High Reach, Low Reach, Match, and Safety?

Chance Me / Match Me
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GPA: 3.93 UW (I had a bad Freshman year!)
SAT: 2110 (760 M, 670 R, 680 W)
ACT: 33 C (35 E, 34 M, 33 R, 31 S) or a 34 SS C
AP: 7 AP’s so far, Five 5’s One 4 One 3
SAT II: 730 Biology M

EC’s:
Competitive Swim for 3 years, numerous awards.
Co-captain of Knowledge Bowl Team that won Regionals
Have had two jobs for 2+ years each, one at Subway and one at my school as a cafeteria worker
Honors Society for Two Years
Chess Club One year
Lots of Mensa activity; am a writer for ‘Young Mensan’ magazine and have participated in many local gatherings.
Attended Evergreen Boys State.

Hooks: None that I can think of. (middle class white male from suburbs…)
Essays: Hopefully better than most (lets be optimistic).

Current College List:
Pomona
Amherst
Dartmouth (ED)
Tufts
JHU
Williams
MIT
Caltech
Williams

Thoughts?

Thanks

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I know my Ec’s are relatively weak. I hope to make up a little grounds with my essays.

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Acceptance Rate to Dartmouth is about 10%, and unless you are a recruited athlete or a legacy, your change stays at that. Also, your EC’s are fine. Just looking at this, I want to know more about your leadership. Also many of these schools require 2 SAT IIs.

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All the schools listed are reaches for even the most impressive students. Please add some less selective schools.

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@futureco2020 I, being honest, do not have many leadership positions. Other than in knowledge bowl and co-lead of chess club, thats about it. I had ‘leadership positions’ within Evergreen Boys State but even that was minimal. I am taking Math LVL II in October and aiming for 750+.
@jackrabbit14 Part of the question was to find schools better within my range. Suggestions?

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MIT: 5%
Caltech: 5%
Dartmouth (ED): 15% (25%)
Pomona: 20%
Amherst: 20%
Williams: 25%
JHU: 30%
Tufts: 35%

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@NickFlynn Thank you! This is what I was asking for. According to your percentile ranking, which colleges would be in a 50-60% range? And does the fact that my superscored ACT is a 34 not a 33 change my chances at Amherst, MIT, and Caltech (which all superscore ACT)? Thanks again!

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^^^ Roughly about 5% improvement at those three (if they do superscore the ACT), so something like:
MIT / Caltech: 10%
Amherst 25%

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Consider adding Hamilton and Colby. You would be likely to get into at least one of them.

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Sorry to dig this up, but I couldn’t help but see that you’re involved in Mensa. Am I correct in assuming you’re referring to the High IQ Society?