Getting accepted into my "Dream College"

raymanpie
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:39:10 +0000

So I am a Sophomore and I’m really interested in majoring in Physics. My goal is to get accepted into Harvard, Stanford, Caltech, Yale, MIT, etc. I was wondering with my current plan/schedule, what my chances are of getting into said colleges. Assume that I get straight A’s in all my classes. I am also in the Octagon club (volunteering/optimist) and let’s assume that I will be in NHS and the Academic Club. What else should I do or change to increase the chance of being accepted into any of these colleges. (I’m a white male from San Diego if demographics make a difference.)

9th Grade
- Geometry Honors
- Biology
- Physical Education
- Spanish 1
- World History Honors
- English 9

10th Grade
- Chemistry
- Algebra 2/Trig Honors
- English Honors
- AP World History
- AP Psychology
- Engineering
- Spanish 3

11th Grade
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Physics B
- AP Chemistry
- AP U.S. History
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP Statistics

12th Grade
- AP Calculus BC
- AP Physics C Mechanics/Electricity and Magnetism
- AP U.S. Government/Economics
- AP English Literature and Composition
- Theory of Knowledge
- (I haven’t decided on a 6th class yet)

I’m considering doing Early Action by the way.