<p>I’m a sophomore and wonder if i should even bother to think about these schools: </p>
<p>Cornell
Princeton
Harvard
JHU
UPenn
UVA
William and Mary </p>
<p>i come from a dverse, but still mostly black urban school. the average SAT is below nat’l average but it has a really good IB program that i m in</p>
<p>my classes/semester grades
AP gov B<br>
AP history B
PIB chem A
PIB spanish 4 A+
PIB alg 2 A+
PIB english 10 B+
PE/driver’s ed B+ (i know, i know)</p>
<p>my current GPA is about a 4.67 (it went down from last yr) i m in the top 5 out of 500+ sophomores
i got 168 on my SAT w/ a 62 in W</p>
<p>my ECs:
Forensics- placed 2nd in districts
Spanish club- officer this yr
Academic Team- 3rd in districts
over 100 hospital volunteering hrs (have been doing this 4 almost a yr)
Interact Service club
tutored elementary-aged kids in 9th grade</p>
<p>i m still trying out 4 soccer- hopefully i can make JV</p>
<p>So, please, tell me how i can improve my chances
plus i m black, if that helps
and i m poor (low-income, <40k a year</p>