>You definitely need some safeties, and if you’re taking Calc AB this year, I would recommend math II. </p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply, and as i mentioned i do have a few safeties and the ones mentioned in this post are really my reach/high match. </p>

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<p>those are high matches
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<p>Which do i have the best chances in? Also, do you have any recommendations?</p>

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<p>i’d say reaches…
are you a URM?
youre extra curriculars just aren’t that outstanding and for columbia they get many impressive applicants</p>

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<p>nope. @bananacream going into this… do you have any better matches for me?</p>

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<p>They’re all tough schools, and I’d call them all low reaches for you. The problem is your test scores because the ACT needs to get up to the 32+ range. The EC’s are there, but the ACT, SAT II, and AP scores are your weak spot. </p>