Chance me? Please give tips on improvement!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Current high school sophomore:
Hey so I know this is a long list but it’s all I have… What should I include/not include. What should I work on? Please give me tips to help my chances at the schools of my dreams :slight_smile: thanks so much! (If it’s hard to find my passion is really arts and culture, and inter-human relations. I want to go into international business law.)
Goal schools:
Princeton-dream, UPenn-dream, Cornell, Duke, Brown, PennState-safety
Northeastern-safety, NYU,Drexel-safety
Current School: top 10 in state
Top 2% nationally
GPA: 4.4 Cumulative weighted
4.0 cumulative unweighted
Class Rank: 1/422 current valedictorian
Classes:
Freshman:
Honors Precalc
Advanced American Hist
Advanced English 9
Advanced Enviro Sc.
Spanish 2
Sophomore:
AP Calc AB
AP Euro
Honors English
Honors Biology
Honors Spanish 3
Junior: scheduled
AP Calc BC
AP Comparative Gov.
AP Lang &Comp
AP Physics Newtonian
Honors chemistry
Honors Spanish 4
Honors Amer. Gov
Senior: scheduled tentative
AP Stat
AP Macro
AP Lit & Comp
AP Physics: Elec & Mag
AP Spanish
AP Comp Sci </p>

<p>SAT(so far): 2150 (M760, CR740, W650)
Subject tests: taking Math2, Spanish, and Literature</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
FRESHMAN-
-President/Founder mock trial
-NJHS secretary
-student council class rep
-tennis
-JV hurdler track and field
-Model UN delegate
-Peer tutor
-Art show finalist
-library volunteer
-temple culture teacher
-recycling club
-Orchestra
-Photography 1
SOPHOMORE:

  • Class Council Fundraising Coordinator
    -Student Gov. Grade 10 delegate
    -FBLA state delegate
    -key club
    -therapeutic art studio student volunteer
    -apprentice at local museum
    -children’s museum volunteer
    -Student Leadership Conference school delegate
    -student leadership honor society president/ founder
    -Spanish honor society
    -County Human Relations Council- Student Board Director
    -Regional Chapter United Nations youth board member
    -UN youth member
    -President Mock Trial
    -tennis
    -photo 2
    -William Penn Art Competition
    JUNIOR-
    TBD
    SENIOR-
    TBD
    JOBS:
    ~Kumon Teacher- 2012-present
    ~Tutor- 2011-present
    ~Internship with Indian Government (summer 2012)
    ~Internship with broker in Indian stock exchange (summer 2012)
    ~Organic cotton poverty program volunteer, India (summer 2012)
    ~Local petsitter (summer 2012)
    ~Internship with township police chief (2013)
    ~Internship with Township Hall (2013)
    EXTRA:
    • Created own non-profit with regardsto hope promotion and sick person care at local and UN level
    • FBLA State finalist
    • Just Poetry High School Poet National Winner
    <strong><em>btw: school is 10-12 grade only</em></strong></p>
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<p>bump…
I know most people hate the whole hey I’m a sophomore thing
But I just want some tips… I just like to look at all the resumes and wonderful things people do… and i want tips on how to improve! Thanks</p>

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<p>You’re #1 in your class – can’t do any better than that. Keep it up.
Your SAT’s – Writing is a bit low for the top tier schools, but probably not a killer. If you retake, hopefully that goes up. CR+M is fine. Perhaps take the ACT – why not.
Your ECs look fine – if anything, cut the list down to the few which interest you most or in which you’ve won awards.</p>

<p>Your college list – You probably need one or two more schools between Cornell-Brown-Penn-Duke and Penn State. NYU fits the bill, a couple of others – Say a Michigan, a Lehigh would round out the list.</p>

<p>Your college list – I think you have to visit these schools. All are great schools, but honestly, it looks like you took a list of Great schools without a lot of thought. </p>

<p>For example – Brown and Cornell – both Ivies. Brown-Urban, Cornell-Rural, Brown-Smaller, Cornell-Larger. Cornell more structured curriculum, Brown – no required courses. Both are great schools, but they’re very different, unless it’s to ‘go to any Ivy’, I’ve never understood why these two are on the same list (btw, you’re not alone in this kind of grouping). </p>

<p>So, I think you have to decide what you’re looking for in a school, then try to find a list of schools that meet your needs.</p>

<p>Otherwise, keep up the good work.</p>