Weekly /r/ApplyingToCollege 'Chance Me' Thread

Hey guys, as a high school senior who has applied to quite a few universities, I'm worried as hell and I'd love some "chance me" insights to change how I should think about this entire ordeal. I will greatly appreciate it if you could spend a moment to go through my stats.

Unweighted GPA: Unknown, school doesn't give out GPA, but I am a full diploma IB student with an average of 5 out of 7 in all of my classes. Actual grade is 33/45 on the IB Scale

SAT score: Nov 2013 CR 570, Math 720, WR 500, Essay: 06/12

ACT score: Oct 2014 Composite: 32, English 28, Reading 35, Science 34, Math 31, Writing 10/12, Combined Eng/writing 28.

SAT II scores: SAT Math II 730/760 (First and second try), SAT Physics 730/760 (First and second try as well, it's a coincidence)

Senior year courses:

  • IB English SL
  • IB Mathematics SL
  • IB Chemistry HL
  • IB Geography HL
  • IB Biology HL

No APs, the courses are all yearlong.

Applied majors: Chemistry, Biology (physiology), and Biochemistry depending on the university, my main aspiration is in chemistry, but I'm fine with any other listed ones.

Extracurriculars:

Canadian student, so I'm not overly familiar with the American forms and terminologies of extracurriculars. I'll list what I've listed on my college applications.

  • Built a farnsworth nuclear fusion reactor with a friend as a summer project, entered the regional science fair and won an "Outstanding engineering project" award in my age (senior) category. Sugarcoated this as the "project leader/co-founder" when entering my ECs.
  • Co-created (with my brother) two iPhone/android applications and published it on the iPhone appstore and the Google Play store.
  • Founder/leader of the school's App club. Club has been running since September after the launch of our second app (which explains the delay).
  • Violin learner for >7 years, passed the music theory and level 8 violin examinations
  • Golf player (no sports teams or varsity, recreational) for >5 years
  • Symphony orchestra second/third violinist
  • Did a research project at a university and wrote an essay on it in chemistry for my IB Diploma program, had a great experience and wrote about it in my essays.
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