<p>Hi im an upcoming junior at a lightweight competitive public school in northern california. I know this is kinda long… but i was wondering how much of a chance i have of getting into the ivys or stanford… </p>
<p>Total 9-10 GPA: 4.269
Weighted Academic GPA (sophomore year): 4.667
Academic Unweighted (Sophomore year): 4.000
PSAT: 213, M(77), W(68), CR(68)
AP’s: Chem(5); Psych(5)
SATII’s: Chem(800), World Hist (630… sigh… can i just not send this score in? lol)</p>
<p>Here are my grades…
Freshman: (i did not take freshman year too seriously… i regret it now…)
- English 1: A/A-
- World Problems: A/A-
- Algebra II Honors (At my school most freshman take Geom H. so i skipped one year) : A-/A
- Spanish 2: B+/A-
- Earth-Space Science: A/A
- Jazz Lab (Guitar): A/A
- PE 1: A/A</p>
<p>Sophomore:
- English 2: A/A
- World History: A/A
- Precalculus Honors: A/A
- Spanish 3: A/A
- AP Chemistry: A/A
- Jazz Band (Guitar): A/A
- PE 2: A/A
And I took a bunch of classes outside of school at community colleges sophomore year: - Basic Chemistry: A
- General Psychology: A
- U.S. History: A
- U.S. Government: A
- Modern Art History: A
- Macroeconomics: A</p>
<p>This summer I am currently taking 3 classes:
- Physics 8A (at UC Berkeley) *projected grade: A or B?
- Psychology of Childhood (Developmental Psych) @ community college…
(projected grade: A) - Introduction to Computer Information Systems: A</p>
<p>THis upcoming year… my schedule will be…
1)AP Biology
2)AP Computer Science
3)AP Calculus BC
4)AP Spanish
5)Jazz Band
6)English 3 Honors.
7) Leadership (Class Vice President)</p>
<p>As for extracurriculars i aint too special… i didnt start takign music lessons til this year so i pretty much taught myself guitar tho and got into a pretty competitive school jazz band… and i made the cut this year too.</p>
<p>I started doing Tae Kwon Do and joined teh school swim team freshman year… Ive been a JV swimmer both freshman and soph year but i think ill make Varsity this year… I am currently a Purple belt in Tae Kwon Do… I will be competing at a bunch of tournaments this year… </p>
<p>The thing is i grew up in a household in which money was kind of scarce until recently (were doing much better now) so i didnt get much of an opportunity to participate in afterschool activities, sports, etc… and whatnot for most of my childhood.</p>
<p>Im gonna be junior class vice prez… so yah… hopefully thatll show my “leadership potential”…</p>
<p>As for clubs at my school:
- Model U.N. Delegate (i couldnt run for office this year because i had to attend another mandatory meeting on the same day… sigh…)
- Robotics Club (Secretary… hopefully vice pres or co-pres next year)
- Key Club
- Math Club
(5)) i was on the school science bowl team this year…</p>
<p>I’m trying to start an online business selling brand name shoes and clothing… </p>
<p>I volunteer at a Korean language school on saturday mornings (3 hours a week… since 8th grade)</p>
<p>I wanna go pre-med w/ a minor psychology…</p>
<p>I know that a lot of my stuff is pretty run-of-the-mill but i was still wondering how much of a chance i have into getting into my top colleges choices and what might help boost my chances of getting admitted into the following colleges:</p>
<p>Brown
Stanford
Harvard
Princeton
U-Penn
Yale
Columbia
NYU
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC San Diego</p>
<p>and maybe…
Northwestern
Cornell
Duke
Emory
Rice
John Hopkins</p>
<p>Sorry i wrote so much… but im really worried about if im aiming too high because i really want to get into these colleges. im just not sure how good my odds are… sigh…
could u guys possibly tell me how i could improve my overall chances of getting admitted into these colleges? thx! :P</p>