What colleges are really in my range academically?

<p>I have a very competitive class, so I usually don't have a lot of confidence when comparing myself to the other top students and I want an honest opinion of where I stand in terms of colleges and what not. I have a 93.8 GPA (all As, except for one B- and one B+ both in freshman year) and an SAT score of 2160 (780 M 760 W 620 R). I do plan on retaking the SAT to bring reading up into the 700s and hopefully get an 800 in writing. I took 2 AP classes last year and 6 this year (I'm a junior). As long as my senior year schedule works out, I'll be taking 4 APs and one college class next year (I'll graduate with 12 APs out of the 14 my school offers). I got a 4 on AP World History and a 5 on AP Music Theory and I believe I will probably get 4 5s and 2 4s this year. I took precalculus over the summer at SUNY Stony Brook and received a 4.0 in the class and I plan on taking physics there over this summer. I know academics are only a part of it, but what colleges are in my range? Are the ivies a realistic possibility for me? My first choice is Columbia but I'm not sure how realistic that is. My UW GPA is low but I will probably be 4th or 5th in my class out of 200 and just to put things into perspective, the valedictorian's GPA is probably around a 97.7 and he has taken the same amount of AP classes as me.</p>

<p>I do play the viola-I got first chair in an all-county orchestra this year out of 30 violists and I am the section leader of my high school orchestra</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>If you get the CR to mid sevens, you can try any school. As you are from LI, you’re in an extremely competitive pool at top schools, so the soft factors will be very key. Really work on creating good essays.</p>

<p>LI has its benefits, but it also certainly has its detriments…thank you!</p>