Will only being in the 10% of class hurt chances at ivy/top tier?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Rank: top 10% (School is competitive, especially the graduating class)</p>

<p>SAT: 2340 (Math: 800, Writing: 800, CR: 740)</p>

<p>SAT2:
Math: 780
Biology: 760
Physics: 800
Chemistry: 770
US History: 800</p>

<p>AP Tests:
Statistics: 5
Calculus: 5
(Sr year APs: World History, English, Physics, Psychology, Economics)</p>

<p>EC:
Theater, including Musical Theater (5 shows, 4 leads)
All-State Choir
All North Jersey Choir
Choir
Male A capella Choir (audition group)
Instrument: Bells (play in a bell choir)
Volunteer at a hospital
Help with science research at UPenn
Board of Ed student representative (1 picked from my school)
Habitat for Humanity member (president at school)
Medical Club (Vice President)
Badminton Club
Design Websites/maintained them (not sure if it counts)
NJ Physics League
Tutor an autistic elementary school child
Year Book Editor
School Newspaper website webmaster
Community service project where we set up a party for autistic/disabled children
Robotics Club founder
Possibility of getting a job and working down by the beach this summer
AMC12 second round qualifier (not sure if this counts)</p>

<p>Chances at:
Harvard, Princeton, Penn, Columbia, Duke, Chicago, Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Northwestern?</p>

<p>is there anything else i could do to improve my app for next year</p>

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<p>Yes it will hurt, especially since you’re from a very over represented state with lots of top students from your high school applying and from the state as a whole. If you’re white/Asian and unhooked, the vast majority who get into the ivies will be in the very top few of their class. Especially with no stand out EC’s.</p>

<p>Better chance at Cornell, CMU, NU, Hopkins and Duke where your high scores should make an impression.</p>

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<p>yes it will hurt you very much. nevertheless, your scores are good and match their upper criteria.</p>

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<p>I agree, everything looks very solid! If you could catch up to be in the top 3%, then I say your chances are vastly improved. Best of luck!</p>