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What are the chances that these colleges will accept me? (Chicago, Columbia, Pomona, Harvey Mudd)?

go to a highly competitive school, actually the best in the state. I have a 4.1 gpa, 3.8 unweighted. SATs Math: 700 Critical Reading: 710 Writing: 790 SAT II Spanish: 800 Chemistry: 750 APs Chemistry:5 English: 5 Latin: 4 AB Calculus: 3 I'm one of the best saxophone players in the region and the best in the district. Have recieved Musician of the Year Award all three years I've been in Band in high school. I have +200 hours of volunteer service at a hospital. I'm fluent in another language, and I'm an underrepresented minority. I'm from Honduras and moved to the United States the summer before 4th grade. National Honor Society. Secretary of Latin Club Multiple Awards for the National Latin Exam (at the national and regional level). I'm also part of my schools crew team (rowing) and have medaled at every regatta. What are my chances for University of Chicago or Columbia University Harvey Mudd and Pomona?

Public Comments

1. Chicago.
2. You sound like you'd have a very good chance at any of them. The one thing you didn't tell us is what you want to study. Colleges try to balance out the numbers of people interested in different fields. So you might need to score higher if you want to study a popular major like psychology or biology than if you're interested in history or math. Pomona and Harvey Mudd are also small and somewhat specialized. If you want to study math, physics or engineering, for example, Mudd would be a better choice than Pomona, but if you wanted to major in music or art, Pomona might be a better fit. Good luck to you.
3. Probably pretty good. I think it depends on what you want to study. I mean, you have a lot of good things going for you right now, but if I were on the admissions board I'd be worrying about the burnout factor (which is being discussed more and more in associated literature). There are actually a lot of kids like you who work very hard throughout high school, get to college and decide they want a break. Are you going to be studying something that you're passionate about and you excel at (sax, latin, etc) or are those just extracurriculars that you've been doing? Are you applying to highly competitive fields at those schools? Anyway, I had about the same SAT and GPA, approx the same level of extracurriculars (fewer, but possibly of higher quality) and I got into Columbia (didn't apply to the others). Make sure you write a really good essay and get good rec.'s from your teachers and I think you'll do fine. Good luck!
4. Pretty good chance actually. I particularly like how you're an underrepresented minority and an excellent musician. I'd say you're one of the rare Yahoo questions people to actually have an excellent chance at the famous schools.