What are my chances of getting into these schools?

Applying to College
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<p>Hello, this is my first cc post, and I was wondering what my chances are of getting into several upper level private universities. I am a half asian and half white male from Ohio, and I am looking to either take the pre-med route or become an engineer (not sure what kind atm, any engineering field interests me). </p>

<p>The schools I am interested in are Vanderbilt, Case Western, and the University of Chicago.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>GPA unweighted: Not sure of the exact number since I have never seen my unweighted, but I'm a straight A student with the exception of one A- in AP Lang.</p>

<p>Rank: Again, not sure but my school is quite competitive.</p>

<p>ACT: 32<br>
33 english 33 reading 32 math 31 science</p>

<p>SAT: 1920<br>
610 reading 690 math 620 writing</p>

<p>SAT subject tests: Bio M-790, Chem-750, Math 2-800</p>

<p>APs with scores: Bio-5, Chem-5, Euro-5, U.S.-3, Lang-3</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Physics C
AP Calc BC
AP Lit
AP Government
Latin 2</p>

<p>Volunteering (I know it's not much):
Library: 30 hours
Food Pantry: 20 hours
Community Center Volunteer (did activities with elementary school kids): 50 hours</p>

<p>Summer Job:
Working at the zoo, mostly at concession stands.</p>

<p>ECs (extremely bad, stopped sports because of injuries):
Varsity swimming: 9th grade
Track: 9th grade
Interact Club: 11th grade
Will try to get into NHS for senior year.</p>

<p>As for teacher recommendations, I don't expect anything great as there are many bright students at my school, and I am not close to any teachers. For essays, I'm not sure, some of the stuff I write is good while some of it is awful.</p>

<p>To finish it off, I know my ECs hurt my chances a lot, but would retaking the ACT help this at all? The last time I took it was in February (that's the 32), but I am confident that I could do better; however, I don't know if it's worth the effort.</p>

<p>If my chances for these schools are slim, are there any other schools like these that you could recommend?</p>

<p>Thanks for reading!</p>

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<p>Ok, so you’re saying 3.9ish GPA with a 32 ACT. (your ACT is better than your SAT, so we’ll go with that – in fact, you might not want to even send your SAT scores).</p>

<p>ECs – what do you do with your spare time? Be it a formal activity, a job, whatever, this will likely come up.</p>

<p>Based on stats –</p>

<p>Your application will be competitive at any of those schools, Chicago and Vandy, particularly, are highly selective with sub-20% acceptances, so no one is a sure thing. I think CWRU is somewhat better, but still not a lock.</p>

<p>Essays, Essays, Essays.</p>

<p>Are you retaking SAT/ACT?</p>

<p>SATII is fine.</p>

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<p>Well I am considering retaking the ACT, but I’m not sure how much that would help. I’ve read in other topics that there is little reason to retake a 32+. Also I’ve seen that a 32 normally means 99th percentile, but on my score report it says im in the 98th percentile.</p>

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<p>Case Western - match
Vandy - low reach
Chicago - high reach</p>