I am Sophomore and trying to see what I still need to work on to improve my chances. Also, what I have currently, what are my chances for IVY league colleges. Your input is really appreciated.
Academic
GPA at the end of Sophomore 4.57 out of 4.85
Class Rank at the end of Sophomore : Third
College Major
Interested Major “Planning to do double major: Computer Science and Finance or
Computer Science and Business”
Gender Female
Race Asian
Sports
Soccer
School Varsity Soccer Team
Position Goalie
Number of years playing soccer 10 years
Won 2016 State championship - Girls Soccer
Swimming
School varsity Team
Number of years playing swimming 10 Years
NISCA Girls Scholar Silver award - Swimming
Music
Indian carnatic music singer
Number of years at music 11 years
Piano
Piano player
Number of years at music 7 year but stopped last year
Science Project
Participated in 2016 Destination Imagination Competition
Awards 3rd place at state level
Volunteer Works
Volunteering at the local hospital 200+ hours so far
Swimming Mentor for autistic kids as part of Kids to kids Organization(K2K)
Assisted elementary schools kids with the homework 30 hrs
Taught spoken English for the kids where English is not the first medium of study in India" 20hrs
Award: President Volunteer Award
Work Experience
YMCA as lifeguard in August 2016
Leadership
Indian Cultural Club - Board member
** Planning to run for president next year **
too early without sat or act
Understood but if you can advise from other things perspective, it will be helpful and I can work towards improving certain items
Start standardized test prep as soon as possible. Did you take the PSAT 10 yet?
I would also advise you to improve your writing, especially with regards to writing your application essays. I don’t know if you posted on a phone, but your writing style is really awkward (formatting/punctuation issues, capitalization problems). Find a favorite English teacher to review/proofread anything you write so that it flows better.
Remember that any ECs should be from when you started high school. So you have been swimming for 10 years but only the time you spent in high school would count, unless you are a national/international level swimmer.
The President’s Volunteer award is generally given senior year of high school, so don’t assume that you have been awarded it quite yet.
Just keep getting good grades, taking rigorous courses and being active in your school and community.
Thank you for the reply. I maintain spread sheet of things I do and just simply extracted from that and posted it. I agree, I will focus more on writing. President volunteer award is from the program where I teach swimming for autistic kids. About EC, I will list only from high school. I have taken PSAT 10 - 1240 without preparation and working hard for PSAT 11. I took SAT chem in June, waiting for my results. Summer, going to focus on SAT so that can take in October. Let me know any of EC activities add noise then I can try to take it out so that list only focused ECs.
Thank you. So far, I have taken only challenging courses offered by my school and will continue to do for future years.
Getting better grade is my number one goal for next year to bring up my GPA.
Try to make test preparation and writing your primary focuses. If you can get the PSAT in the 1450 range, you will be considered for at least National Merit Commended. Get it higher for a shot at NMF.
The writing might take some work. I assume that English is not your first language. If you can’t find a teacher, ask a classmate to review everything you write. It seems to me from your posts that you are thinking in the language you are most comfortable with while writing in English.