Which of these colleges should i be going for?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GPA UNweighted so far: between 3.85 and 3.9
Freshman:
Geometry/Algebra 2: A/A-
Higher level English: A
World History: A
Advanced (not AP) Bio: A
Spanish 1: A
Band: A
PE: A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Trig/Analyt Honors (not weighted): A/A-
Higher level English: A
US Gov/World History: A
Chem Honors: B+/A-
Spanish 2: A
Band: A
PE: A</p>

<p>Junior (only finished 1 semester so far):
Analysis H: A-
Humanities: A
APUSH: B+
Physics H (not weighted): A
Spanish 3H: A or A- (unsure, I think A)
AP Statistics: A or A- (unsure, I think A-)
(I am going to take English Honors next semester instead of Humanities and will probably get an A but it's possible I won't)</p>

<p>I expect to get similar grades next semester
My plan for Senior year and guess of grades:
BC Calculus AP: A or B
English Honors (1 semester): A
English elective (1 semester): A
Econ (1 semester): A
AP Econ (1 semester): A
AP Psych: A
AP Computer Science: A
AP Physics or AP Environmental Science: A if APES, B if AP Physics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Speech (like debate), Soccer (not school soccer, but it is competitive), Symphony (moderately advanced level), Zero Robotics (a new type of programming robotics competition, I hope to be the secretary of the club next year)</p>

<p>Community Service: In 9th grade, I got the gold award for over 250 hours of junior counselor at a kids camp</p>

<p>Career experience: 2 summers of being counselor (it's a paid job)</p>

<p>Honors: In some sort of Honors Society at school</p>

<p>SAT: Total-2180, Math-790, CR-640, Writing-750
I'm getting a private tutor mostly for CR and I will retake it in March.</p>

<p>I also live in Silicon Valley at a really good public school (I believe it is ranked somewhere in the 80s in top high schools in the US)</p>

<p>I'm white and Jewish (am I supposed to say I'm Jewish because it's a minority or do I not because Jews are over represented in higher education?)</p>

<p>Colleges I'm looking at (reaches and mid-level colleges):
MIT-top choice
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon
University of Pennsylvania (hopefully Wharton, can I get in as a Freshman undergrad?)
University of Michigan
Washington University in St. Louis
UC Berkely (I'm a CA resident)
Stanford (just for the heck of it)
Northwestern</p>

<p>And of course I have backups (mostly UCs). But can anyone tell me which of these are reasonable choices? Should I not even consider some of them for being too high or low? Because obviously I have to narrow down my list...... Thanks</p>

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<p>MIT: Reach
Cornell: Reach (but less reachy than MIT, UPenn or Stanford)
NWU: Reach (about as reachy as Cornell)
UMI: Low match
Berkeley: Match
UPenn: Reach
CMU: High match
Stanford: Reach</p>

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<p>Oh, also I plan on taking Math II, Physics and US History (or possibly Spanish) for SAT II’s, but I haven’t taken any yet.
And NYU is another on the list</p>

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<p>NYU: Low match (be prepared to pay a hefty sum to attend)</p>

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<p>Thanks for your help! Anyone else have an analysis?</p>

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<p>I’d recommend boosting your community service (I doubt colleges will care much about anything before high school). </p>

<p>Have you considered applying to Caltech? I hear its just like MIT, but not as intense. </p>

<p>Otherwise, CMU, Berkely, and Northwestern seem like good matches for you.</p>

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<p>Caltech’s way more antisocial. I don’t want a party school, but I need a life (not to hate on Caltech people… I admire your commitment)</p>