Please tell me that I have a chance?!

Chance Me / Match Me
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Stats:
SAT I: 1600 (800 English, 800 Math)
SAT Subject tests: Chem, Physics, Biology, Math II, US History, Modern Hebrew (all 800)
ACT: n/a (probably 36)
GPA: 3.98 / 4.6
AP Tests: All 5’s (Calc BC, Euro, US History, Physics(I, II, E & M, Mech/C) English Lang, Bio, Micro, Macro, Seminar, American and Comparative Government, Human Geo, Chinese, Music Theory)
Gender: Male
Race: Indigenous (Iroqouis / Mohawk)

Senior Year: Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, AP Statistics, Unified PE, AP Literature, AP Environmental Science

EC’s:
Varsity/All-American Field Hockey
300+ hours volunteering at local homeless shelter
President of the Quiz Bowl team
Debate team treasurer
DECA + FBLA
Captain of the school robotics team
Varsity Math Team
Founded school impressionist club
Founded school Stream of Consciousness Writing club
Founded a non-profit

Awards:
National Merit Finalist
National AP Scholar
Several DECA awards
Many FBLA awards
Won my state in the Congressional Art Competition
Science Without Borders Challenge
Several scholastic gold keys (my art is super hard to explain but basically it blends cyberpunk and CompSci themes with social awareness and progressive philosophy)
Numerous local art awards
AIME Qualifier (3x)
USAJMO (1x)
USACO Platinum
UNSCO High Honor
Siemen’s semifinalist

Summer ECs:
Studied at Cambridge Tradition 2 years
Ross Mathematics Summer Camp
Honors Chemistry at NorthWestern University CDT summer camp
Built homes in Haiti 2 years

Recommendations:
10/10: AP Chem teacher, knew me since 8th grade, did extremely well in his class, he personally told me that I was “destined for greatness.”
10/10: AP Language and Composition teacher; was very good friends with her since sophomore year, she helped me out of my depression.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Math theory and/or Philosophy
State: NY
Income Bracket: 100 - 150 k
Hooks: First Generation college applicant

Where I’m Applying:
Reach schools:
Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
Target schools:
Columbia
CalTech
Yale
Harvey Mudd
Safeties:
Dartmouth
Cornell
Brown
UPenn
Rice
GTech
UC Berkeley
UCLA
Tufts
Emory
UMich
USC

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What do you think?

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I think comments like these aren’t very helpful…

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This is a tr*ll post. Please stop spamming CC

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While your stats and accomplishments are amazing, no school with an acceptance rate of under 15% is ever a safety for anybody, or even a target. Schools with the acceptance rates of Yale are rejecting most of the students who have similar resumes.

CalTech, Yale, Brown, UPenn, Columbia, and Harvey Mudd are also reaches.

UC Berkeley, UCLA, Tufts, Rice, USC, UMich (OOS), GTech (OOS), and Cornell would be targets or low reaches.

Emory would be a target school.

Dartmouth evidently puts a lot of effort into recruiting Indigenous Americans, so that may be a stronger hook at Dartmouth than at other colleges, which could make it a target, even with its low acceptance rates.

That being said, if you apply to all of your reaches, there is a very good chance that you would be accepted to at least one of them, most likely more. However, there is no way to predict which ones.

You need a couple of real safeties.

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Oh @MWolf. This is someone bored on spring break.

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