Chance Me (Princeton, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, etc.)

With all due respect you’re not “probably going to get accepted to all of these”. The kid saying that is a junior in high school so I wouldn’t take what they say to heart (no offense gatsby). If you read through CC over the past few months you see a lot of heartbroken students who were told the same thing and didn’t get into a single one. The Ivy leagues (and their equivalents like MIT) are extremely competitive even for top tier students with incredible extra curricular activities. That being said, you are a competitive applicant, so I think you would get into 1 or two of the top tier schools, especially if you get your SAT up a little bit. I’m happy to see your college list includes realistic match and safety schools as well :). I recommend looking into and applying ED to one of the top schools that you really love as well.