Can I get into an Ivy?

Divy1234
Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:27:32 +0000

I am going to be a Junior in a Maryland Catholic College Prepatory School. My current GPA is a 4.0 unweighted and a 4.4 weighted. My school does not offer AP Classes until sophmore year, and only a history AP is available to be taken. I took AP Government this past year. I have taken around 4 Honors Courses as well, the max I could have taken was 6 these past two years. The reason I was not in the two honors courses was because of scheduling conflicts, which I think colleges see. I have over 300 Service Hours that include me volunteering at the hospital every week, playing piano for elderly people in nursing homes, and helping autistic children at one of the local special education programs. I am involved in many clubs including The Latin Honor Society, Ski Club, A Club that Raises money for kids with Childhood Cancer, Student Ambassadors (40 students are selected each year to serve as a “leader” to new students for the year), Students Against Destructive Descisions, and A Club that involves debating on recent Political News. I am still preparing for the SAT. I play piano, golf, and ski (as said before) we are planning on starting a golf program next year that I will participate in.

My Classes are:

Freshman-
English 09 Honors (A+)
Honors Beg. Physics (A+)
World History (A+) highest grade in the class for one semester
Geometry sophmore course
Theology I (A+) Highest Grade in the class for one semester
Latin 1 (A+) highest grade in the class for both semesters

Highest GPA in Freshman Class (a tie)

Sophmore:
AP Gov (A+)
English 10 Honors (A+)
Bio Honors (A+)
Algebra II (A+)
Theology II (A+)
Latin II (A+)

Most Likely Highest GPA in Sophmore Class

My school only gives out highest GPA’s and Highest Grades in classes, but they do not disclose class rank overall. I am definitely first or second of all kids (out of around 70)

Awards:
Hospital Auxilary Award
Junior Volunteer Award for 100 hospital hours
200 Junior Volunteer Award
Cum Laude- National Latin Exam

I’ve been posting around here on Ivies’ and other Colleges’ pages that I am interested in to see which ones I have the best shots at getting into. I am broadening my list of schools, slowly, and am trying to zero in on the ivies I would like to apply to, but first I have to see if I have a shot at getting in; so, can I get into an Ivy League School, namely Princeton, Columbia, Brown, or Cornell?