What are my chances at UPenn, UCLA, NYU Stern, UC Berkeley, and other top colleges?

Chance Me / Match Me
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Disclaimer: sophomore in a non-competitive high school in the Bay Area. GPA will definitely go up; bad 1st sem freshman year. F=ma/USAPhO, ACT, and AMC/AIME predictions are pretty solid. My school only lets me take 1 AP.

Major:
Mathematics/Quantitative Economics/Physics (idk which two yet)

GPA:
3.78 UW
3.89 W (both as of now; expecting a 3.85 UW and 4.4 W by the end of junior year)
Courseload has been the hardest offered (5-6 AP’s junior year)
Planning on taking 3 community college courses

ACT:
35 comp. 36m/35r/34w/36s

Awards:
Regional math comp’s
USAPhO qualifier *
AIME qualifier
Cricket awards *

EC’s
Founder & President of the Physics Club at my school *
400+ Community Service Hours (very significant to me) *
Media Director at DECA
Travel Blogger
USA Cricket WR Under 19’s (tournaments in India, London) *
Tutor at my school (50 community service hours)

Demographic:
Indian
No FA

*my “hooks” in my profile

Any tips on how to improve my position in college apps would be greatly appreciated:)

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Your test score is good. Hooks don’t include things like service hours or clubs. Just continue to do the best you can and make sure you have a list with matches and safeties on it. Good luck.

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Have you gotten the 35 and the olympiads, or are you guessing?

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The 35 is a guess but I did qualify for USAPhO and AIME last year

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I’ve seen people predicted 34 for ACT by tutors and end up with 30. You need an actual score to be chanced.

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Get an actual score before you ask for a chance. That score and change everything honestly. If you want to major in math, it would be in your best interest to make USAJMO/USAMO, especially for the schools that you are applying to.

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@CC123CC123 Sophomore year is too early. Come back in a year and a half and people will be able to chance you much more accurately (though I don’t believe in chancing).