How much does not having these things hurt you?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’m gunning mostly for these 3 schools</p>

<p>Harvard
Stanford
MIT</p>

<p>I haven’t been in any clubs so far (sophmore right now), mostly because my school has terrible organization, and the clubs have been a complete waste of time (We don’t have a math/science club, speech and debate was terrible so I quit).</p>

<p>I also won’t be able to get a very good class rank, because I took a summer school class that was unweighted so I could skip another grade level in math.</p>

<p>So the highest class rank I’ll probably get is like 3/900, but that isn’t impressive at all when you consider the fact that I live in Arizona :/.</p>

<p>So far the only standardized test I’ve taken:
SAT Subject test Math 2: 800.</p>

<p>Here is my projected stats by senior year:
AIME qualifier
IB Diploma Graduate
~15 AP tests taken all 5s
SAT: 2350+ total
SAT II: Math 800, Reading 780-800, Chemistry 780-800
Unweighted GPA: 4.00, Weighted GPA: 4.78
Class Rank: 3/900
Clubs: 1 Year MUN
Other: 150+ Volunteer Hours</p>

<p>So what are my chances of getting into the said schools? I’m also Asian, if that matters (which probably does). If they aren’t, what can I do to improve my lack of club (the only thing that can be improved) participation.</p>

<p>EDIT: My sister is currently in Stanford, does having a sibling already in the college make it easier for applicants to be accepted?</p>

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<p>The fact that you don’t find a 3/900 impressive shows a real lack of perspective, c’mon now!</p>

<p>The lack of ECs is really going to hurt you at top schools. I know how much it must suck to not have a good system at your school, but schools like Harvard will expect you to take matters into your own hands and get creative, looking for things outside of school. </p>

<p>How ‘projected’ is that 2350+? Have you taken practice tests?</p>

<p>Siblings are generally considered legacies but I don’t know how big of a factor that is for Stanford.</p>