What are my chances of getting into Princeton? MIT? Penn? Hopkins?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>-Public School in low pop state in NE, Opened in 2007, im going into senior year
-Mostly A's, a few A-'s in English and Spanish and a few A+s in easy classes like wellness and Personal Finance and AP Macro and Micro
-Have taken 5 AP classes(Macro/Micro, APUSH, APLAC, and calc AB) 4 5's and a 4 in APUSH
-IB Diploma Candidate, Will have taken 12 IB Classes(Bio SL, Chem SL, Physics HL, Calc HL, Spanish SL, English and History HL)
-Taking Multivariable Calc Online
-Sats: M/CR/W: 800/770/740 Subject tests: Math II: 800 Chem:770 US History: 780
-Expected National Merit, 230 on PSATs
-Have been a competitive swimmer for 10 years, qualified ymca nationals, NE Opens, Eastern Zones
-High school Swim team captain
-on a club swim team, 7-9 practices a week 2 hours each
-2nd in the state sophomore year in the 200IM and 500 Free
-Varsity A boat for crew, on a team of about 90 kids
-fastest 6k erg time on team, 22:29
math team captain, on the science olympiad team, debate team, NHS
-member of YMCA advisory Board, and volunteer there often
-not much research or job experience
-probably a finance or financial mathematics major</p>

<p>Im mostly concerned about whether the A-'s hurt me significantly, and whether i can still get in with these stats even though I havent done research, im not published in academic journals, etc.</p>

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<p>You seem to be a strong applicant to me, you have a clear passion for swimming (are you being recruited?) and I wouldn’t worry about a few A-'s. Of course, it is in the nature of ivy leagues to be kind of a crapshoot for admissions - so it’s a reach for you, just like everyone else. ECs are by no means my specialty, but I would think a lack of research experience wouldn’t stand out as much because you’re not applying as a science major, and your classes seem more advanced math oriented (multi-var calc, AP Macro and AP micro). Princeton, MIT and Penn (I’m assuming you mean UPenn, if you mean Penn State it’s a safety all the way) are reaches, Hopkins I think would be a high match/low reach (your SAT scores appear to align with their 75th percentile).</p>

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<p>Princeton, MIT, and Penn are all reaches for you, but definitely attainable. JH is a high match / low reach. </p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

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