Good stats but underwhelming ECs?

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Hi all,

Rising senior here -

Not exactly sure where I should 'aim' for, and if the Ivy League (+ LACs with similar acceptance rates) is even within my playing field. I hope this doesn't count as a Chance Me, since CV's engine doesn't do much to answer it.

I have great grades, the hardest courseload at my school, and a 1550+ SAT. I feel like my essays could stand out with some editing, and I've handpicked a few solid recommenders.

However, even though I have things on my activities list it feels like I've mostly spent high school doing nothing noteworthy, which wouldn't be inaccurate. I don't have much to show for any of my hobbies and only have one debatably prestigious international award from the New York Times while everything else is regional, and all my activites are fairly run-of-the-mill (a club presidency, a part-time job, being an intermediate-advanced instrumentalist, playing a sport but in the lowest provincial division...). I've never competed for anything on a national or international level.

Do I even bother shooting high, or am I just setting myself up for disappointment?

(For context, I am an international student, so my "match" and "safety" schools would both be almost-guaranteed admissions to my country's institutions, which heavily weigh grades, and I would not be upset about that but it's nice to nurse a pipe dream)