What are my chances (plus essays)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>Hi, I'm a soon-to-be senior who hopes to attend Harvard, Columbia, Princeton or Yale university: here are my stats:
GPA: 91.52/100 (Idk on the 4.0 scale); can improve
SAT: 2040, but I hope to get it up to a 2250+
SAT IIs: Will take Chem, French, and Math 2c
Previous APs: European History (4) and Spanish Language (5)
Senior Course Workload: AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, AP French, AP Chem, AP Physics B, and AP US (6 APs, yea I'm crazy)
E/Cs: Over 500 hours of volunteering at a local nursing home, plus 200 credits of helping in the foreign language office, unfrotunately could not join any teams or clubs due to circumstances but I also play the violin and piano (lessons + self-taught), have volunteered for two weeks in Latin America in soup kitchens and churches, and have taken Japanese and Latin classes outside of school, Habitat for Humanity (helped give lunches to workers)
Job: Hope to get a job, have been looking for one
Awards or Honors: School doesn't really give them, and haven't got national or regional in anything
Income Bracket: Low (<$30,000)
Race: Latino/Hispanic (South American)
High School: The Bronx High School of Science (super selective magnet school in NYC with an acceptance rate lower than most Ivies =])</p>

<p>So can you guys comment on my chances to getting into these four selective Ivies, also I'm very curious if its in my advtange to do early action/ descision to Columbia or Yale? I know the acceptance rate is much higher, but then again kids applying early are like super national musicians who played in carnagie hall or kids who worked towards researching cure for cancer lol. Please give me your prior experience in if I can make them, what I can do to improve, and yea like, if early is good/wise</p>

<p>essay...how I should express myself and really extend my topic and make an impact to the admissions office...</p>

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<p>your help would be much obliged and thanks so much for donating time to help a nervous kid who wants to make Ivies =D</p>

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<p>Well, your SAT scores are kind of low and not really in the range of the Ivies…and EC’s seem fairly common compared to other applicants. The fact that you are a URM might help but doesn’t undo grades/test scores… If you do really well on the retake, there may be a very slight chance (imo).</p>

<p>And just saying, but I don’t think anyone will actually give you their essay, even if they are already in college.</p>

<p>Good luck</p>

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<p>you ECs are pretty good and i think your race will definitely help. since you haven’t won any regional or national awards though, so it might be kind of difficult :confused: overall, it’s very difficult to predict, though. good luck</p>

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<p>your gpa is ok its about a 3.8</p>

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<p>wow!!! that really good.
i would give you like 70 percent chance :D</p>