I have a 3.7 UW, 31 ACT, and will have taken around fourteen AP classes by the time I am done with high school. I am in half a dozen clubs and am president of one, and have logged over 150+ service hours. Where do you think this puts me? I am applying to mostly top 25-30 schools and am wondering what my chances are.
Common Data Set, Section C - google it for each school you are interested in and you can chance yourself by comparing your academic performance to those students who were excepted in the prior year. Then check to see how much they care (if they care) about essays, ECs and demonstrated interest - all information in the CDS.
Extra points if you have a hook or come from a part of the country that sends very few students to that school. Extra demerits for any area in which you fall short of the average for accepted students. And don’t forget to factor in your financial situation.
You don’t really need 14 AP classes to demonstrate course rigor. Instead, you should try to improve your GPA. It is rather low for top 25 schools.
3.7 isn’t that low, but do try to get it up to 3.8-3.9. Your ACT isn’t that stellar for Top 25-30 schools. I take it you mean places like Johns Hopkins etc.? Get the ACT to a 32+
3.7 is below 25th percentile at UMich for instance.
My D had similar stats (UW 4.2 and IB diploma though) and her match schools ended up being in the 35-45% acceptance rate categories (including Smith, Dickinson and MoHo). She was waitlisted at Bates and Middlebury and rejected at Vanderbilt, Amherst and Colby. We thought she was a match for Bates and Colby. In the end, a few of the 35% schools gave her a lot of merit aid and she chose the one with the best package ~ Skidmore. Hope that gives you an idea of where to look. Good luck.
Female applicant is a tough demographic at Middlebury and Bates.
I have virtually the exact same stats as you. I plan on retaking the ACT a third and final time in the fall.
@ BatesParents2019, a white female applicant with a 4.2 is a tough demographic in all the NE states from our viewpoint. Pretty disappointed in the results of her application pool. And yes, every person we talked to pointed this out to us before she made her college list but she really didn’t want to leave the NE so she took her chances. I’m not saying she isn’t happy with the choice she made, only that of the 19 schools she applied to, only four made the cut in the end when all things were considered (acceptance, financial package, etc). Bates and Vassar were her two top choices 
@NEPatsGirl It all worked out because you understood it and applied to a lot of schools.
This issue, demographics in general, is not well understood by parents.
My son had a lower unweighted GPA (3.-3.4), but he was in a full IB program at a private school, and had additional APs, so that his weighted GPA was 4.0+ (varied, according to weighting method - his own school did not weight). He also had terrific “leadership” ECs. He had a 31 ACT/2060 SAT. He was rejected from his super-reaches (Berkeley, UNC-CH, and Claremont-McKenna); waitlisted at one moderate reach (Reed) and a presumed match (UW-Seattle, non-impacted liberal arts); he was accepted at other moderate reaches, with no aid (UCSD, Tulane, and Pitzer). UC Davis offered no aid (as expected, from out-of-state). Whitman and Occidental were both high-matches that met our EFC. He received generous financial packages from a match (New College of FL), a low-match (Willamette), and two safeties (Eckerd and Guilford). He is a white, non-athletic, male from the mid-Atlantic region.
That’s a great ACT score and excellent grades. Apply to a range of schools that you would be happy going to, and you’ll get into several of them and have a nice choice. Don’t think about rankings think about what you want to study and how, and choose a school where that subject area and teaching method are used. Choosing your school based on ranking is like choosing a spouse based on height. People do it, but that doesn’t mean it’s not stupid.
Love the analogy, @mgajosh!