What can I do to improve my chances in these colleges?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone! I am a junior in high school trying to figure out a way to make myself stand out n a crowd of 5000 applications.
Objective:
PSAT: practice 1900-2200; goal is to get 2250
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~1/200ish
AP classes taken/taking right now: AP European History, AP Statistics, AP Language Arts,<br>
AP US History, AP Physics 1
Senior Year Course Load (Planned):
AP Calc AB
AP Physics 2
AP Lit
AP US Government (1/2 year)
Advance Debate (1/2 year)
Student Leadership
AP Micro (1/2 year)
Honors Spanish
AP Macro (1/2 year)</p>

<p>Summer Courses:
Accounting
Emerging Tech</p>

<p>Major Awards
Student of the year
Merit of Distinction for National Forensic League
Academic Letter</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Volunteer at Shawnee Mission Medical Center (+600 hours)
Office helper at Junior Achievement (50 hours)
Peer Tutoring (+50 hours)</p>

<p>Leadership Positions:
Board Of Director for City in Motion dance Institution
School Ambassador
Leadership Class
Wichita rising leaders conference
President of Diversity Club
Representative for IT Matters Campaign for School (Drug/Alcohol Campaign)</p>

<p>My firnd and I are also planning on starting a non-profit organization. We are in the process of acquiring a lawyer. </p>

<p>Clubs:
Diversity Club
Spanish Club
DECA
FBLA</p>

<p>I'm also applying for NHS and NSS this year. I plan on taking debate all 4 years.</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
Cultural Dance (6 years)
Piano Lessons (2 years)
Tennis (3 years)</p>

<p>Colleges I want to apply to:
Columbia University
Carnegie Mellon
New York University
University of Miami
University of Pennsylvania
University of California, Berkeley</p>

<p>Please let me know if I can improve my chances of getting into these colleges, and if I can actually make it in. Thank you so much!!</p>

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<p>You definitely have a great shot. Your ECs are set, so it’s down to your SAT. Aim for a 2300, so study hard and maintain good grades, etc. Come join us in the class of 2016 thread in the High School Life forum.</p>

<p>Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690007-claremont-mckenna-duke-bucknell-grinnell-uofr-chances.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690007-claremont-mckenna-duke-bucknell-grinnell-uofr-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Columbia University- Low Reach
Carnegie Mellon- Reach
New York University- Reach
University of Miami- Match
University of Pennsylvania- Reach
University of California, Berkeley - Match in-state/ Reach OOS</p>